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Through the Night

Music: Classical

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

Through the Night: A Swan and a Butterfly in Nature's Realm

Sven-David Sandstrom's St John Passion

A Swan and a Butterfly in Nature's Realm

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, A Swan and a Butterfly in Nature's Realm

International Prize Winner, cellist Andrei Ionita,  in recital.

Cellist Andrei Ionita, international prize winner and BBC New Generation Artist, in recital from Barcelona. Presented by John Shea.

Cellist Andrei Ionita, International Prize Winner and BBC New Generation Artist in recital from Barcelona. With John Shea.

12:31 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Cello Sonata No. 4 in C, Op 102/1
Andrei Ionita (cello), Naoko Sonoda (piano)

12:46 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Cello Sonata No. 5 in D, Op 102/2
Andrei Ionita (cello), Naoko Sonoda (piano)

01:06 AM
Gaspar Cassado ((1897-1966))
Cello Suite
Andrei Ionita (cello), Naoko Sonoda (piano)

01:20 AM
Igor Stravinsky ((1882-1971)_)
Suite italienne,
Andrei Ioniţă (cello), Naoko Sonoda (piano)

01:37 AM
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
Nana 
Andrei Ionita (cello), Naoko Sonoda (piano)

01:40 AM
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
The Swan, (Carnival of the Animals)
Andrei Ionita (cello), Naoko Sonoda (piano)

01:44 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Wind Serenade in D minor, Op 44  
I Soloisti del Vento, Etienne Siebens (conductor)

02:08 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Trio for oboe, cello and piano (Op.11) in B flat major
Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe), Ekaterina  Apekisheva (piano), Boris Andrianov (cello)

02:31 AM
William Walton
Cello Concerto
Zara Nelsova (cello), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)

02:59 AM
Arnold Bax (1883-1953)
Mater ora filium
BBC Singers, David Hill (conductor)

03:09 AM
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Variations on a theme by Frank Bridge (Op.10)
Royal Academy Soloists, Clio Gould (director)

03:35 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Andante in C major, K315
Anita Szabó (flute), Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Zóltan Kocsis (conductor)

03:42 AM
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Concerto grosso in D major Op.6`5
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (conductor)

03:57 AM
Giacomo Puccini, John Lanchbery (arranger)
One Fine Day (Madame Butterfly)
State Orchestra of Victoria, John Lanchbery (conductor)

04:02 AM
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
L' Italiana in Algeri (overture)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor)

04:11 AM
Johann Michael Bach (1648-1694)
Halt was du hast
Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier (director)

04:17 AM
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899), Arnold Schoenberg (arranger)
Kaiser-Walzer  Op 437 (1888) arr. Schoenberg
Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian (director)

04:31 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
The Creatures of Prometheus (Overture), Op  43
Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic, Kristjan Jarvi (conductor)

04:36 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov
Aleko's Cavatina (Aleko)
Allan Monk (baritone), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

04:42 AM
Hjalmar Borgstrøm (1864-1925)
Music to Johan Gabriel Borkman
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Kjell Seim (conductor)

04:53 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
3 Pieces from Slatter (Norwegian Peasant Dances), Op 72
Havard Gimse (piano)

05:02 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphony No 33 in B flat major,  K319
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor)

05:23 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
V prirode (In Nature's Realm), Op 63
Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor)

05:36 AM
Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
Quartet for strings No.2 in D minor
Pavel Haas Quartet

05:57 AM
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
White-flowering days, (A Garland for the Queen), Op 37/8
BBC Singers, Bo Holten (conductor)

06:01 AM
John Blow (1649-1708)
Venus and Adonis (dance extracts)
Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley (director)

06:09 AM
Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792)
Sinfonie in E flat (Vb.144)
Concerto Koln

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