Through the Night

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Through the Night: Bach's choral masterpiece

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Bach's choral masterpiece

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Bach's B minor Mass performed by B'Rock Orchestra and Ivor Bolton. John Shea presents.

Bach's B minor Mass is a work of genius and a joy to sing. Tonight we hear a performance by Balthasar Neumann Chorus, B'Rock Orchestra and Ivor Bolton. John Shea presents.

Bach's B Minor Mass is a towering work of genius and a joy to sing. Tonight we are treated to a performance by Balthasar Neumann Chorus, B'Rock Orchestra and Ivor Bolton. John Shea presents.

01:01 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Balthasar Neumann Chorus, B'Rock Orchestra, Ivor Bolton (conductor)

02:44 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (BWV 225)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, The Sixteen, Ton Koopman (conductor)

03:01 AM
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Serenade after Plato's 'The symposium'
Jaap van Zweden (violin), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

03:31 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
L'Anima del Filosofo, ossia 'Orfeo ed Euridice' Act IV
Grit van Juten (soprano), Elena Vink (soprano), Robert Gambill (tenor), Henk Smit (bass), Netherlands Radio Chamber Choir, Netherlands Radio Orchestra, Dieter Rossberg (conductor), Robin Gritton (choirmaster)

03:51 AM
Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991)
Concerto festivo for orchestra
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gabriel Chmura (conductor)

04:04 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Overture to the Magic Flute
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi (conductor)

04:10 AM
Barbara Strozzi ([1619-1677])
"L'Eraclito amoroso" for Soprano and continuo
Musica Fiorita, Susanne Ryden (soprano), Rebeka Ruso (viola da gamba), Rafael Bonavita (theorbo), Daniela Dolci (harpsichord), Daniela Dolci (director)

04:16 AM
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
6 Metamorphoses after Ovid
Owen Dennis (oboe)

04:30 AM
Johannes Ockeghem (c.1410-1497)
Ave Maria
Hilliard Ensemble

04:33 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750),Charles Gounod (1818-1893), Blagoj Angelovski (arranger)
Ave Maria arr for trumpet and organ
Blagoj Angelovski (trumpet), Velin Iliev (organ)

04:36 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
String Quartet in C minor (D 703)
Tilev String Quartet

04:47 AM
Arvo Part (b.1935)
Fratres
Petr Nouzovsky (cello), Yukie Ichimura (piano)

05:01 AM
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006), John P.Paynter (arranger)
Little Suite for Brass Band No.1, Op 80
Edmonton Wind Ensemble, Harry Pinchin (conductor)

05:09 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Premiere rapsodie arr. for clarinet and orchestra (orig. clarinet and piano)
Kari Kriikku (clarinet), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

05:17 AM
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
3 Motets: Ave Maria; Christus factus est; Locus iste
Sokkelund Choir, Morten Schuldt-Jensen (conductor)

05:30 AM
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847)
Sonata in C minor (1824)
Sylviane Deferne (piano)

05:45 AM
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887), Unknown (transcriber)
Notturno (Andante) - from String Quartet No.2 in D
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Dohnanyi (conductor)

05:54 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (orchestrator)
Overture and prelude to act II of Acis and Galatea K 566
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Andrew Manze (conductor)

06:04 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Sonata for viola da gamba & basso continuo in A minor
Camerata Koln, Rainer Zipperling (viola da gamba), Ghislaine Wauters (viola da gamba), Sabine Bauer (harpsichord)

06:14 AM
Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)
4 Songs
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Paul Turner (piano)

06:23 AM
Renaat Veremans (1894-1969)
Nacht en Morgendontwaken aan de Nete 
Flemish Radio Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset (conductor)

06:34 AM
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
Violin Concerto in D, Op 35
James Ehnes (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

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