Through the Night

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Through the Night: Beethoven from China

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Beethoven from China

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Beethoven from China

Ning Feng performs Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. 

The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra is joined by soloist Ning Feng for Beethoven's Violin Concerto, along with a homage to Beethoven from the Chinese Australian composer Julian Yu. Presented by John Shea.

12:31 AM								
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)								
Adagio for strings, Op.11								
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Long Yu (conductor)								
								
12:38 AM								
Julian Yu (1957-)								
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Beethoven: An Homage to Beethoven								
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Long Yu (conductor)								
								
12:57 AM								
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)								
Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61								
Ning Feng (violin), Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Long Yu (conductor)								
								
01:38 AM								
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)								
Symphony no.1 (Op.68) in C minor								
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Milan Horvat (conductor)								
								
02:24 AM								
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)								
 Allegros in G (Nos 2 and 3 from 5 Pieces for Musical Clock WoO33)								
Rob Nederlof (organ)								
								
02:31 AM								
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)								
Lemminkainen Suite: 4 Legends from the Kalevala for orchestra (Op 22)								
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)								
								
03:17 AM								
Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672)								
Vater Abraham, erbarme dich mein (SWV.477)								
La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata Koln, Roland Wilson (director)								
								
03:31 AM								
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)								
Romance oubliée								
Morten Carlsen (viola), Sergej Osadchuk (piano)								
								
03:36 AM								
Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)								
La revue de cuisine – suite from the ballet								
Festival Ensemble of the Festival of the Sound								
								
03:51 AM								
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)								
If music be the food of love, Z 379C								
Jan Kobow (tenor), Axel Wolf (lute)								
								
03:55 AM								
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)								
Flute Concerto								
Yuri Shut'ko (flute), NRCU Symphony Orchestra, Vyacheslav Blinov (conductor)								
								
04:15 AM								
Christian Friedrich Ruppe (1753-1826)								
Duetto in F major								
Wyneke Jordans (fortepiano), Leo van Doeselaar (fortepiano)								
								
04:25 AM								
Jocelyn Pook (b.1960), Andrew Motion (author)								
Mobile (2002)								
King's Singers								
								
04:31 AM								
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)								
The Bartered Bride - overture								
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester (conductor)								
								
04:38 AM								
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)								
O clarissima Mater (respond)								
Rondellus								
								
04:47 AM								
Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)								
King Gustav II Adolf, Op 49 (Suite)								
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willen (conductor)								
								
05:03 AM								
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)								
Capriccio for keyboard (BWV.993) in E major "In honorem Joh. Christoph. Bachii"								
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)								
								
05:09 AM								
John Foulds (1880-1939)								
Holiday Sketches (Op.16) 								
Cynthia Fleming (violin), Katharine Wood (cello), BBC Concert Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)								
								
05:25 AM								
Cipriano de Rore (c1515-1565)								
Madrigal - Alma susanna (1568)								
Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley (director)								
								
05:30 AM								
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)								
Symphony No. 1 in E flat major								
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor)								
								
06:03 AM								
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)								
Quartet for strings in G minor , Op 10								
RTE Vanbrugh String Quartet

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