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Through the Night

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

Through the Night: Boston Symphony Orchestra at the 2018 BBC Proms

Sven-David Sandstrom's St John Passion

Boston Symphony Orchestra at the 2018 BBC Proms

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Boston Symphony Orchestra at the 2018 BBC Proms

Shostakovich's embattled Fourth Symphony and Bernstein's intensely lyrical Serenade.

Shostakovich's embattled Symphony No 4 is set alongside Bernstein's intensely lyrical Serenade in this concert by Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Shostakovich's embattled Fourth Symphony – a dazzling manifesto of the composer's modernist beliefs – is set alongside Bernstein's intensely lyrical Serenade in this concert by Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Presented by John Shea.

12:31 AM
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Serenade 
Baiba Skride (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor)

01:02 AM
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Symphony no. 4 in C minor Op.43
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor)

02:07 AM
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Cello Sonata in D minor (Op.40)
Arto Noras (cello), Konstantin Bogino (piano)

02:31 AM
Cesar Franck (1822-1890), Sicard (author), Louis de Fourcaud (author)
Psyche - symphonic poem for chorus and orchestra (M.47) vers. original (1887-88)
Netherlands Radio Choir, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Fournet (conductor)

03:18 AM
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
Suite No.1 in F for 2 pianos (Op.15)
James Anagnason (piano), Leslie Kinton (piano)

03:34 AM
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801), Arthur Benjamin (arranger)
Trumpet Concerto in C minor
Geoffrey Payne (trumpet), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz (conductor)

03:45 AM
Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672)
3 sacred pieces (SWV.415, SWV.138, SWV.27)
Cologne Chamber Chorus, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann (conductor)

03:56 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Nocturne in B major (Op. 32, No.1)
Ronald Brautigam (piano)

04:01 AM
David Diamond (1915-2005)
Rounds for string orchestra
CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

04:16 AM
Artie Matthews (1888-1959)
Pastime Rags (1913-20): Slow Drags No.5
Donna Coleman (piano)

04:20 AM
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Introduction and rondo capriccioso for violin and orchestra (Op.28)
Moshe Hammer (violin), Winnepeg Symphony Orchestra, Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor)

04:31 AM
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)
Espana
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender (conductor)

04:37 AM
Bernardo Storace (1637-1707)
Ciaconna
United Continuo Ensemble

04:44 AM
Alexander Moyzes (1906-1984)
Concerto for piano and Orchestra
Ida Cernecka (piano), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava, Marian Vach (conductor)

04:59 AM
Hubert Parry (1848-1918)
Songs of farewell for mixed voices: no.6 Lord, let me know mine end 
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

05:10 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Ballet music from 'Terpsichore'
English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

05:21 AM
Kaspar Forster (1616-1673)
Jesu dulcis memoria
Dirk Snellings (bass), Ensemble Il tempo

05:29 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphony no. 41 in C major K.551 (Jupiter)
Danish Radio Chamber Orchestra, Adam Fischer (conductor)

06:03 AM
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Wind Quintet Op 43
Galliard Ensemble, Katherine Thomas (flute), Katherine Spencer (clarinet), Helen Simons (bassoon), Owen Dennis (oboe), Richard Bayliss (horn)

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