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Through the Night

Music: Classical

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

Through the Night: Mahler, Chausson and Schumann Recital

Sven-David Sandstrom's St John Passion

Mahler, Chausson and Schumann Recital

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Mahler, Chausson and Schumann Recital

Volkhard Steude and Catalina Butcaru perform violin sonatas by Beethoven and Brahms.

Violin sonatas by Beethoven and Brahms performed in Romania by violinist Volkhard Steude and pianist Catalina Butcaru. John Shea presents.

Violin Sonatas by Beethoven and Brahms performed in Romania by Volkhard Steude (violin) and Catalina Butcaru (piano). John Shea presents. 

1:01 am BST
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806-1826) 
Symphony in D major/minor 
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Hannu Koivula (Conductor)

1:30 am BST
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) 
Piano Sonata No.1 in F sharp minor Op 11
Maurizio Pollini (Piano)

1:00 am GMT
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 
Violin Sonata No 10 in G
Volkhard Steude (Violin), Catalina Butcaru (Piano)

1:25 am
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) 
Violin Sonata No 1 in A minor
Volkhard Steude (Violin), Catalina Butcaru (Piano)

1:41 am
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899) 
Poème Op 25
Volkhard Steude (Violin), Catalina Butcaru (Piano)

1:58 am
Johannes Brahms 
Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor
Volkhard Steude (Violin), Catalina Butcaru (Piano)

2:19 am
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) 
Adagietto from Symphony No 5 arr for violin and piano
Volkhard Steude (Violin), Catalina Butcaru (Piano)

2:30 am
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 
Concerto for piano and orchestra No 2 Op 19 in B flat major
Henri Sigfridsson (Piano), Orkiestra Filharmonii Narodowej w Warszawie, Jerzy Semkow (Conductor) 

3:01 am
Camille Saint-Saens 
Concerto for cello and orchestra No 1 in A minor Op 33
Shauna Rolston (Cello), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (Conductor)

3:22 am
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) 
Aladdin - suite from incidental music Op 34
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Søndergård (Conductor)

3:41 am
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) 
Dardanus (orchestral suites) - tragedie en Musique (1739)
European Union Baroque Orchestra, Roy Goodman (Conductor)

4:00 am
André Messager (1853-1929) 
Solo de concours
Matous Kopacek (Clarinet), Marek Sedivy (Piano)

4:06 am
Ester Mägi (b.1922) 
Bucolic
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Volmer (Conductor)

4:15 am
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) 
Die schöne Melusine - overture Op 32
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa (Conductor)

4:27 am
François Couperin (1668-1733) 
Les Fastes de la grande et ancienne Menestrandise
Jautrite Putnina (Piano)

4:37 am
Clément Janequin (c.1485-1558) 
La Chasse
Ensemble Clément Janequin, Dominique Visse (Counter Tenor), Bruno Boterf (Tenor), Vincent Bouchot (Baritone), François Fauché (Baritone), Massimo Moscardo (Bass), Eric Bellocq (Guitar), Massimo Moscardo (Lute), Mattheu Lusson (Bass Gamba) 

4:42 am
Paul Dukas (1865-1935) 
Villanelle for horn and orchestra
Esa Tukia (Horn), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Adelson (Conductor)

4:50 am
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 
8 Variations on Mozart's 'La ci darem la mano'
Hyong-Sup Kim (male) (Oboe), Ja-Eun Ku (male) (Piano)

5:01 am
Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Felix Greissle (Arranger) 
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune arr. for chamber ensemble
Thomas Kay (Flute), Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian (Conductor)

5:11 am
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) 
Sonate de Concert for trumpet in C and organ
Blagoj Angelovski (Trumpet), Velin Iliev (Organ)

5:21 am
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied - motet BWV.225
Danish National Radio Chorus, Stefan Parkman (Conductor)

5:35 am
Edvard Järnefelt (1869-1968) 
Music to 'The Promised Land'
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ilpo Mansnerus (Conductor)

5:49 am
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) 
Waverley - overture Op 1
Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd (Conductor)

6:00 am
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 
Suite in E major BWV.1006a
Konrad Junghänel (Lute)

6:21 am
Béla Bartók (1881-1945) 
Divertimento for string orchestra (Sz.113)
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, András Mihaly (Conductor)

6:45 am
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) 
Bolero
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (Conductor)

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