Through the Night

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Through the Night: That difficult second concerto

Sven-David Sandstrom's St John Passion

That difficult second concerto

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, That difficult second concerto

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra performs Dukas, Prokofiev and Stravinsky. With John Shea.

The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, under Sylvain Cambreling, performs Dukas, Prokofiev and Stravinsky, with pianist Anna Vinnitskaya. With John Shea.

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra under Sylvain Cambreling in Dukas, Prokofiev and Stravinsky, with pianist Anna Vinnitskaya. With John Shea.

12:31 AM
Paul Dukas (1865-1935)
La Péri, ballet music
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor)

12:52 AM
Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor, Op 16
Anna Vinnitskaya (piano), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor)

01:25 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Minstrels, Prelude No 12, Book 1
Anna Vinnitskaya (piano)

01:27 AM
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Pulcinella
Kora Pavelic (mezzo soprano), David Fischer (tenor), Michael Nagl (bass), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor)

02:07 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Variations on a theme by Paganini, Op 35 (excerpts from Book 1, Nos 1-14)
Anna Vinnitskaya (piano)

02:21 AM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Spring Song Op 16
Kaija Saarikettu (violin), Raija Kerppo (piano)

02:31 AM
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz (1876-1909)
Symphony in E minor Op 7 
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Humala (conductor)

03:17 AM
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Konzertstuck in F minor, Op 79
Victoria Postnikova (piano), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor)

03:34 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Exsultate, jubilate K165
Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, Giovanni Antonini (conductor)

03:50 AM
Arvo Part (b.1935)
Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic, Kristjan Järvi (conductor)

03:58 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
10 Variations on 'La stessa, la stessissima'
Theo Bruins (piano)

04:09 AM
Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)
La grotta di Trofonio (Overture)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi (conductor)

04:16 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Waltz in A minor, Op 34 No 2
Zoltan Kocsis (piano)

04:22 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Rondo concertante in B flat major, K269
James Ehnes (violin), Mozart Anniversary Orchestra

04:31 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Ruy Blas (overture) Op 95
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

04:39 AM
Arnold Bax (1883-1953)
Mater ora filium
BBC Singers, David Hill (conductor)

04:49 AM
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Royal Academy Soloists, Clio Gould (conductor)

05:03 AM
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Psalm 110: Le Toutpuissant a mon Seigneur et maistre
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Peter Phillips (conductor)

05:11 AM
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Pan og Syrinx  Op 49 FS.87
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schonwandt (conductor)

05:19 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata No 30 in E major, Op 109
Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)

05:38 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Violin Concerto No 3 in G major, K216
James Ehnes (violin), Mozart Anniversary Orchestra

06:03 AM
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
2 Finnlandische Volksweisen (Finnish folksong arrangements) for 2 pianos, Op 27
Erik T. Tawaststjerna (piano), Hui-Ying Liu (piano)

06:14 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Overture burlesque in B flat major TWV.55:B8
Aira Maria Lehtipuu (violin), Kore Ensemble

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