Through the Night

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Through the Night: Louis Lortie and friends

Sven-David Sandstrom's St John Passion

Louis Lortie and friends

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Louis Lortie and friends

Debussy's violin and cello sonatas, and Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio in A minor.

Kerson Leong, Stephane Tetreault and Louis Lortie perform Debussy's violin and cello sonatas and Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio in A minor. Presented by John Shea.

Kerson Leong, Stéphane Tétreault and Louis Lortie perform Debussy's violin and cello sonatas and Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio in A minor. Presented by John Shea.

12:31 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Violin Sonata in G minor
Kerson Leong (violin), Louis Lortie (piano)

12:45 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Cello Sonata in D minor, L.135
Stephane Tetreault (cello), Louis Lortie (piano)

12:58 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Piano Trio in A minor, Op.50
Kerson Leong (violin), Stephane Tetreault (cello), Louis Lortie (piano)

01:48 AM
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
Overture 'Ruslan i Lyudmila'
Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Cristian Macelaru (conductor)

01:54 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Souvenir de Florence, Op 70
Vadim Repin (violin), Baiba Skride (violin), Andrei Ionita (cello), Victor Fournelle-Blain (viola), Natalie Racine (viola), Anna Burden (cello)

02:31 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Dixit Dominus, HWV 232
Hana Blaziková (soprano), Alena Hellerova (soprano), Kamila Mazalova (contralto), Vaclav Cizek (tenor), Tomas Kral (bass), Jaromir Nosek (bass), Collegium Vocale 1704, Collegium 1704, Vaclav Luks (conductor)

03:02 AM
Erkki Melartin (1875-1937)
Violin Concerto in D minor (Op.60)
John Storgards (violin), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu (conductor)

03:31 AM
Gertrude van den Bergh (1793-1840)
Lied fur pianoforte
Frans van Ruth (piano)

03:36 AM
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787)
Symphony (K.21) (Op.10 No.3) in E flat major
La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider (conductor)

03:45 AM
Arthur Butterworth (1923-2014)
Romanza for horn and strings (1954)
Martin Hackleman (horn), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

03:55 AM
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
The Soldier's tale - suite arranged for clarinet, violin and piano
Kaja Danczowska (violin), Michel Lethiec (clarinet), Yeol Eum Son (piano)

04:11 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto for flute in D major RV.428, 'Il Gardellino'
Karl Kaiser (flute), Camerata Koln

04:23 AM
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Eternal Father (3 Motets, Op 135 No 2)
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

04:31 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Alborada del gracioso  'Miroirs' (1905)
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor)

04:38 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sonata for Viola da Gamba in A major, BWV.1015
Teodoro Bau (viola da gamba), Andrea Buccarella (harpsichord)

04:54 AM
Dora Pejacevic (1885-1923)
Nocturne for orchestra
Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra (soloist), Pavle Despalj (conductor)

04:59 AM
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1590-1664)
Missa sine nomine
Silvia Piccollo (soprano), Annemieke Cantor (alto), Marco Beasley (tenor), Daniele Carnovich (bass), Diego Fasolis (conductor)

05:14 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Fantasy in C minor (K.396)
Valdis Jancis (piano)

05:24 AM
Veljo Tormis (1930-2017)
Spring Sketches 
Polyphonia, Lyudmila Gerova (soloist), Ivelin Dimitrov (conductor)

05:29 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Trio for piano and strings no 3 in F minor, Op 65
Grieg Trio

06:10 AM
Nemeth-Samorinsky Stefan (1896-1975)
Birch Trees - symphonic poem
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Dohnanyi (conductor)

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