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Through the Night

Music: Classical

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

Through the Night: Songs and Arias

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Songs and Arias

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Songs and Arias

Soprano Polina Pasztircsak in a recital of Schumann and Strauss. Presented by John Shea.

Hungarian soprano Polina Pasztircsak gives a recital of songs by Schumann, Strauss and Rachmaninov. Presented by John Shea.

Hungarian soprano Polina Pasztircsák gives a recital of songs by Schumann, Strauss and Rachmaninov. Presented by John Shea.

12:31 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Nikolaus Lenau (Author)
Six Songs - Lied eines Schmiedes; Meine Rose; Kommen und Scheiden; Die Sennin; Einsamkeit; Der schwere Abend
Requiem, Op 90
Polina Pasztircsák (Soprano), Jan Philip Schulze (Piano)

12:48 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Four Songs - Malven, AV 304; Junghexenlied, from '5 Lieder, Op 39'; Morgen, from '4 Lieder, Op 27'; Ständchen, from 'Lieder, Op 17'
Polina Pasztircsák (Soprano), Jan Phillip Schulze (Piano)

01:00 AM
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Qual fiamma avea nel guardo, Nedda's aria from 'I Pagliacci'
Polina Pasztircsák (Soprano), Jan Philip Schulze (Piano)

01:05 AM
Pauline Viardot (1821-1910)
2 Songs - Havanaise; Berceuse cosaque
Polina Pasztircsák (Soprano), Jan Philip Schulze (Piano)

01:15 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
4 Songs - Siren (Lilacs) , from '12 Songs', Op 21; Eti letniye nochi (These Summer Nights), from '12 Songs', Op 14; Margaritki (Daisies), from '6 Songs', Op 38; Vesenniye vodï (Spring is Coming) from '12 Songs', Op 14
Polina Pasztircsák (Soprano), Jan Philip Schulze (Piano)

01:24 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Zdes' khorosho (How Nice it is here), from '12 Songs', Op 21
Polina Pasztircsák (Soprano), Jan Philip Schulze (Piano)

01:26 AM
Imre Kalman (1882-1953)
Heia, heia, in den Bergen ist mein Heimatland, 'Die Csárdásfürstin'
Polina Pasztircsák (Soprano), Jan Philip Schulze (Piano)

01:30 AM
Franz Schubert
Octet in F (D.803) 
Niklas Andersson (Clarinet), Henrik Blixt (Bassoon), Hans Larsson (Horn), Jannica Gustafsson (Violin), Martin Stensson (Violin), Håkan Olsson (Viola), Jan-Erik Gustafsson (Cello), Maria Johansson (Double Bass)

02:31 AM
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Orpheus ballet in three scenes (1947)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (Conductor)

02:59 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Symphony No.1 in B flat major, Op 38, 'Spring'
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (Conductor)

03:34 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
The Four Seasons - Spring
Davide Monti (Violin), Il Tempio Armonico

03:43 AM
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut (between Acts II & III)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Montgomery (Conductor)

03:50 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cantata: "Widerstehe doch der Sunde" (BWV.54)
Jadwiga Rappé (Alto), Concerto Avenna, Andrzej Mysinski (Conductor)

04:01 AM
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Le Rappel des Oiseaux in E minor, from Pieces de clavecin (1724, revised.1731)
Ivetta Irkha (Piano)

04:04 AM
Frederick Delius (1862-1934)
On hearing the first cuckoo in spring for orchestra (RT.6.19) (1911/12)
Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (Conductor)

04:12 AM
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Symphony for strings in B flat. (Wq.182 No.2)
Barbara Jane Gilby (Violin), Barbara Jane Gilby (Director), Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players, Geoffrey Lancaster (Harpsichord)

04:22 AM
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Waltz of the Flowers (from The Nutcracker)
Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija, Marko Munih (Conductor)

04:31 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Academic Festival Overture (Op.80)
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tamás Vásáry (Conductor)

04:41 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Vocalise
Polina Pasztircsák (Soprano), Zóltan Kocsis (Piano)

04:47 AM
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Benedicam Dominum in omni tempore (BuxWV 113)
Marieke Steenhoek (Soprano), Miriam Meyer (Soprano), Bogna Bartosz (Contralto), Marco van de Klundert (Tenor), Klaus Mertens (Bass), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Amsterdam Baroque Chorus, Ton Koopman (Conductor)

05:00 AM
Paul Gilson (1865-1942)
Suite Nocturne, d'apres Aloysius Bertrand
Jozef De Beenhouwer (Piano)

05:16 AM
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
L'Arlesienne, Suite No.1
Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija, Marko Munih (Conductor)

05:34 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra in E flat major (K.365)
Tor Espen Aspaas (Piano), Sveinung Bjelland (Piano), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Michel Plasson (Conductor)

06:00 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite in G minor 'La Musette', TWV.55:g1
B'Rock, Jurgen Gross (Conductor)

06:14 AM
Robert Kajanus (1856-1933)
Finnish Rhapsody No 1
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam (Conductor)

06:24 AM
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Die ihr aus dunkeln Gruften den eiteln Mammon grabt
Hélène Plouffe (Violin), Louise Pellerin (Oboe), Dom André Laberge (Organ)

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