Through the Night

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Through the Night: Druids vs Christians

Helmuth Rilling conducts Bach cantatas

Druids vs Christians

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Druids vs Christians

Mendelssohn's dramatic cantata Die erste Walpurgisnacht. Presented by Jonathan Swain.

Mendelssohn's Die erste Walpurgisnacht performed by the Swedish Radio Choir and Symphony Orchestra and conductor Daniel Harding. Presented by Jonathan Swain.

Mendelssohn's dramatic cantata 'Die erste Walpurgisnacht' is performed by the Swedish Radio Choir and Symphony Orchestra and conductor Daniel Harding. Isabelle Faust is the soloist in Schoenberg's Violin Concerto. With Jonathan Swain.

01:01 AM
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Violin Concerto, Op 36
Isabelle Faust (violin), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor)

01:37 AM
Gyorgy Kurtag (b.1926)
Doloroso (from 'Jelek, játékok és üzenetek') [Signs, Games and Messages)
Isabelle Faust (violin)

01:40 AM
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Friede auf Erden, Op 13
Swedish Radio Choir

01:51 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op 60
Swedish Radio Choir, Ingrid Tobiasson (contralto), Bernard Richter (tenor), Shenyang (baritone), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor)

02:26 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphony no 38 in D major K.504 (Prague)
RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Gunter Pichler (conductor)

03:01 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Piano Quintet in A major (D.667) "Trout"
Nikolai Demidenko (piano), Marianne Thorsen (violin), Are Sandbakken (viola), Leonid Gorokhov (cello), Dan Styffe (double bass)

03:44 AM
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
St Paul's Suite, Op 29 no 2
Seoul Chamber Orchestra, Yong-Yun Kim (conductor)

03:59 AM
Sebastian Yradier (1809-1865)
La Paloma
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Sinfonia of London, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (conductor)

04:04 AM
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)
Cordoba (Nocturne) from Cantos de Espana (Op.232 No.4)
Henry-David Varema (cello), Heiki Matlik (guitar)

04:10 AM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Pohjola's daughter - symphonic fantasia, Op 49
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor)

04:25 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Polonaise for piano in A flat major, Op 53 'Polonaise heroique'
Jacek Kortus (piano)

04:33 AM
Albertus Groneman (c.1710-1778)
Flute Sonata in E minor
Jed Wentz (flute), Balazs Mate (cello), Marcelo Bussi (harpsichord)

04:44 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
'Va tacito e nascosto' (Giulio Cesare)
Graham Pushee (counter tenor), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (artistic director)

04:51 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Une Barque sur l'ocean
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Eivind Aadland (conductor)

05:01 AM
Imant Raminsh (b.1943)
Put vejini  for mixed chorus
Kamer Youth Chorus, Maris Sirmais (director)

05:05 AM
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Chanson Louis XIII et Pavane in the Style of Couperin
Barnabas Kelemen (violin), Zoltan Kocsis (piano)

05:11 AM
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
3 keyboard sonatas
Claire Huangci (piano)

05:22 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Harpsichord Concerto no 5 in F minor, BWV.1056
Lembit Orgse (harpsichord), Estonian Radio Chamber Orchestra, Paul Magi (conductor)

05:31 AM
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Little suite for string orchestra in A minor, Op 1
CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

05:49 AM
Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838)
Farval (Farewell)
Eeva-Liisa Saarinen (mezzo soprano), Ilmo Ranta (piano)

05:54 AM
Antoine Reicha (1770-1836)
Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, Op 89
Joze Kotar (clarinet), Slovenian Philharmonic String Quartet

06:17 AM
Frederick Delius (1862-1934)
Violin Concerto (1916)
Philippe Djokic (violin), Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor)

06:45 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
6 Variations on an Original Theme in F major, Op.34 for piano
Boris Berman (piano)

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