Through the Night

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Through the Night: Musical Impressions of France

Helmuth Rilling conducts Bach cantatas

Musical Impressions of France

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Musical Impressions of France

Christoph Eschenbach conducts the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Ravel, Poulenc and Beethoven.

Christoph Eschenbach and the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne are joined by pianists Lucas and Arthur Jussen in music by Ravel, Poulenc and Beethoven. Presented by Jonathan Swain.

The WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne are joined by young pianists Lucas and Arthur Jussen and conductor Christoph Eschenbach for a programme of Ravel, Poulenc and Beethoven at the Philharmonie in Cologne. Presented by Jonathan Swain.

12:31 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Ma mère l'oye (suite)
WDR Radio Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)

12:48 AM
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor, FP 61
Lucas Jussen (piano), Arthur Jussen (piano), WDR Radio Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)

01:08 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op 93
WDR Radio Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)

01:36 AM
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
An American in Paris
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester (conductor)

01:55 AM
Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)
Sonata for harp
Godelieve Schrama (harp)

02:05 AM
Paule Maurice (1910-67)
Tableaux de Provence - 5 pieces for saxophone and orchestra
Julia Nolan (saxophone), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

02:20 AM
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
3 Psaumes de David for chorus, Op 339
Elmer Iseler Singers, Elmer Iseler (conductor)

02:31 AM
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Le Temple de la Gloire, orchestral suites opera-ballet (1745)
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

03:01 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Piano Sonata No.1 in F sharp minor (Op.11)
Martin Helmchen (piano)

03:30 AM
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in E major (original version of E flat major)
Geoffrey Payne (trumpet), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz (conductor)

03:47 AM
Padre Davide da Bergamo (1791-1863)
La vera piva montanara (pastorale per organo ad imitazione del Baghetto)
Andrea Marcon (organ)

03:56 AM
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Early one morning for voice and piano
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Paul Turner (piano)

04:00 AM
Filip Kutev (1903-1982)
Pastoral for flute and orchestra (1943)
Lidia Oshavkova (flute), Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dimitar Manolov (conductor)

04:11 AM
Janis Medins (1890-1966)
Aria, 'Suite No 1'
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, Imants Resnis (conductor)

04:17 AM
Maurice Durufle (1902-1986)
Quatre motets sur des themes Gregoriens, Op 10
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

04:25 AM
Robert de Visee (c.1655-1733)
Les Baricades Misterieuses de Mr F. Couperin
Yasunori Imamura (theorbo)

04:31 AM
Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762)
Concerto grosso in D minor, Op 7 No 2
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)

04:40 AM
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Prelude for guitar no.1 in E minor
Norbert Kraft (guitar)

04:45 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
2 Songs: When Night Descends in silence; Oh stop thy singing maiden fair
Fredrik Zetterstrom (baritone), Tobias Ringborg (violin), Anders Kilstrom (piano)

04:54 AM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Serenade no 2 in G minor for violin & orchestra, Op 69b
Judy Kang (violin), Orchestre Symphonique de Laval

05:03 AM
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Polonaise No.2 in E major from (S.223)
Ferruccio Busoni (piano)

05:13 AM
Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612)
Exaudi me, for 12 part triple chorus, continuo and 4 trombones
Danish National Radio Chorus, Copenhagen Cornetts & Sackbutts, Lars Baunkilde (violone), Soren Christian Vestergaard (organ), Bo Holten (conductor)

05:20 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Symphony no 104 in D major "London" (H.1.104)
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tamas Vasary (conductor)

05:45 AM
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
Piano Quintet in E major, Op 15
Daniel Bard (violin), Tim Crawford (violin), Mark Holloway (viola), Chiara Enderle (cello), Paolo Giacometti (piano)

06:17 AM
Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)
"Hor che Apollo" - Serenade for Soprano, 2 violins & continuo
Susanne Ryden (soprano), Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci (director)

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