Through the Night

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Through the Night: La Strada by Nino Rota

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La Strada by Nino Rota

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, La Strada by Nino Rota

RAI National Symphony Orchestra performs Nino Rota's ballet La Strada. John Shea presents.

RAI National Symphony Orchestra performs Nino Rota's ballet La Strada. They are conducted by Marcello Rota, nephew of Nino Rota. Presented by John Shea.

RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Turin performs Nino Rota's ballet La Strada, which was inspired by Federico Fellini's film of the same name. They are conducted by Marcello Rota, nephew of Nino Rota, and joined by soprano Cristina Mosca. This concert, recorded in October 2020, is followed by a selection of music by Italian composers and musicians. Presented by John Shea.

12:31 AM
Nino Rota (1911-1979)
La Strada (complete ballet)
Marcello Rota (conductor), RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Cristina Mosca (soprano)

01:49 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Trio sonata in D minor RV.63, Op.1`12 (La Follia) for 2 violins and continuo
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (director)

01:59 AM
Roberto Piana (1971-)
Fantasy on Neapolitan Songs
Antonio Pompa-Baldi (piano)

02:06 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Ave verum corpus, K618
Coro Maghini, Claudio Chiavazza (director), Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro de Marchi (conductor)

02:10 AM
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Sonata for strings no.1 in G major
Sofia Soloists, Plamen Djurov (conductor)

02:24 AM
Giovanni Valentini (1582/3-1649)
Un dì soletto, a 7
La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata Koln

02:31 AM
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Concerto in D minor for 2 pianos and orchestra
Lutoslawski Piano Duo (soloist), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)

02:50 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet in G minor 'Rider', Op 74 no 3
Ebene Quartet

03:11 AM
Jan Levoslav Bella (1843-1936)
Fate and the Ideal (Osud a ideál )- symphonic poem
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Dohnanyi (conductor)

03:30 AM
Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632-1692),Francesco Corbetta (1615-1681)
Toccata, Chiaccona (Vitali); Caprice de chaccone (Corbetta)
United Continuo Ensemble

03:39 AM
Granville Bantock (1868-1946)
The Pierrot of the minute (overture)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

03:52 AM
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
5 works for violin and piano arr. for flute, bassoon and harp
Andrea Kolle (flute), Maria Wildhaber (bassoon), Sarah Verrue (harp)

04:03 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Two Hungarian Dances - no 11 in D minor, no 5 in G minor
Sinfonia Varsovia, Robert Trevino (conductor)

04:11 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Nachtlied
Bavarian Radio Chorus, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Alexander Liebreich (conductor)

04:21 AM
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847)
Allegro moderato (Song without words), Op 8 No 1 (1840)
Sylviane Deferne (piano)

04:27 AM
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847)
Songs Without Words (Op.6) (1846) - Il saltarello Romano
Sylviane Deferne (piano)

04:31 AM
Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)
Sinfonia in D major 'Veneziana'
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi (conductor)

04:41 AM
Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda (1801-1866)
Morceau de salon for oboe and piano, Op 228
Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe), Cedric Tiberghien (piano)

04:51 AM
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Prelude to 'Tristan and Isolde'
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Tabita Berglund (conductor)

05:01 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Quartet for flute and strings (K 298) in A major
Joanna G'froerer (flute), Martin Beaver (violin), Pinchas Zukerman (viola), Amanda Forsyth (cello)

05:13 AM
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Let mine eyes run down with tears, Z.24
Grace Davidson (soprano), Aleksandra Lewandowska (soprano), Damien Guillon (counter tenor), Samuel Boden (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Collegium Vocale Ghent, Philippe Herreweghe (director)

05:22 AM
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)
Moyzes Quartet

05:29 AM
Anonymous
Motet: In deliquio amoris
Currende, Erik van Nevel (director)

05:43 AM
Param Vir (b.1952)
Cave of luminous mind for orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)

06:05 AM
Johann Gottlieb Graun (c.1702-1771)
Viola da Gamba Concerto in A, GraunWV A:XIII:11
Aira Maria Lehtipuu (violin), Teodoro Bau (viola da gamba), Kore Orchestra

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