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Through the Night

Music: Classical

Continuous broadcast of concert music and opera, recorded from locations throughout Europe

Through the Night: Barber, Mozart and Mendelssohn

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Barber, Mozart and Mendelssohn

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Barber, Mozart and Mendelssohn

Violinist Pinchas Zukerman performs with the WDR Symphony Orchestra. With Catriona Young.

Violinist Pinchas Zukerman performs with the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Cologne. Barber's Adagio and Mendelssohn's 'Scottish' Symphony complete the concert. With Catriona Young.

Violinist Pinchas Zukerman performs Mozart's 'Turkish' Violin Concerto with the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Cologne. Barber's Adagio and Mendelssohn's 'Scottish' Symphony complete the concert. With Catriona Young.

01:01 AM
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Adagio for strings, Op 11
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Cristian Macelaru (conductor)

01:10 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Violin Concerto no 5 in A, K.219 ('Turkish')
Pinchas Zukerman (violin), WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Cristian Macelaru (conductor)

01:39 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op 56 ('Scottish')
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Cristian Macelaru (conductor)

02:22 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Marchenbilder for viola and piano, Op 113
Pinchas Zukerman (viola), Marc Neikrug (piano)

02:38 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Symphony No.49 in F minor (Hob.1.49)  "La Passione"
Bucharest Virtuosi, Horia Andreescu (conductor)

03:01 AM
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Requiem
Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh (director)

03:22 AM
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Le sacre du printemps 
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)

03:57 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), John Dahlstrand (arranger)
Piece en forme de Habanera
Gary Karr (double bass), Harmon Lewis (piano)

04:00 AM
Lepo Sumera (1950-2000)
Pala aastast 1981 (A Piece from 1981)
Kadri-Ann Sumera (piano)

04:08 AM
Cesar Franck (1822-1890)
Choral No.3 in A minor (M.40) from Trois Chorales pour grande orgue
Pierre Pincemaille (organ)

04:19 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Overture from Suite No 1 in C major, BWV 1066
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)

04:30 AM
Albert Lortzing (1801-1851)
Heiterkeit und Frohlichkeit - from Der Wildschutz Act 3
Brett Polegato (baritone), Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw (conductor)

04:35 AM
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921), Eugene Ysaye (arranger)
Caprice for violin and piano, arr. Ysaye after Saint-Saens
Minami Yoshida (violin), Jean Desmarais (piano)

04:44 AM
Leevi Madetoja (1887-1947)
Overture, Op 7 (1911)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, John Storgards (conductor)

04:54 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Aria "Lascia la spina" - from the oratorio Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Anna Reinhold (mezzo soprano), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)

05:01 AM
Joseph Lanner (1801-1843)
Old Viennese Waltzes
Arthur Schnabel (piano)

05:07 AM
Flor Alpaerts (1876-1954)
Zomer-idylle  (1928)
Flemish Radio Orchestra, Michel Tabachnik (conductor)

05:15 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828),Max Reger (1873-1916)
Am Tage aller Seelen D 343
Dietrich Henschel (baritone), National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow (conductor)

05:22 AM
Alessandro Marcello (1673-1747)
Concerto in D minor for oboe and strings
Maja Kojc (oboe), RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Pavle Despalj (conductor)

05:34 AM
Ernst Linko (1889-1960)
Concerto No.2 for piano and orchestra (Op.10)
Raija Kerpo (piano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska (conductor)

05:54 AM
Jose de Nebra (1702-1768)
Entre cándidos
Maria Espada (soprano), Al Ayre Espanol, Eduardo Lopez Banzo (harpsichord)

06:09 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
String Quartet No 12 in F major 'American', Op 96
Prague Quartet

06:32 AM
Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Lieutenant Kije - suite for orchestra, Op 60
Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Verbitsky (conductor)

06:54 AM
Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840)
Caprice no 24 in A minor
Sergei Krylov (violin)

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