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Through the Night

Music: Classical

Continuous broadcast of concert music and opera, recorded from locations throughout Europe

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Through the Night: A Voyage in Song

Helmuth Rilling conducts Bach cantatas

03/07/2018

A Voyage in Song

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, A Voyage in Song

Jonathan Swain presents chamber music from Plovdiv in Bulgaria.

A programme of chamber music from Bulgaria, including works by Kuhlau, Faure and Stravinsky, presented by Jonathan Swain.

A programme of chamber music from Bulgaria with Kuhlau, Fauré and Stravinsky, presented by Jonathan Swain.

12:31 AM
Friedrich Kuhlau (1786-1832)
Trio for piano & two flutes in G Op 119 (arr flute, clarinet & piano) 
Adah Jones (flute), Vanguel Tangarov (clarinet), Ekaterina Tangarova (piano) 

12:48 AM
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) arr Michael Webster
Dolly Suite Op 56 arr flute, clarinet & piano 
Adah Jones (flute), Vanguel Tangarov (clarinet), Ekaterina Tangarova (piano) 

1:04 AM
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
L'Histoire du soldat arr clarinet, violin & piano 
Stoyka Milanova (violin) Vanguel Tangarov (clarinet), Ekaterina Tangarova (piano) 

1:22 AM
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
L'Histoire du soldat - Devil's Dance 
Stoyka Milanova (violin) Vanguel Tangarov (clarinet), Ekaterina Tangarova (piano) 

1:24 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
String Quartet in G minor Op 10
Royal String Quartet 

1:50 AM
Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski (1807-1867)
Symphony No 2 in C minor 'Caracteristique' 
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ruben Silva (conductor) 

2:31 AM
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
The Bells - poem for soloists, mixed choir and symphony orchestra Op 35
Roumiana Bareva (soprano), Pavel Kourchoumov (tenor), Stoyan Popov (baritone), 'Sons de la mer' Mixed Choir Varna, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vassil Stefanov (conductor) 

3:09 AM
Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904)
Piano Quartet No 2 in E flat major, Op 87 
Zhang Zuo (piano), Elena Urioste (violin), Lise Berthaud (viola), Guy Johnston (cello) 

3:45 AM
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Nocturne in E flat minor Op 33 No 1
Stéphane Lemelin (piano)

3:52 AM
Väinö Haapalainen (1893-1945)
Lemminkainen Overture (1925)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Atso Almila (conductor)

4:01 AM
Matthias Schmitt (b.1958)
Ghanaia for solo percussion
Colin Currie (marimba) 

4:08 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Nulla in mundo pax sincera for soprano and orchestra RV.630 
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze (director)

4:15 AM
Johann Mattheson (1681-1764)
Sonata No 7 for 3 flutes Op 1 No 4 
Vladislav Brunner, Juraj Brunner, Milan Brunner (flutes)

4:21 AM
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
8 Instrumental miniatures for 15 instruments (arr from 'Les cinq doigts' for piano)
Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian (conductor)

4:31 AM
Uuno Klami (1900-1961) 
Nummisuutarit (suite for orchestra)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

4:39 AM
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Scherzo No 1 in B minor Op 20
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) 

4:48 AM
Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)
Suscipe, quaeso Domine for 7 voices 
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor) 

4:57 AM
Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
Fantasy, Theme and Variations on a theme of Danzi in B flat Op 81
László Horvath (clarinet), New Budapest String Quartet

5:05 AM
Vladimir Ruzdjak (1922-1987) 
5 Folk Tunes for baritone and orchestra 
Miroslav Zivkovich (baritone), Croatian Radio Television Symphony Orchestra, Mladen Tarbuk (conductor) 

5:15 AM
Andrea Gabrieli (1532/3-1585)
Aria della battaglia à 8
Theatrum Instrumentorum, Stefano Innocenti (conductor)

5:25 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Piano Trio No 2 in F major, Op 80 
Christopher Krenyak (violin), Jan Insinger (cello), Dido Keuning (piano) 

5:51 AM
Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805-1900)
6 Fantasiestücke, Op 54 Nina Gade (piano)

6:06 AM
Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838)
Clarinet Concerto No 1 in E flat 
Kullervo Kojo (clarinet), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ulf Söderblom (conductor).

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