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Through the Night: Rachmaninov from Bulgaria

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Rachmaninov from Bulgaria

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Rachmaninov from Bulgaria

A concert given to mark the 150th anniversary of Sergey Rachmaninov's birth.

Marking the 150th anniversary of Rachmaninov's birth, the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrey Gugnin perform Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Symphonic Dances.

A concert given to mark the 150th anniversary of Sergey Rachmaninov's birth. The Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra and Russian pianist Andrey Gugnin perform Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and his Symphonic Dances. John Shea presents.

12:31 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op 43
Andrey Gugnin (piano), Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mark Kadin (conductor)

12:57 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Prelude in G major, Op 32 no 5
Andrey Gugnin (piano)

01:02 AM
Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Third movement (Precipitato) from Piano Sonata no 7 in B flat, Op 83
Andrey Gugnin (piano)

01:06 AM
Felix Blumenfeld (1863-1931)
Etude for the left hand, Op 36
Andrey Gugnin (piano)

01:13 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Symphonic Dances, Op 45
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mark Kadin (conductor)

01:47 AM
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Sonata for violin and piano, Op 134
Vesko Eschkenazy (violin), Ludmil Angelov (piano)

02:19 AM
Veselin Stoyanov (1902-1969)
Rhapsody (1956)
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vassil Stefanov (conductor)

02:31 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Haugtussa - song cycle
Solveig Kringelborn (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

02:58 AM
Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
String Sextet in C, Op 140
Wiener Streichsextett (sextet)

03:24 AM
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Overture to Mireille
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Dohnanyi (conductor)

03:31 AM
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
Pavane & Forlane from Quelques danses for piano, Op 26 (1896)
Bengt-Ake Lundin (piano)

03:41 AM
Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco (1675-1742)
Concerto a piu istrumenti in F major Op 6`3
Il Tempio Armonico

03:49 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Nachtlied
Bavarian Radio Chorus, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Alexander Liebreich (conductor)

03:59 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Fantasia and fugue for organ in A minor, BWV.561
Norbert Bartelsman (organ)

04:08 AM
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
A Night on Bare Mountain, symphonic poem
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

04:20 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
7 Variations on a Theme of The Magic Flute by Mozart
Miklos Perenyi (cello), Dezso Ranki (piano)

04:31 AM
Henri Duparc (1848-1933), Charles Baudelaire (author)
L'invitation au voyage 
Gerald Finley (baritone), Stephen Ralls (piano)

04:36 AM
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)
Cordoba (Nocturne) from Cantos de Espana (Op.232 No.4)
Henry-David Varema (cello), Heiki Matlik (guitar)

04:42 AM
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Courtly Dances from Gloriana, Op 53
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)

04:52 AM
Carlos Salzedo (1885-1961)
Variations sur un theme dans le style ancien, Op 30
Mojca Zlobko (harp)

05:03 AM
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Clarinet Concerto no 2 in E flat major, Op 74
Kari Kriikku (clarinet), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)

05:25 AM
Alfred Whitehead (1887-1974)
Psalm 23 (The Lord is my Shepherd)
Tudor Singers of Montreal, Patrick Wedd (director)

05:31 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Tod und Verklärung, Op 24
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Sondergard (conductor)

05:57 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Lyric pieces - book 5 for piano (Op.54): Nos. 2, 4, 3
Sveinung Bjelland (piano)

06:09 AM
Hyacinthe Jadin (1776-1800)
Trio no 4 in E flat, Op 2 no 1 (1797)
Trio AnPaPie

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