Through the Night

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Through the Night: Tempestous and Miraculous

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Tempestous and Miraculous

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Tempestous and Miraculous

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande plays the fantasy from Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet.

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande plays the fantasy from Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet and Bartok's Miraculous Manderin suite. Catriona Young presents.

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande plays Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet Fantasy and Bartok's Miraculous Mandarin suite. Francois-Frederic Guy is the soloist in Bartok's 2nd piano concerto. Catriona Young presents.

12:31 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Romeo and Juliet, fantasy overture after Shakespeare
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Gustavo Gimeno (conductor)

12:52 AM
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G, Sz. 95
Francois-Frederic Guy (piano), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Gustavo Gimeno (conductor)

01:20 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
The Tempest, op. 18, fantasy after Shakespeare
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Gustavo Gimeno

01:46 AM
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
Suite from 'The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz. 73'
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Gustavo Gimeno (conductor)

02:05 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Selig ist der Mann, cantata, BWV 57
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (director)

02:31 AM
Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
Symphony in E major 'Irish'
BBC Philharmonic, Richard Hickox (conductor)

03:07 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Quartet for piano and strings No.3 (Op.60) "Werther" in C minor
Havard Gimse (piano), Stig Nilsson (violin), Anders Nilsson (viola), Romain Garioud (cello)

03:43 AM
Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697)
Wohl dem, der den Herren furchtet (cantata)
Greta de Reyghere (soprano), Jill Feldman (soprano), Max van Egmond (bass), Ricercar Consort

03:51 AM
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936), Unknown (arranger)
Elegie in D flat major Op 17 arranged for horn and piano
Mindaugas Gecevicius (horn), Ala Bendoraitiene (piano)

04:00 AM
John Blow (1649-1708)
Venus and Adonis (dance extracts)
Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley (director)

04:07 AM
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Trio sonata in C major, Op 3,  No 8
Il Seminario Musicale, Gerard Lesne (director)

04:14 AM
Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710)
Tarantella
Eduardo Egüez (guitar)

04:22 AM
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Serenata in vano, FS 68 (for clarinet, horn, bassoon, cello & d.bass)
Festival Ensemble of the Festival of the Sound, James Campbell (conductor)

04:31 AM
Toivo Kuula (1883-1918)
Prelude and Fugue for orchestra Op 10 (1909)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Pertti Pekkanen (conductor)

04:40 AM
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Keyboard Sonata in A minor, Wq 57 No 2
Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)

04:49 AM
Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745)
De profundis (Psalm 129) in D minor
Czech Chamber Choir, Virtuosi di Praga, Petr Chromcak (conductor)

04:59 AM
Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880)
Polonaise in A major for violin & piano, Op 21
Piotr Plawner (violin), Andrzej Guz (piano)

05:09 AM
Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764)
Badinage & Chaconne from Deuxieme Recreation de musique d'une execution facile
Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)

05:18 AM
Flor Alpaerts (1876-1954)
Avondmuziek for wind octet  (1915)
I Soloisti del Vento, Ivo Hadermann (conductor)

05:28 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Suite for orchestra No 1 in C major BWV.1066
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)

05:51 AM
Robert de Visee (c.1655-1733)
Suite in D minor
Eduardo Egüez (lute)

06:06 AM
Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)
Hary Janos Suite (Op.35a)
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Tamás Vásáry (conductor)

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