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Through the Night: Monteverdi Vespers of 1610

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Monteverdi Vespers of 1610

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Monteverdi Vespers of 1610

A towering baroque masterpiece from the 2017 BBC Proms, presented by Catriona Young.

A towering early baroque masterpiece from the 2017 BBC Proms, performed by Ensemble Pygmalion. Presented by Catriona Young.

A towering early-baroque masterpiece from the 2017 BBC Proms, performed by Ensemble Pygmalion. Catriona Young presents.

01:01 AM
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Vespro della Beata Vergine
Ensemble Baroque Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon (conductor), Giuseppina Bridelli (mezzo soprano), Eva Zaicik (mezzo soprano), Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenor), Magnus Staveland (tenor), Virgile Ancely (bass), Renaud Bres (bass), Olivier Coiffet (tenor), Geoffroy Buffière (bass)

02:51 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sonata for flute, violin and continuo in G major, BWV 1038
Musica Petropolitana

03:01 AM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Symphony no 2 in D major, Op 43
BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

03:43 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Lyric Pieces - selection from Books 1 & 2
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

04:01 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Ivars Taurins (conductor)

04:10 AM
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Tango
Apollon Musagete Quartet

04:14 AM
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804-1857)
Overture in D major
Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd (conductor)

04:21 AM
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Liebesfreud for violin and piano
Tobias Ringborg (violin), Anders Kilström (piano)

04:25 AM
Sven-David Sandström (b.1942)
En ny himmel och en ny jord (A new heaven and a new earth) for a cappella chorus
Chamber Choir AVE, Andraž Hauptman (conductor)

04:34 AM
Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Variations on a theme of Robert Schumann for piano in F sharp minor, Op 20
Angela Cheng (piano)

04:43 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto for 2 trumpets and orchestra in C major, RV.537
Anton Grčar (trumpet), Stanko Arnold (trumpet), RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Marko Munih (conductor)

04:50 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Air: 'Return, O God of hosts' from "Samson", Act 2
Maureen Forrester (alto), I Solisti  Zagreb, Antonio Janigro (conductor)

05:01 AM
Henri Sauguet (1901-1989)
La Nuit (1929)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Daniel Swift (conductor)

05:13 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Abegg variations Op.1 for piano
Annika Treutler (piano)

05:21 AM
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787)
Trio for 2 flutes and continuo in G major Op 16 No 4
La Stagione Frankfurt

05:31 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
String Quartet in D major (K.155)
Australian String Quartet

05:41 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Gesang der Parzen  Op 89 for chorus and orchestra
Warsaw Philharmonic Chorus, Orkiestra Filharmonii Narodowej w Warszawie, Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor)

05:54 AM
Manuel Maria Ponce (1882-1948)
Guitar Preludes Nos 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Heiki Mätlik (guitar)

06:01 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Violin Sonata in E flat major Op 12`3
Alexandra Soumm (violin), Julien Quentin (piano)

06:21 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphony no 35 in D major, K.385, "Haffner"
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset (conductor)

06:41 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849), Stefan Witwicki (author), Bohdan Zaleski (author), Wincentry Pol (author)
Six Songs from Polish Songs, Op 74
Marika Schönberg (soprano), Roland Pontinen (piano)

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