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Through the Night: BBC Proms 2019 - Schubert, Tchaikovsky and Lutoslawski

Sven-David Sandstrom's St John Passion

BBC Proms 2019 - Schubert, Tchaikovsky and Lutoslawski

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, BBC Proms 2019 - Schubert, Tchaikovsky and Lutoslawski

The West–Eastern Divan Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky. Presented by John Shea.

Daniel Barenboim, West–Eastern Divan Orchestra and Martha Argerich perform Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto, plus Lutosławski’s Concerto for Orchestra. Presented by John Shea.

Daniel Barenboim and his West–Eastern Divan Orchestra are joined by the legendary Martha Argerich for Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto, an expression of Romantic intensity balanced by the bracing vitality of Lutosławski’s Concerto for Orchestra. Presented by John Shea.

12:31 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Symphony no 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

12:53 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Piano Concerto no 1 in B flat minor, Op 23
Martha Argerich (piano), West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

01:27 AM
Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994)
Concerto for Orchestra
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

01:56 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Egmont Overture Op 84
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

02:05 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Rondo a capriccio in G major Op.129 (Rage over a lost penny) for piano
Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)

02:11 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Trio for piano, clarinet and viola in E flat major, K498, 'Kegelstatt'
Martin Frost (clarinet), Antoine Tamestit (viola), Cedric Tiberghien (piano)

02:31 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Flavio : Act 3
Jeffrey Gall (counter tenor), Derek Lee Ragin (counter tenor), Lena Lootens (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano), Christina Hogman (soprano), Gianpaolo Fagotto (tenor), Ulrich Messthaler (bass), Ensemble 415, Rene Jacobs (conductor)

03:19 AM
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Napoli, FP 40
Antonio Pompa-Baldi (piano)

03:29 AM
Anatol Lyadov (1855-1914)
The Enchanted Lake, Op 62
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitaenko (conductor)

03:37 AM
Allan Pettersson (1911-1980)
Two Elegies (1934) and Romanza  (1942) for violin & piano
Isabelle van Keulen (violin), Enrico Pace (piano)

03:43 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Franz Liszt (arranger)
Standchen (Horch, horch! die Lerch) (D.889)
Janina Fialkowska (piano)

03:46 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Friedrich Schiller (author)
Des Madchens Klage (D.191, Op.58 No.3)
Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

03:50 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto in F major (RV.442) for treble recorder
Michael Schneider (recorder), Camerata Koln

03:58 AM
Francois Couperin (1668-1733)
Rondeau: Le Tic-toc-choc (or Les maillotins)
Colin Tilney (harpsichord)

04:02 AM
Heino Eller (1887-1970)
Romance, Dance and A Homeland Tune (from Five Pieces for Strings)
Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vallo Jarvi (conductor)

04:14 AM
Fernando Sor (1778-1839)
Introduction and variations on a theme from Mozart's Magic Flute, Op 9
Ana Vidovic (guitar)

04:23 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Andante in C major, K315
Anita Szabo (flute), Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Zoltan Kocsis (conductor)

04:31 AM
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
To her beneath whose steadfast star, for chorus
BBC Singers, Stephen Layton (conductor)

04:36 AM
Imants Zemzaris (b.1951)
The Light springs
Juris Gailitis (flute), Indulis Suna (violin)

04:42 AM
Toivo Kuula (1883-1918)
Tranquillamente from 3 Satukuvaa (Fairy tale pictures) for piano (Op 19 no 3)
Liisa Pohjola (piano)

04:48 AM
Frigyes Hidas (1928-2007)
Harpsichord Concerto
Barbala Dobozy (harpsichord), Concentus Hungaricus, Ildiko Hegyi (conductor)

05:02 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Suite in A major, Op 98b
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra Katowice, Stanislaw Macura (conductor)

05:21 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Io ti lascio, K245
Bryn Terfel (bass baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

05:26 AM
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
Clarinet Quartet in E flat major
Martin Frost (clarinet), Tobias Ringborg (violin), Ingegerd Kierkegaard (viola), John Ehde (cello)

05:54 AM
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
Sonata movement in E minor (B.70) for 2 pianos, 8 hands
Else Krijgsman (piano), Mariken Zandliver (piano), David Kuijken (piano), Carlos Moerdijk (piano)

06:05 AM
Christopher Simpson (c.1605-1669)
Summer (excerpt from The Four Seasons)
Les Voix Humaines, Arparla

06:22 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (arranger)
Andante Cantabile (String Quartet, Op 11)
Shauna Rolston (cello), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

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