Through the Night

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Through the Night: Wagner, Debussy and Stravinsky from the 2018 BBC Proms

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Wagner, Debussy and Stravinsky from the 2018 BBC Proms

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Wagner, Debussy and Stravinsky from the 2018 BBC Proms

The Hallé Orchestra and Sir Mark Elder at the 2018 BBC Proms. Catriona Young presents.

The Halle Orchestra and Sir Mark Elder play Wagner, Debussy and Stravinsky from the 2018 BBC Proms. Catriona Young presents.

The Hallé Orchestra and Sir Mark Elder play Wagner, Debussy and Stravinsky from the 2018 BBC Proms. Catriona Young presents.

12:31 AM
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Tannhauser Overture
Halle Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor)

12:46 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
La Damoiselle elue
Sophie Bevan (soprano), Anna Stephany (mezzo soprano), Halle Choir, Halle Youth Choir, Halle Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor)

01:08 AM
Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
The Song of the nightingale
Halle Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor)

01:31 AM
Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
Russian Folk Songs and Firebird Suite
Halle Choir, Halle Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor)

02:03 AM
George Enescu (1881-1955)
Violin Sonata No 3 in A minor, Op 25, 'dans le caractère populaire roumain'
Malin Broman (violin), Teo Gheorghiu (piano)

02:31 AM
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), Maurice Ravel (orchestrator)
Pictures at an Exhibition (orig for piano orch Ravel)
BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

03:03 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Trio for piano and strings No.1 (Op.21) in B flat major
Kungsbacka Trio

03:37 AM
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1590-1664)
Agnus Dei - super ut-re-mi-fa-sol-la (for 6 and 7 voices)
Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel (director)

03:44 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Ballade No 2 in F major, Op 38
Zbigniew Raubo (piano)

03:52 AM
Alexander Borodin (Alexander Borodin), Unknown (transcriber)
Notturno (Andante) - from String Quartet No.2 in D
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Dohnanyi (conductor)

04:01 AM
Antonio Lotti (1667-1740)
Sonata for 2 oboes, bassoon and continuo in F major, 'Echo sonata'
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord), Ensemble Zefiro

04:11 AM
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Motets pour un temps de penitence - No.3 Tenebrae & No.4 Tristis est anima mea
Polyphonia, Ivelin Dimitrov (conductor)

04:20 AM
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Sinfonia for 2 violins and continuo in D major, H.585
Les Adieux

04:31 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
3 Characteristic Pieces
Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble, Vassil Kazandjiev (conductor)

04:41 AM
Etienne Mehul (1763-1817)
Piano Sonata in D major Op.1 No.10
Arthur Schoonderwoerd (fortepiano)

04:50 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Laudate Pueri (motet, Op 39 no 2)
Polyphonia, Ivelina Ivancheva (piano), Ivelin Dimitrov (conductor)

05:00 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Danse sacree et danse profane for harp and strings
Eva Maros (harp), Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bela Drahos (conductor)

05:11 AM
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Theme and Variations for violin and piano
Peter Oundjian (violin), William Tritt (piano)

05:20 AM
Johann Rosenmuller (1619-1684)
Sinfonia Quinta
Tafelmusik Baroque Soloists

05:30 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Variations on a theme of Haydn (Op.56a) 'St Antoni Chorale' vers. for orchestra
RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Samo Hubad (conductor)

05:48 AM
Joseph Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Horn Sonata in E flat major, Op 178
Martin Van der Merwe (horn), Huib Christiaanse (piano)

06:10 AM
Franz Berwald (1796-1868)
Piano Trio No 1 in E flat 
Teres Lof (piano), Roger Olsson (violin), Hanna Thorell (cello)

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