Through the Night

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Through the Night: Lavrangas and Tchaikovsky in Athens

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Lavrangas and Tchaikovsky in Athens

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ERT National Symphony Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony.

The ERT National Symphony Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony along with music by Greek composer Dionysios Lavrangas. Presented by Jonathan Swain.

The ERT National Symphony Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony along with music by one of the first Greek composers to incorporate folk music into his works - Dionysios Lavrangas. Presented by Jonathan Swain.

12:31 AM
Dionysios Lavrangas (1860-1941)
Greek Suite no.1
ERT National Symphony Orchestra, Ender Sakpinar (conductor)

12:45 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Symphony no.4 in F Minor, Op.36
ERT National Symphony Orchestra, Ender Sakpinar (conductor)

01:25 AM
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Sheherazade - symphonic suite (Op.35)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares (conductor)

02:13 AM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
6 Impromptus, Op 5
Juhani Lagerspetz (piano)

02:31 AM
Max Bruch (1838-1920)
Scottish fantasy, Op 46
James Ehnes (violin), Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

03:01 AM
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Piano Trio No 1 in F major, Op 18
Stefan Lindgren (piano), Ulf Forsberg (violin), Mats Rondin (cello)

03:32 AM
John Ansell (1874-1948)
Nautical Overture
West Australian Symphony Orchestra, David Measham (conductor)

03:40 AM
Oskar Merikanto (1868-1924)
Merella  
Arto Satukangas (piano)

03:44 AM
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Symphony of Psalms (1930 revised 1948)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Choir, Colin Davis (conductor)

04:04 AM
Ester Magi (b.1922)
Murdunud aer (The broken oar)
Estonian National Male Choir, Ants Soots (director)

04:09 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Concerto No 1 in E flat major Op 11 for horn and orchestra
Premysl Vojta (horn), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)

04:25 AM
Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Prelude and Fugue in B flat major, Op 16 no 2
Angela Cheng (piano)

04:31 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Francesco Squarcia (arranger)
3 Hungarian Dances
I Cameristi Italiani

04:39 AM
Zoltan Kodaly (1882 - 1967)
4 Italian madrigals for female chorus
Jutland Chamber Choir, Mogens Dahl (director)

04:51 AM
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Quartet for flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon no 6 in F major
Vojtech Samec (flute), Jozef Luptacik (clarinet), Frantisek Machats (bassoon), Jozef Illes (french horn)

05:02 AM
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
In the steppes of central Asia (V sredney Azii) - symphonic poem
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor)

05:10 AM
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787)
Sonata in G major for transverse flute and harpsichord, Op 6 no 6
Karl Kaiser (transverse flute), Susanne Kaiser (harpsichord)

05:20 AM
Kaspar Forster (1616-1673)
Dialogus a 5 'Quid faciam misera?'
Olga Pasiecznik (soprano), Marta Boberska (soprano), Dirk Snellings (bass), Il Tempo Baroque Ensemble

05:27 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Concerto no.8 in C major, K.246
Yeol Eum Son (piano), RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Roberto Gonzalez-Monjas (conductor)

05:49 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Mass in D major (Op.86)
Ludmila Vernerova (soprano), Olga Kodesova (alto), Vladimír Okenko (tenor), Ilja Prokop (bass), Miluska Kvechova (organ), Czech Radio Choir, Pilzen Radio Orchestra, Lubomir Matl (conductor)

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