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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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Handel vs Porpora

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Handel vs Porpora

Catriona Young presents Les Musiciens du Louvre and mezzo Vivica Genaux.

Les Musiciens du Louvre and mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux.  Catriona Young presents.

12:31 AM
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Overture to 'Agrippina, HWV 6; Abbrucio, avvampo e fremo, from 'Rinaldo, HWV 7
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Vivica Genaux (Mezzo Soprano)

12:38 AM
Nicola Porpora (1686-1768)
Il piè s'allontana, from 'L'Angelica, INP 9
Vivica Genaux (Mezzo Soprano), Les Musiciens du Louvre

12:45 AM
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Venti, turbini, prestate, from 'Rinaldo, HWV 7'
Vivica Genaux (Mezzo Soprano), Les Musiciens du Louvre

12:49 AM
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Violin Concerto in B flat, HWV 288
Les Musiciens du Louvre

12:58 AM
Nicola Porpora (1686-1768)
Vanne nel vicin Tempio...Fremer da lungi io sento
Vivica Genaux (Mezzo Soprano), Les Musiciens du Louvre

01:08 AM
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Dopo d'aver perduto il caro bene... Ho perso il caro ben
Vivica Genaux (Mezzo Soprano), Les Musiciens du Louvre

01:18 AM
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Cara sposa, amante cara, from 'Rinaldo, HWV 7'
Vivica Genaux (Mezzo Soprano), Les Musiciens du Louvre

01:28 AM
Nicola Porpora (1686-1768)
Come nave in ria tempesta, from 'Semiramide regina dell’Assiria, INP 78'
Vivica Genaux (Mezzo Soprano), Les Musiciens du Louvre

01:34 AM
Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783)
Fuga and Grave in G minor
Les Musiciens du Louvre

01:45 AM
Nicola Porpora (1686-1768)
Alto Giove, from 'Il Polifemo'
Vivica Genaux (Mezzo Soprano), Les Musiciens du Louvre

01:55 AM
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Dopo notte, from 'Ariodante, HWV 33'
Vivica Genaux (Mezzo Soprano), Les Musiciens du Louvre

02:02 AM
Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (1676-1760)
Giusti cieli! Eterni Dei!, from 'L’innocenza giustificata'
Vivica Genaux (Mezzo Soprano), Les Musiciens du Louvre

02:07 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata no. 18 in E flat major Op.31 no.3 for piano
Zhang Zuo (Piano)

02:31 AM
Johan Svendsen (1840-1911)
Symphony No.2 in B flat major (Op.15)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki (Conductor)

03:06 AM
Guillaume de Machaut (c.1300-1377)
La Messe de Nostre Dame
Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly (Conductor)

03:36 AM
Bernardo Storace (1637-1707)
Ciaconna
United Continuo Ensemble

03:43 AM
Luigi Donorà (b.1935)
There where Kvarner lies… for viola and strings 
Francesco Squarcia (Viola), I Cameristi Italiani

03:51 AM
Johann Philipp Kirnberger (1721-1783)
Flute Sonata in G major
Konrad Hünteler (Flute), Wouter Möller (Cello), Ton Koopman (Harpsichord)

04:02 AM
Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842)
Ballet music from Anacreon
Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd (Conductor)

04:10 AM
Camille Saint-Saens
Introduction and rondo capriccioso (Op.28), arr. for violin & piano
Taik-Ju Lee (Violin), Young-Lan Han (Piano)

04:20 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Quadro in G minor
Bolette Roed (Recorder), Arte dei Suonatori


04:31 AM
Stanisław Moniuszko (1819-1872)
Overture to Halka (Original version)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz (Conductor)

04:39 AM
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C sharp minor
Ladislav Fantzowitz (Piano)

04:49 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Laudate Pueri (motet, op.39 no.2)
Polyphonia, Ivelina Ivancheva (Piano), Ivelin Dimitrov (Conductor)

04:59 AM
Albertus Groneman (c.1710-1778)
Concerto in G major for solo flute, two flutes, viola & basso continuo
Jed Wentz (Flute), Marion Moonen (Flute), Cordula Breuer (Flute), Musica ad Rhenum

05:07 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Adagio for violin and orchestra (K.261) in E major
James Ehnes (Violin), Mozart Anniversary Orchestra

05:16 AM
Vladimir Ruždjak (1922-1987)
5 Folk Tunes for baritone and orchestra
Miroslav Zivkovich (Baritone), Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Mladen Tarbuk (Conductor)

05:26 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Le Tombeau de Couperin: Suite for orchestra
ORTF National Orchestra, Jean Martinon (Conductor)

05:42 AM
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
Suite for flute and piano, Op 34 
Katherine Rudolph (Flute), Rena Sharon (Piano)

06:01 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Concerto for piano and orchestra in A minor (Op.16)
Sigurd Slåttebrekk (Piano), Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Eivind Aadland (Conductor)

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