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Through the Night

Music: Classical

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

Through the Night: Every song a symphony

Helmuth Rilling conducts Bach cantatas

Every song a symphony

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Every song a symphony

Excerpts from the Italian Songbook, Hugo Wolf's collection of mini masterpieces.

Jonathan Swain presents excerpts from the Italian Songbook, Hugo Wolf's collection of mini masterpieces.

Excerpts from Hugo Wolf's collection of mini masterpieces, the Italian Songbook. With Jonathan Swain. 

1:01 am
Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) 
Walzer-Gesänge, Op 6
Regula Mühlemann (soprano), Tatiana Korsunskaya (piano)

1:10 am
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) 
9 Songs
Regula Mühlemann (soprano), Tatiana Korsunskaya (piano)

1:33 am
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) 
Lustige Lieder in Aargauer Mundart (Merry Songs in Aargau Swiss-German Dialect)
Regula Mühlemann (soprano), Tatiana Korsunskaya (piano)

1:41 am
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903), Paul Heyse (lyricist) 
Italienisches Liederbuch, (excerpts)
Regula Mühlemann (soprano), Tatiana Korsunskaya (piano)

2:03 am
Eduard Strauss (1835-1916) 
All mein' Gedanken, Op 21/1
Regula Mühlemann (soprano), Tatiana Korsunskaya (piano)

2:05 am
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) 
Là-bas vers l' église
Regula Mühlemann (soprano), Tatiana Korsunskaya (piano)

2:06 am
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) 
La Reine de coeur
Regula Mühlemann (soprano), Tatiana Korsunskaya (piano)

2:09 am
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) 
String Quartet in D minor
Ljubljanski String Quartet

2:55 am
Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Franz Liszt (transcriber) 
Die Forelle (S.564) transcribed for piano (2nd version)
Simon Trpceski (piano)

3:01 am
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 
Symphony No 6 in F major, Op 68 (Pastoral)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)

3:46 am
Hans Erni (1867-1961) 
Il pur suveran (The Free Farmer)
Ligia Grischa, Rudolf Bearth (conductor)

3:49 am
Ilmari Hannikainen (1892-1955) 
Rural Dances Op 39a
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Petri Sakari (conductor)

4:04 am
Constantin Dimitrescu (1847-1928) 
Peasant Dance Op 15
Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Paul Popescu (conductor)

4:07 am
Enrique Granados (1867-1916) 
El Pelele - from Goyescas: 7 pieces for piano (Op.11 No.7)
Angela Hewitt (piano)

4:12 am
Hector Quatromano (1945-2005) 
Venezuelan Waltz
Tornado Guitar Duo (duo)

4:16 am
Kurt Weill (1900-1950) 
Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (excerpts)
Winds of Flemish Radio Orchestra, Jan Latham-Koenig (conductor)

4:24 am
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) 
Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op 6, No 4
Sixth Floor Ensemble, Anssi Mattila (conductor)

4:35 am
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) 
Overture (La Forza del Destino)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

4:43 am
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) 
Laudate Pueri (motet, Op 39 No 2)
Polyphonia, Ivelina Ivancheva (piano), Ivelin Dimitrov (conductor)

4:53 am
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) 
Slavonic Dance No 10 in E minor Op 72 No 2
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor)

5:01 am
Stanisław Moniuszko (1819-1872) 
Mazurka from the idyll 'Jawnuta' (The Gypsies)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Salwarowski (conductor)

5:06 am
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) 
Concerto for 3 oboes in B flat major
Peter Westermann (oboe), Michael Niesemann (oboe), Piet Dhont (oboe), Musica Antiqua Koln, Johannes Wohlmacher (director) 

5:16 am
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706), Bible (author) 
Magnificat
Cantus Cölln, Johanna Koslowsky (soprano), Graham Pushee (counter tenor), Wilfred Jochens (tenor), Stephan Schreckenberger (bass), Christoph Anselm Noll (organ), Konrad Junghänel (director) 

5:21 am
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) 
Intermezzo for string quartet in E flat major (1886)
Ljubljanski Godalni Kvartet

5:32 am
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Andrzej Bauer (arranger), Friedrich Ruckert (author) 
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (Rückert Lieder)
Agata Zubel (soprano), Warsaw Cellonet Group, Andrzej Bauer (director)

5:39 am
Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) 
Trio for clarinet, cello and piano Op 3
Trio Luwigana

6:05 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
Rondo in D (K.485) 
Jean Muller (piano)

6:12 am
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) 
Symphony No 96 in D major "Miracle" H.1.96
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Neville Marriner (conductor)

6:34 am
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) 
Froissart - concert overture Op 19
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)

6:50 am
Max Reger (1873-1916) 
Maria Wiegenlied Op 76 No 52
Toronto Children's Chorus, Judy Loman (harp), Jean Ashworth Bartle (conductor)

6:52 am
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) 
Rakastava (The Lover) Op 14 arr. for soprano, baritone and chorus
Pirkko Törnqvist-Paakkanen (soprano), Jouni Kuorikoski (baritone), Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, Eric-Olof Söderström (conductor)

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