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Through the Night: Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich performed by Igor Levit

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05/07/2018

Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich performed by Igor Levit

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Igor Levit plays Tchaikovsky's The Seasons. Jonathan Swain presents.

Jonathan Swain presents BBC New Generation Artist Igor Levit performing Tchaikovsky's set of twelve pieces for piano, The Seasons, and twenty-four preludes by Shostakovich.

BBC New Generation Artist Igor Levit plays Tchaikovsky's The Seasons and Shostakovich 24 Preludes. Jonathan Swain presents.

12:31 AM
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
The Seasons Op 37b 
Igor Levit (piano) 

1:14 AM
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
24 Preludes, Op 34
Igor Levit (piano) 

1:50 AM
Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)
Symphony No 1 
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Válek (conductor)

2:31 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 30 
Nelson Goerner (piano), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Matthias Aesbacher (conductor)

3:12 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Quartet for strings Op 10 in G minor 
Psophos Quartet 

3:37 AM
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Litanies à la Vierge Noire - arranged for female/children's voices, string orchestra and timpani 
Maîtrise de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, George Prêtre (conductor) 

3:48 AM
Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann in F sharp minor Op 20
Angela Cheng (piano)

3:57 AM
Anonymous
Middle Ages Suite 
Bolette Roed (recorder), Alpha

4:07 AM
Petko Stainov (1896-1977)
Horsemen - ballad for men's choir
Kaval Men's Choir, Mihail Angelov (conductor)

4:15 AM
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Fantasy for flute and piano
Lóránt Kovács (flute), Erika Lux (piano)

4:20 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Concerto for 3 oboes and orchestra in B flat major
Peter Westermann, Michael Niesemann, Piet Dhont (oboes), Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel (director)

4:31 AM
Alessandro Stradella (c.1642-c.1682)
Sinfonia in D minor 
The Private Music - Mira Glodeanu and Karen Raby (violins), Abby Wall (bass violin), Silas Standage (organ)

4:38 AM
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Variations Brillantes in B flat major, on a theme from Hérold's 'Ludovic' 
Ludmil Angelov (piano) 

4:46 AM
Maxim Sosontovitch Berezovsky (1745-1777)
Do not reject me (Ps.70)
The Seven Saints Chamber Choir, Dimitar Grigorov (conductor) 

4:55 AM
August de Boeck (1865-1937)
Nocturne (1931)
Vlaams Radio Orkest , Marc Soustrot (conductor) 

5:04 AM
Antonio de Cabezon (1510-1566)
3 works for Arpa Doppia (Double Harp) 
Margret Köll (arpa doppia) 

5:13 AM
Matthias Schmitt (b.1958)
Ghanaia for solo percussion
Colin Currie (marimba) 

5:21 AM
Flor Alpaerts (1876-1954)
Avondmuziek 
I Solisti del Vento, Ivo Hadermann (conductor) 

5:30 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Divertimento in B major for violin, cello and piano, K254 )
Trio Orlando: Vladimir Krpan (piano), Tonko Ninic (violin), Andrej Petrac (cello)

5:52 AM
Bernhard Molique (1802-1869) transcribed by Giulio Regondi, arr for accordion & harp by Joseph Petric & Erica Goodman
Six Songs without Words (1. If o'er the boundless sky; 2. Fair Annie; 3. When the moon is brightly shining; 4. Come all ye glad and free; 5. Come Dearest, come (by Prince Albert); 6. O that my woes were distant)
Joseph Petric (accordion), Erica Goodman (harp) 

6:05 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Overture (suite) TWV.55:C3 in C major "Hamburger Ebbe und Fluth (Wasser-overture)" 
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ketil Haugsand (conductor).

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