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Through the Night: Saint-Saëns and Rachmaninov from Bucharest

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10/06/2018

Saint-Saëns and Rachmaninov from Bucharest

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Saint-Saëns and Rachmaninov from Bucharest

John Shea presents the Romanian National Radio Orchestra and violinist Gabriel Croitoru.

John Shea presents a concert of Saint-Saens and Rachmaninov from Bucharest given by the Romanian National Radio Orchestra under Gabriel Bebeselea with violinist Gabriel Croitoru.

John Shea presents a concert of Saint-Saëns and Rachmaninov from Bucharest given by the Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Gabriel Bebeselea and violinist Gabriel Croitoru.

1:01 AM
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Danse Macabre 
Gabriel Croitoru (violin), Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Gabriel Bebeselea (conductor) 

1:09 AM
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Violin Concerto No 3 in B minor, Op 61 
Gabriel Croitoru (violin), Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Gabriel Bebeselea (conductor) 

1:38 AM
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice, Op 6 
Gabriel Croitoru (violin) 

1:43 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Symphonic Dances, Op 45 
Gabriel Croitoru (violin), Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Gabriel Bebeselea (conductor) 

2:18 AM
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Excerpts from Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses: 10 pieces for piano (S.173): No.2 Ave Maria, No.3 Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude, No.7 Funérailles, No.5 Pater Noster
Sylviane Deferne (piano) 

3:01 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791)
Quartet for strings K.465 in C major 'Dissonance' 
Jupiter Quartet 

3:28 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Oboe Concerto in D major (1945, rev. 1948) 
Hristo Kasmetski (oboe), Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Vladigerov (conductor)

3:56 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
D'un cahier d'esquisses (1903) 
Roger Woodward (piano)

4:00 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Une Barque sur l'océan - from No 3 of 'Miroirs' 
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Eivind Aadland (conductor) 

4:09 AM
Sven-Eric Johanson (1919-1997), Nordenflycht, Hedvig Charlotta (lyricist), Jacob Wallenberg (lyricist), Lenngren, Anna Maria (lyricist), Dalin, Olof von (lyricist)
Fyra visor om arstiderna (4 songs about the Seasons) 
Christina Billing (soprano), Carina Morling (soprano), Aslog Rosen (soprano), Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson (conductor)

4:16 AM
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Mazurka in A minor Op 17 No 4
Jane Coop (piano)

4:21 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Le Nozze di Figaro, Act 4: Susanna's aria 'Deh vieni, non tardar'
Irma Urrila (soprano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu (conductor)

4:26 AM
Steven Wingfield (b.1955)
3 Bulgarian Dances arr. Wingfield for violin and guitar 
Moshe Hammer (violin), William Beauvais (guitar)

4:33 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Rosamunde - Overture D.644
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Heinz Holliger (conductor) 

4:43 AM
Traditional Swedish
Swedish Folk Dance 
Andreas Borregaard (accordion) 

4:46 AM
Traditional/ Marius Løken 
Skålhalning 
Oslo Chamber Chorus, Håkon Nystedt (director) 

4:52 AM
Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Adiós Nonino
Ingrid Fliter (piano) 

5:01 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Der Abend Op 34 No ) for 16 part choir 
Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor)

5:10 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Ruy Blas - overture Op 95
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Hiroyuki Iwaki (conductor)

5:19 AM
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
3 Preludes (1926) - No 1 in B flat; No 2 in C sharp minor; No 3 in E flat 
Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano)

5:25 AM
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Dover beach for voice and string quartet Op 3
Ronan Collett (baritone) , Psophos Quartet (string quartet) 

5:34 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Trio Sonata in D minor Op 1 No 12 'La Folia' (1705) 
Florilegium Collinda 

5:44 AM
Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)
Spem in Alium, for 40 voices
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor) 

5:52 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Nocturne in E flat minor Op 33 No 1
Stéphane Lemelin (piano)

6:00 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Trois Nocturnes: Nuages, Fêtes, Sirènes 
National Radio of Ukraine National Chorus (director: Lesya Shavlovska), NRCU Symphony Orchestra, Vyacheslav Blinov (conductor) 

6:23 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Piano Sonata in A minor D.845, Op 42
Louis Schwizgebel (piano).

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