Through the Night

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Through the Night: Schnittke and Mahler from Poland

Helmuth Rilling conducts Bach cantatas

Schnittke and Mahler from Poland

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Schnittke and Mahler from Poland

Gidon Kremer performs Schnittke's Fourth Violin Concerto.

Gidon Kremer performs Schnittke's Fourth Violin Concerto with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.

The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra is joined by Gidon Kremer in Schnittke's Fourth Violin Concerto, followed by Mahler's Fourth Symphony with British soprano Elizabeth Watts and conducted by Andrzej Borejko. Presented by Jonathan Swain.

12:31 AM
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)
Violin Concerto no 4
Gidon Kremer (violin), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Andrzej Borejko (conductor)

01:05 AM
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony no 4 in G
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Andrzej Borejko (conductor)

01:59 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Trio in E minor, "Dumky" Op 90
Grieg Trio

02:31 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Der Burger als Edelmann (Le Bourgeois gentilhomme) - suite (Op.60)
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Terje Tonnesen (conductor)

03:07 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Sonata for piano No 3 in F minor, Op 5
Cristina Ortiz (piano)

03:46 AM
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
Colas Breugnon (Overture)
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor)

03:52 AM
Georg Christoph Bach (1642-1703)
Siehe, wie fein und lieblich ist es - vocal concerto
Paul Elliott (tenor), Hein Meens (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel (director)

03:59 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Prometheus (Finale from the ballet music)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ludovit Rajter (conductor)

04:07 AM
Johann Christoph Pezel (1639-1694)
Four Intradas for brass
Hungarian Brass Ensemble

04:14 AM
Vagn Holmboe (1909-1996), Walt Whitman (author)
A Song at Sunset, Op 138b
Camerata Chamber Choir, Michael Bojesen (conductor)

04:22 AM
Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)
Suite for chamber orchestra (1946)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jan Krenz (conductor)

04:31 AM
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Symphony for strings in B flat. (Wq.182 No.2)
Barbara Jane Gilby (violin), Barbara Jane Gilby (director), Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players, Geoffrey Lancaster (harpsichord)

04:41 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Fantasy in C minor (K.396)
Valdis Jancis (piano)

04:51 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Fest- und Gedenkspruche for 8 voices, Op 109
Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor)

05:01 AM
Bruno Bjelinski (1909-1992)
Concerto da primavera (1978)
Tonko Ninic (violin), Zagreb Soloists

05:11 AM
Balthasar Fritsch (1570-1608)
Paduan and 2 Galliards (from Primitiae musicales, Frankfurt/Main 1606)
Hortus Musicus, Andres Mustonen (director)

05:20 AM
Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)
6 Variations for violin and guitar, Op 81
Laura Vadjon (violin), Romana Matanovac (guitar)

05:28 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Concerto for Harp, Flute and Orchestra (K. 299) in C major
Suzana Klincharova (harp), Georgi Spasov (flute), Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble, Plamen Djurov (conductor)

05:56 AM
Traditional,Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Marius Loken (arranger)
Skålhalling & Guds sønn har gjort meg fri from Grieg 4 Psalms
Oslo Chamber Chorus, Hakon Nystedt (director)

06:03 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Piano Trio in A minor
Grieg Trio

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