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Through the Night: Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1 and 5th Symphony. With John Shea

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05/02/2018

Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1 and 5th Symphony. With John Shea

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1 and 5th Symphony. With John Shea

Tchaikovsky concert from the National Symphony Orchestra of Greece. With John Shea.

Tchaikovsky concert from the National Symphony Orchestra of Greece, acclaimed pianist Konstantinos Destounis is the soloist in Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1. With John Shea.

John Shea presents an all-Tchaikovsky programme from the Greek National Symphony Orchestra, including his Fifth Symphony and First Piano Concerto.

12:31 am
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) 
Swan Lake, Op 20 (finale)
Greek National Symphony Orchestra, Michalis Economou (conductor)

12:37 am
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) 
Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor, Op 23
Konstantinos Destounis (piano), Greek National Symphony Orchestra, Michalis Economou (conductor) 

1:12 am
John Psathas (b.1966) 
Jettatura
Konstantinos Destounis (piano)

1:18 am
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) 
Symphony No 5 in E minor, Op 64
Greek National Symphony Orchestra, Michalis Economou (conductor)

2:04 am
Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) 
L'arbre des songes - concerto for violin and orchestra (1983-1985)
Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev,(conductor)

2:31 am
Maurice Ravel 
Chansons madecasses 
Catherine Robbin (mezzo-soprano), Nora Shulman (flute), Thomas weibe (cello), Andre Laplante (piano) 

2:44 am
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) 
Pictures from an Exhibition
Steven Osborne (piano)

3:20 am
Pallasz, Edward (b.1936) 
Epitafium 
Polish Radio Choir, Wlodzimierz Siedlik (conductor)

3:29 am
Georg Philipp Telemann 
Trio No 3 from Essercizii Musici,
Camerata Köln

3:41 am
Nicolo Paganini (1782-1840) 
Perpetuum mobile, Op 11 No 2
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Nello Santi (conductor)

3:46 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
Oboe Quartet in F major, K370
Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe), Psophos Quartet

4:00 am
Pejacevic, Dora (1885-1923) 
Leibeslied, Op 39
Katia Markotich (mezzo-soprano), Croatian Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra, Mladen Tarbuk (conductor)

4:06 am
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847) 
Piano Sonata in C minor (1824)
Sylviane Deferne (piano)

4:20 am
Giuseppe Verdi 
Sicilian Vespers (Overture)
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Québec, Raffi Armenian (conductor)

4:31 am
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594) 
Ave regina caelorum
Ensemble Giles Binchois, Ensemble Cantus Figuratus der Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Maîtrise de Garçons de Colmar, Dominique Vellard (director) 

4:35 am
Rosenmuller, Johann (c.1619-1684) 
Sinfonia 
Tafelmusik Baroque Soloists

4:42 am
Franz Schubert 
Piano Trio in E flat major 'Notturno', D897 
Vadim Repin (violin), Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

4:51 am
Reinecke, Carl (1824-1910) 
Flute Concerto in D major, Op 283
Matej Zupan (flute), Slovenian Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra, David de Villiers (conductor) 

5:12 am
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) 
'Mon coeur s'ouvre' (Samson et Dalila)
Helja Angervo (soprano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ulf Soderblom (conductor)

5:19 am
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) 
13 Pieces for piano, Op 76
Eero Heinonen (piano)

5:40 am
Joseph Haydn 
Symphony No 22 in E flat major, 'The Philosopher' (H.1.22) 
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Minkowski (conductor)

6:00 am
Schlegel, Leander (1844-1913) 
Violin Sonata, Op 34
Candida Thompson (violin), David Kuyken (piano)

6:23 am
Lange-Müller, Peter Erasmus (1850-1926) 
Tre Madonnasange, Op 65 
Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor).

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