Through the Night

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Two concerts from Switzerland, featuring Bach, Brahms and Messiaen. With Catriona Young.

From the 2020 Ascona Music Weeks festival, Bach's Violin Partita No 3, Brahms's Piano Quartet No 3 and Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. With Catriona Young.

Two concerts from the 2020 Ascona Music Weeks festival in Switzerland, featuring Bach's Violin Partita No 3, Brahms's Piano Quartet No 3 and Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. Presented by Catriona Young.

12:31 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Partita no.3 in E major BWV.1006 for violin solo
Leonidas Kavakos (violin)

12:50 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Quartet no.3 in C minor, Op.60
Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Nils Monkemeyer (viola), Daniel Muller-Schott (cello), Francesco Piemontesi (piano)

01:27 AM
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Quatuor pour la fin du Temps
Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Jorg Widmann (clarinet), Daniel Muller-Schott (cello), Francesco Piemontesi (piano)

02:19 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Piano Sonata in E minor, H.16.34
Ingrid Fliter (piano)

02:31 AM
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Concerto no. 2 in G major Op.126 for cello and orchestra
Lynn Harrell (cello), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

03:05 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Octet for strings in E flat major, Op 20
Kodaly Quartet, Bartok String Quartet

03:33 AM
Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709)
Sonata in D for Trumpet, Strings and Basso Continuo
Sebastian Philpott (trumpet), European Baroque Orchestra, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor)

03:41 AM
Henriette Bosmans (1895-1952)
Verses from Maria Lecina
Rachel Ann Morgan (mezzo soprano), Frans van Ruth (piano)

03:54 AM
Frederick Delius (1862-1934)
La Calinda
BBC Concert Orchestra, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

03:58 AM
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
3 Preludes for piano (1926)
Donna Coleman (piano)

04:06 AM
Antonio Rosetti (c.1750-1792)
Grande Symphonie in D major
Capella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde (director)

04:22 AM
Georges Hue (1858-1948)
Phantasy vers. flute and piano
Iveta Kundratova (flute), Inna Aslamasova (piano)

04:31 AM
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)
Trois Pieces Breves for wind quintet
Ariart Woodwind Quintet

04:38 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Largo from Suite for solo violin no.3, BWV.1005
Stefan Jackiw (violin)

04:43 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphony no 4 in D major, K.19
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska (conductor)

04:56 AM
Katia Tchemberdji (b.1960)
In Namen Amadeus, for viola, clarinet, piano and tape (1991)
Paul Dean (clarinet), Brett Dean (viola), Stephen Emmerson (piano)

05:10 AM
Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)
Midsummer vigil - Swedish rhapsody no.1 (Op.19)
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schonwandt (conductor)

05:24 AM
Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773)
Trio Sonata in E flat major
Atrium Musicium Chamber Ensemble

05:32 AM
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme suite
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Terje Tonnesen (conductor)

05:50 AM
Leos Janacek (1854-1928)
Glagolitic mass
Andrea Dankova (soprano), Jana Sykorova (alto), Tomas Juhas (tenor), Jozef Benci (bass), Ales Barta (organ), Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tomas Netopil (conductor)

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