Through the Night

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Through the Night: Prokofiev and Shostakovich from Berlin

John Shea - Through the Night

Prokofiev and Shostakovich from Berlin

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Prokofiev and Shostakovich from Berlin

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra with pianist Anna Vinnitskaya

The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and pianist Anna Vinnitskaya perform a programme of Prokofiev and Shostakovich. John Shea presents.

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra with pianist Anna Vinnitskaya in a programme of Prokofiev & Shostakovich.  John Shea presents.

12:31 AM
Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Symphony No. 1 in D, op. 25 ('Classical')
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michail Jurowski (conductor)

12:47 AM
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, op. 35
Anna Vinnitskaya (piano), Florian Dorpholz (trumpet), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michail Jurowski (conductor)

01:09 AM
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F, op. 102
Anna Vinnitskaya (piano), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michail Jurowski (conductor)

01:28 AM
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c.1620-1680)
Vesperae sollennes
Gradus ad Parnassum, Concerto Palatino, Choral scholars from Wiener Hofburgkapelle, Konrad Junghanel (director)

01:51 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Cello Concerto in B minor (Op.104)
Karmen Pecar (cello), RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, David de Villiers (conductor)

02:31 AM
Flor Peeters (1903-1986)
Concerto for organ and orchestra (Op.52)
Peter Pieters (organ), Flemish Radio Orchestra, Yoel Levi (conductor)

03:14 AM
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme suite
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Terje Tonnesen (conductor)

03:33 AM
Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915)
Le Poeme de l'extase for orchestra (Op. 54)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Antal Dorati (conductor)

03:52 AM
Willem De Fesch (1687-1761)
Concerto in D major (Op.5 No.1)
Musica ad Rhenum

04:00 AM
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody No 6 in D flat major
Rian de Waal (piano)

04:08 AM
Selim Palmgren (1878-1951)
Cinderella (Overture)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, George de Godzinsky (conductor)

04:12 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Friedrich Schiller (author)
Sehnsucht ('Longing') (D.636) - 2nd setting
Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (pianoforte)

04:17 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Overture to "Giulio Cesare in Egitto"
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (artistic director)

04:20 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Hora est
Radio France Chorus, Denis Comtet (organ), Donald Palumbo (conductor)

04:31 AM
August Enna (1859-1939)
The Match Girl: overture
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Hannu Koivula (conductor)

04:37 AM
Antonio Cesti (1623-1669)
Alidoro's aria: 'Qual profondo letargo' - from Orontea Act 2 Scene 18
Rene Jacobs (counter tenor), Concerto Vocale, Rene Jacobs (director)

04:45 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Scherzo for piano no. 2 (Op.31) in B flat minor
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)

04:54 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
From "Legends" Op 59 No 4 (Molto maestoso) in C major
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor)

05:00 AM
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Toccata in F major
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)

05:07 AM
Anonymous
Jesu Cristes milde moder  
Sequentia

05:13 AM
William Walton (1902-1983)
Concerto in B minor for violin and orchestra
James Ehnes (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

05:44 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Piano Sonata no 15 in C major, D840
Alfred Brendel (piano)

06:04 AM
Leos Janacek (1854-1928)
Taras Bulba - rhapsody for orchestra
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Miguel Angel Gomez Martinez (conductor)

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