Through the Night

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Through the Night: Purcell and Tippett at the Saint-Denis Festival

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Purcell and Tippett at the Saint-Denis Festival

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Purcell and Tippett at the Saint-Denis Festival

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts Michael Tippett's A Child of Our Time.  With Catriona Young.

Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla conducts the French National Orchestra in Michael Tippett's oratorio A Child of Our Time. With Catriona Young.

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts the French National Orchestra in Michael Tippett's oratorio 'A Child of Our Time'. With Catriona Young.

12:31 AM
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Funeral Music for Queen Mary, Z.860
Orchestre National de France, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla (conductor)

12:40 AM
Michael Tippett (1905-1998)
A Child of Our Time, oratorio
Mary Elizabeth Williams (soprano), Felicity Palmer (mezzo soprano), Joshua Stewart (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass baritone), Radio France Chorus, Martina Batic (director), Orchestre National de France, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla (conductor)

01:42 AM
Arvo Part (1935-)
Fratres
Petr Nouzovsky (cello), Yukie Ichimura (piano)

01:55 AM
Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016)
Cantus Arcticus
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

02:14 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Henri Busser (orchestrator)
Printemps – symphonic suite (orch. Busser)
Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Volodymyr Sirenko (conductor)

02:31 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Piano Sonata no 2 in B flat minor Op 35
Beatrice Rana (piano)

02:58 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op 30 
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor)

03:32 AM
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Lindoro's cavatina 'Languir per una bella' (from L' Italiana in Algeri)
Francisco Araiza (tenor), Capella Coloniensis, Gabriele Ferro (conductor)

03:40 AM
Ivo Parac (1890-1954)
Andante amoroso
Zagreb Quartet

03:46 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Flute Concerto in G minor, RV104 (La Notte)
Giovanni Antonini (flute), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (director)

03:56 AM
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Overture to Les Troyens a Carthage
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

04:02 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Geistliches Wiegenlied Op 91 no 2
Judita Leitaite (mezzo soprano), Arunas Statkus (viola), Andrius Vasiliauskas (piano)

04:08 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
7 Variations on a Theme of The Magic Flute by Mozart
Miklos Perenyi (cello), Dezso Ranki (piano)

04:17 AM
Cesar Franck (1822-1890)
Prelude, Fugue and Variation 
Robert Silverman (piano)

04:31 AM
Christoph Gluck (1714-1787)
Dance of the Blessed Spirits - dance music from 'Orphée et Euridice'
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (conductor)

04:38 AM
Daniel Bacheler (c.1572-1619)
Mounsiers almain for lute
Nigel North (lute)

04:44 AM
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Kyrie and Gloria from 'Missa Sao Sebastiao'
Danish National Girls Choir, Michael Bojesen (conductor)

04:56 AM
Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
Nocturne for piano no 6 in D flat major, Op 63
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

05:06 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Symphony no 22 in E flat major, "The Philosopher" (H.1.22)
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Minkowski (conductor)

05:26 AM
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932)
Piano Trio in C minor, Op 50 no 4
Alexander Kerr (violin), Gregor Horsch (cello), Sepp Grotenhuis (piano)

05:47 AM
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Variations on an original theme ('Enigma') Op 36 for orchestra
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor)

06:16 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
French suite for keyboard no 2 in C minor, BWV.813
Cristian Niculescu (piano)

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