Through the Night

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Through the Night: The First Romanian Symphony

Helmuth Rilling conducts Bach cantatas

The First Romanian Symphony

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The Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra with music by George Stephănescu. With Jonathan Swain

The Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra with music by George Stephănescu, one of the foremost figures in Romanian music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. With Jonathan Swain.

The Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra perform music by George Stephănescu, one of the foremost figures in Romanian music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and composer of the first Romanian symphony. Presented by Jonathan Swain.

12:31 AM
George Stephanescu (1843-1925)
National Overture
Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra, Tiberiu Soare (conductor)

12:45 AM
George Stephanescu (1843-1925)
Octet in G major, for strings and winds
Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra, Tiberiu Soare (conductor)

01:09 AM
George Stephanescu (1843-1925)
Symphony in A major
Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra, Tiberiu Soare (conductor)

01:41 AM
Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950)
Piano Concertino,  'en style ancien', Op 3
Horia Mihail (piano), Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra, Horia Andreescu (conductor)

01:58 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Sonata in B flat (K.333)
Gabor Farkas (piano)

02:17 AM
George Enescu (1881-1955)
Romanian Rhapsody No.1 in A major (Op.11 No.1)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

02:31 AM
Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745)
Te Deum in D major,  ZWV 146
Martina Jankova (soprano), Isabel Jantschek (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (contralto), Krystian Adam Krzeszowiak (tenor), Felix Rumpf (bass), Dresden Chamber Choir, Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, Vaclav Luks (conductor)

03:00 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Miroirs
Pedja Muzijevic (piano)

03:30 AM
Henri Duparc (1848-1933), Francois Coppee (author)
La Vague et la cloche  for voice and piano 
Gerald Finley (baritone), Stephen Ralls (piano)

03:36 AM
Franz Schreker (1878-1934)
Fantastic Overture, Op 15
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

03:46 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sonata no 1 in G major BWV 1027 for viola da gamba and keyboard
Friederike Heumann (viola da gamba), Dirk Borner (harpsichord)

03:59 AM
Toivo Kuula (1883-1918)
Sinfonia for orchestra (Op 36) "Jupiter"
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jorma Panula (conductor)

04:06 AM
Leos Janacek (1854-1928)
Mladi (Youth)
Anita Szabo (flute), Bela Horvath (oboe), Zsolt Szatmari (clarinet), Pal Bokor (bassoon), Gyorgy Salamon (bass clarinet), Tamas Zempleni (horn)

04:23 AM
Emilio de' Cavalieri (1550-1602)
O che nuovo miracolo - from Intermedii et concertii
Tragicomedia

04:31 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Polonaise in B flat (Op.71 No.2)
Theodor Leschetizky (piano)

04:37 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Polonaise from "Eugene Onegin", Op 24
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor)

04:42 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Trio No.3 from Essercizii Musici, for Violin, Oboe, and continuo
Camerata Koln

04:53 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Sofia Symphony Orchestra, Ivan Marinov (conductor)

05:05 AM
Catharina van Rennes (1858-1940)
3 Quartets for women's voices and piano (Op.24)
Irene Maessen (soprano), Rachel Ann Morgan (mezzo soprano), Christa Pfeiler (mezzo soprano), Corrie Pronk (alto), Franz van Ruth (piano)

05:10 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto in F for violin, 2 oboes, 2 horns, bassoon & cello, RV569
Zefira Valova (violin), Anna Starr (oboe), Markus Müller (oboe), Anneke Scott (horn), Joseph Walters (horn), moni Fischaleck (bassoon), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)

05:23 AM
Nicolas Gombert (c.1495-c.1560)
Musae Jovis a 6
Ars Nova Vocal Group, Bo Holten (conductor)

05:30 AM
Petko Stainov (1896-1977)
Fairy Tale - symphonic suite (1930)
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nedialko Nedialkov (conductor)

06:04 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Quartet for strings (Op.77`1) in G major Hob III/81 "Lobkowitz"
Fine Arts Quartet

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