Through the Night - 01/12/2007

Jonathan Swain introduces music to mark celebrate Romanian National Day. 1.00am Mahler, Gustav (1860-1904): Symphony No 6 in A minor (Tragic) Romanian National Radio Orchestra Horia Andreescu (conductor) 2.18am Enescu, George (1881-1955): String Quartet in G, Op 22 No 2 Voces Quartet 2.45am Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): 33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli in C for piano, Op 120 Einar Henning Smebye (piano) 3.42am Lipatti, Dinu (1917-1950): Aubade for wind quartet Nicolae Maxim (flute) Radu Chisu (oboe) Valeriu Barbuceanu (clarinet) Mihai Tanasila (bassoon) 4.03am Bobescu, Constantin (1899-1992): 3 Symphonic Pieces Romanian National Radio Orchestra Constantin Bobescu (conductor) 4.18am Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953): Romeo at Juliet's Tomb; Death of Tybalt (Romeo and Juliet) Flemish Radio Orchestra Yoel Levi (conductor) 4.31am Lipatti, Dinu (1917-1950): Improvisation for violin, cello and piano (dedicated to Miron Soarec) Stefan Gheorghiu (violin) Radu Aldulescu (cello) Miron Soarec (piano) 4.37am Jora, Mihail (1891-1971): Sonatine for piano, Op 44 Ilinca Dumitrescu (piano) 4.48am Constantinescu, Paul (1909-1963): Free Variations on Byzantium Theme for cello and orchestra Catalin Ilea (cello) Romanian National Radio Orchestra Carol Litvin (conductor).