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Through the Night: András Schiff plays Bach's Goldberg Variations

Helmuth Rilling conducts Bach cantatas

20/12/2016

András Schiff plays Bach's Goldberg Variations

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, András Schiff plays Bach's Goldberg Variations

With Jonathan Swain. Including Bach's Goldberg Variations played by Sir András Schiff.

With Jonathan Swain. Including Bach's Goldberg Variations performed by Sir András Schiff at the 2015 BBC Proms.

Jonathan Swain presents a performance from the 2015 BBC Proms of Bach's 'Goldberg' Variations performed by Sir András Schiff.

12:31 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Goldberg Variations, BWV.988 
Sir András Schiff (piano) 

1:46 AM
Goldberg, Johann Gottlieb (1727-1756)
Sonata in C minor for 2 Violins, Viola and Continuo 
Musica Alta Ripa 

1:59 AM
Kirnberger, Johann Philipp (1721-1783)
Cantata 'An den Flüssen Babylons' 
Johannes Happel (bass), Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble, Detlef Bratschke (conductor) 

2:11 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Partita for solo violin No.3 in E major, BWV.1006 
Sigiswald Kuijken (violin - Giovanni Grancino, Milano c. 1700)

2:31 AM
Strauss, Richard [1864-1949]
Eine Alpensinfonie Op.64 
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit (conductor) 

3:25 AM
Koehne, Graeme (b.1956)
To His servant, Bach, God grants a final glimpse: The Morning Star
Guitar Trek: Timothy Kain, Fiona Walsh (treble guitars), Richard Strasser (standard guitar), Peter Constant (baritone guitar)

3:29 AM
Offenbach, Jacques (1819-1880)
Les Larmes de Jacqueline
Hee-Song Song (cello), Myung-Seon Kye (piano)

3:36 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Aria: "Il mio tesoro intanto" - from 'Don Giovanni' 
Michael Schade (tenor), Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw (conductor)

3:41 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741]
Concerto in E minor RV.484 for bassoon and orchestra 
Aleksander Radosavljevic (bassoon), Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Günter Pichler (conductor) 

3:53 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Four Mazurkas 
Ashley Wass (piano) 

4:03 AM
Cavalli, Francesco (1602-1676)
Dixit Dominus à 8 - from 'Musiche sacre concernenti messa, e salmi concertati con istromenti, imni, antifone et sonate' (Venice 1656) 
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor) 

4:14 AM
De Vocht, Lodewijk [1887-1977]
Naar Hoger Licht (Towards a Higher Light), symphonic poem with cello solo 
Luc Tooten (cello), Vlaams Radio Orkest , Jan Latham-Koenig (conductor)

4:22 AM
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Dalila's aria: 'Mon coeur s'ouvre' (from 'Samson et Dalila', Act 2 Scene 3)
Helja Angervo (mezzo-soprano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ulf Söderblom (conductor)

4:31 AM
Bacewicz, Grazyna (1909-1969)
Concert Oberek 
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jan Krenz (conductor) 

4:33 AM
Lipinski, Karol Józef (1790-1861)
Rondo alla Polacca in E major (Op.13) (C.1820-24)
Albrecht Breuninger (violin), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wojiech Rajski (conductor) 

4:48 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Rondo capriccioso for piano in E major/minor (Op.14)
Sook-Hyun Cho (piano) 

4:55 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759) [ed. Dart]
Sonata (HWV.357) in B flat major for oboe and continuo 
Louise Pellerin (oboe), Dom André Laberge (organ - 1999 Karl Wilhelm at the abbey church Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, Québec, Canada) 

5:01 AM
Anonymous (C.18th) 
Motet: In deliquio amoris for soprano, strings and continuo
Claire Lefilliâtre (soprano), Currende, Erik van Nevel (conductor) 

5:15 AM
Haydn, (Franz) Joseph (1732-1809)
Symphony No.68 in B flat major 
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Stefan Solyom (conductor) 

5:37 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Transcendental study No.11 in D flat major 'Harmonies du soir' - from Etudes d'execution transcendante for piano (S.139) 
Jenö Jandó (piano)

5:47 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (K.622) in A major, arr. viola
Ryszard Groblewski (viola), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor) 

6:13 AM
Dutilleux, Henri (b.1916)
Sonatine 
Duo Nanashi: Line Møller (flute); Aya Sakou (piano) 

6:22 AM
Henderson, Ruth Watson (b.1932)
Magnificat
Kimberley Briggs (soprano), The Elmer Iseler Singers, Matthew Larkin (organ), Lydia Adams (conductor).

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