Through the Night

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Through the Night: Hungarian National Day

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Virtuoso recorder player Erik Bosgraaf conducts the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Erik Bosgraaf conducts a programme featuring music from the four aspirants to the post of cantor of the Thomas Church in Leipzig in 1723: Telemann, Graupner, Fasch and JS Bach.

Virtuoso recorder player Erik Bosgraaf conducts the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest in a programme featuring music from the four aspirants to the post of cantor of the Thomas Church in Leipzig in 1723: Georg Philipp Telemann, Christoph Graupner, Johann Friedrich Fasch and the eventual appointee, Johann Sebastian Bach. Presented by Danielle Jalowiecka.

01:01 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40
Erik Bosgraaf (recorder), Viola Thurnay (contralto), Zoltán Megyesi (tenor), Lóránt Najbauer (bass), Hungarian Radio Chorus, Budapest, Zoltán Pad (choirmaster), Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest, Erik Bosgraaf (conductor)

01:17 AM
Christoph Graupner (1683-1760)
Sinfonia in F, GWV 571
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest, Erik Bosgraaf (conductor)

01:32 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Recorder Concerto in C, TWV 51:C1
Erik Bosgraaf (recorder), Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest, Erik Bosgraaf (conductor)

01:48 AM
Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758)
Suite in D, FaWV K:D2
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest, Erik Bosgraaf (conductor)

02:01 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV 191, cantata
Erik Bosgraaf (recorder), Eszter Zemlényi (soprano), Zoltán Megyesi (tenor), Hungarian Radio Chorus, Budapest, Zoltán Pad (choirmaster), Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest, Erik Bosgraaf (conductor)

02:16 AM
Johann Christoph Pezel (1639-1694)
Four Intradas for brass
Hungarian Brass Ensemble

02:23 AM
Pal Esterhazy (1635-1713)
Harmonia Caelestis (excerpts)
Maria Zadori (soprano), Monika Fers (soprano), Katalin Karolyi (alto), Savaria Vocal Ensemble, Capella Savaria, Pal Nemeth (conductor)

02:48 AM
Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Ernst von Dohnanyi (transcriber)
Fantasia and Fugue on B.A.C.H.
Ernst von Dohnanyi (piano)

03:01 AM
Sandor Balassa (1935-2021)
Dances of Mucsa (Op.50)
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tamas Vasary (conductor)

03:28 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Concerto No.17 in G major K.453
Dezso Ranki (piano), Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Janos Rolla (leader)

03:57 AM
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
Excerpts from 'Eight Hungarian Folksongs, BB 47'
Polina Pasztircsak (soprano), Zoltan Kocsis (piano)

04:03 AM
Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
Fantasia, Theme and Variations on a theme of Danzi in B flat Op.81
Laszlo Horvath (clarinet), New Budapest Quartet

04:11 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Thomas Morell (librettist)
Excerpts from 'Theodora, HWV 68
Dmitry Sinkovsky (countertenor), Hungarian Radio Chorus, Budapest, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest, Soma Dinyes (conductor)

04:24 AM
Pal Kadosa (1903-1983)
Sonatina on Hungarian Folk Songs
Zoltan Kocsis (piano)

04:29 AM
Mihaly Mosonyi (1815-1870)
Unnepi zene 
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Adam Medveczky (conductor)

04:39 AM
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Chanson Louis XIII et Pavane in the Style of Couperin
Barnabas Kelemen (violin), Zoltan Kocsis (piano)

04:45 AM
Philippe Verdelot (1475-1552)
Italia Mia
Banchieri Singers, Denes Szabo (conductor)

04:50 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
12 Variations on 'Ein Madchen oder Weibchen' for cello and piano (Op.66)
Miklos Perenyi (cello), Dezso Ranki (piano)

05:01 AM
Karl Goldmark (1830-1915)
Scherzo for orchestra in E minor, Op 19
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Adam Medveczky (conductor)

05:07 AM
Traditional
Bride's Dance (Traditional Hungarian)
Csaba Nagy (recorder), Camerata Hungarica, Laszlo Czidra (conductor)

05:10 AM
Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856)
Hungarian Fatherland Flowers
Laszlo Szendry-Karper (guitar)

05:19 AM
Ernst von Dohnanyi (1877-1960)
Im alten Stil, Op 24 (Suite)
Ilona Prunyi (piano)

05:34 AM
Zoltan Kodaly (1882 - 1967)
Adagio for violin (or viola, or cello) and piano in C major
Tamas Major (violin), Zoltan Kocsis (piano)

05:43 AM
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Hymne de l'enfant à son reveil, S19
Eva Andor (soprano), Hedi Lubik (harp), Gabor Lehotka (organ), Gyor Girls' Choir, Miklos Szabo (conductor)

05:54 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1
Gyorgy Geiger (trumpet), Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Andras Ligeti (conductor)

06:09 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata no 18 in E flat, Op 31 no 3
Annie Fischer (piano)

06:31 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Octet for strings in E flat major, Op 20
Kodaly Quartet, Bartok String Quartet

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