Through the Night

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Through the Night: Russian Voices

Helmuth Rilling conducts Bach cantatas

Russian Voices

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Russian Voices

Music by both well-known and lesser-known Russian composers. Presented by Jonathan Swain.

Music by both well-known and lesser-known Russian composers reunites the Swedish Radio Choir with their former chief conductor, Peter Dijkstra. Presented by Jonathan Swain.

Music by both well-known and lesser known Russian composers reunites the Swedish Radio Choir with their former chief conductor, Peter Dijkstra. They are also joined by cellist superstar Truls Mork. Presented by Jonathan Swain.

12:31 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Vespers (All-Night Vigil), Op 37 (excerpts)
Swedish Radio Choir, Peter Dijkstra (conductor)

12:38 AM
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
Three Quartets, Op 57 (excerpts)
Swedish Radio Choir, Peter Dijkstra (conductor), Truls Mork (cello)

12:44 AM
Arvo Part (1935-)
...which was the son of...
Swedish Radio Choir, Peter Dijkstra (conductor)

12:50 AM
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)
Three Sacred Songs
Swedish Radio Choir, Peter Dijkstra (conductor)

12:58 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Vocalise, Op 34 No 14
Truls Mork (cello), Swedish Radio Choir, Peter Dijkstra (conductor)

01:05 AM
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), Dmitry Shostakovich (arranger)
Symphony of Psalms
Swedish Radio Choir, Johan Ullen (piano), Magnus Skold (piano), Peter Dijkstra (conductor)

01:25 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943), Konstantin Balmont (author)
The Bells (Kolokola) for soloists, chorus and orchestra, Op 35
Pavel Kourchoumov (tenor), Roumiana Bareva (soprano), Stoyan Popov (baritone), Sons de la mer Mixed Choir, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vassil Stefanov (conductor)

02:03 AM
George Enescu (1881-1955)
Violin Sonata no 3 in A minor, Op 25 (dans le caractere populaire roumain)
Gabriel Croitoru (violin), Valentin Gheorgiu (piano)

02:31 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 3 in E flat "Eroica" (Op.55)
Venezuela Symphony Orchestra, Eduardo Chibas (conductor)

03:23 AM
Arvo Part (1935-)
Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic, Kristjan Järvi (conductor)

03:31 AM
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
5 Flower Songs for chorus (Op.47)
Camerata Chamber Choir
Michael Bojesen (conductor)

03:41 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Six Epigraphes Antiques
Wyneke Jordans (piano), Leo van Doeselaar (piano)

03:57 AM
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
An Imaginary journey to the Faroes, FS 123
Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic, Kristjan Järvi (conductor)

04:03 AM
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (c.1670-1746)
Suite No 4 in D minor Op 1 no 4 from 'Le Journal du printemps'
Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players, Geoffrey Lancaster (conductor)

04:14 AM
Dora Pejacevic (1885-1923)
Liebeslied, Op 39
Katia Markotich (mezzo soprano), HRT Symphony Orchestra, Mladen Tarbuk (conductor)

04:20 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Septet for 3 oboes, 3 violins and continuo (TWV.44:43) in B flat major
Il Gardellino

04:31 AM
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Las Agachadas
Swedish Radio Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor)

04:34 AM
Ludwik Grossman (1835-1915)
Csardas from the comic opera Duch wojewody (The Ghost of Voyvode) (1875)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Miroslaw Blaszczyk (conductor)

04:44 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Romanze (Andante) from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – Serenade in G major (K.525)
RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Pitamic (conductor)

04:51 AM
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), W.H.Auden (author)
On this Island, Op 11
Sally Matthews (soprano), Simon Lepper (piano)

05:05 AM
Joaquin Turina (1882-1949)
Fiesta at San Juan de Aznalfarache - from 'Sinfonia Sevilliana' (Op.23)
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Goossens (conductor)

05:12 AM
Philip Glass (1937-)
Music in similar motion for ensemble
Ricercata Ensemble, Ivan Siller (director)

05:25 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Contrapunctus 8 and 13 from 'The Art of the Fugue', BWV.1080
Maria Wloszczowska (violin), Sally Beamish (viola), Alice Gott (cello)

05:37 AM
Louis-Nicolas Clerambault (1676-1749)
L'Isle de Delos (cantate profane)
Isabelle Poulenard (soprano), Ensemble Amalia

05:58 AM
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (c.1670-1746)
Euterpe (Suite in F major) from Musikalischer Parnassus (1738)
Leen de Broekert (organ)

06:09 AM
Leos Janacek (1854-1928)
String Quartet No 1 'The Kreutzer Sonata'
Danish String Quartet, Frederik Oland (violin), Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin), Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola), Fredrik Sjolin (cello)

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