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Through the Night: Beethoven's Missa Solemnis

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Beethoven's Missa Solemnis

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis

BBC Philharmonic conducted by Gianandrea Noseda at the 2016 BBC Proms.

The BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, performs Beethoven's Missa Solemnis in a recording from the 2016 BBC Proms. Presented by John Shea.

BBC Philharmonic conducted by Gianandrea Noseda perform Beethoven's masterwork in a recording from the 2016 BBC Proms. John Shea presents.

12:31 am
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 
Mass in D major Op 123 (Missa solemnis)
Camilla Nylund (soprano), Birgit Remmert (mezzo soprano), Stuart Skelton (tenor), Hanno Muller-Brachmann (bass), Hallé Choir, Manchester Chamber Choir, BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) 

1:44 am
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 
Symphony No 6 in F major, Op 68 (Pastoral)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)

2:31 am
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) 
Sextet for strings No 2 Op 36 in G major
Aronowitz Ensemble

3:12 am
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) 
24 Preludes for piano Op 28
Cedric Tiberghien (piano)

3:51 am
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) 
Sonata da Chiesa in E minor Op 1 No 2
London Baroque

3:57 am
Leopold Ebner (1769-1830) 
Trio in B flat major
Zagreb Woodwind Trio

4:04 am
Bernat Vivancos (b.1973) 
Nigra sum
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Kļava (conductor)

4:13 am
Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894), Josef Lhévinne (transcriber) 
Kamennoi Ostrov Op 10 No 22
Josef Lhévinne (piano)

4:21 am
Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1750) 
Trumpet Concerto in B flat, Op 7 No 3
Ivan Hadliyski (trumpet), Kamerorchester, Alipi Naydenov (conductor)

4:31 am
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835), Unknown (arranger) 
Oboe Concerto in E flat (arr for trumpet)
Geoffrey Payne (trumpet), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz (conductor)

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

4:49 am
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) 
Rhapsody for piano in B minor, Op 79 No 1
Steven Osborne (piano)

4:58 am
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) 
Sonata for cello and continuo in A major
La Stagione Frankfurt

5:07 am
Nicolaos Mantzaros (1795-1872) 
Sinfonia di genere Orientale in A minor
National Symphony Orchestra of Greek Radio, Andreas Pylarinos (conductor)

5:17 am
Pietro Marc'Antonio Cesti (1623-1669) 
Tibrino and Gelone's duet 'Pur ti ritrovo alfine': from Orontea, Act 1 Scene 13
Cettina Cadelo (soprano), Gastone Sarti (baritone), Concerto Vocale, Rene Jacobs (director)

5:25 am
Francesco Durante (1684-1755) 
Concerto for harpsichord and string orchestra in B flat major
Gerald Hambitzer (harpsichord), Concerto Koln

5:35 am
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) 
Quartet for strings Op 33 No 2 in E flat major "Joke"
Escher Quartet, Adam Barnett-Hart (violin), Wu Jie (violin), Pierre Lapointe (viola), Dane Johansen (cello) 

5:54 am
Clara Schumann (1819-1896) 
4 Pieces fugitives for piano Op 15
Angela Cheng (piano)

6:07 am
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Ann Kuppens (arranger) 
Variations on a rococo theme for cello and String orchestra Op 33
Gavriel Lipkind (cello), Brussels Chamber Orchestra

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