Through the Night - 14/12/2009

With Susan Sharpe. 1.00am Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759): Concerto grosso in A, Op 6 No 11 (arr. from Concerto for organ and orchestra No 1) Croatian Baroque Ensemble Laurence Cummings (conductor) 1.19am Purcell, Henry (1659-1695): Suite (The Fairy Queen) 1.47am Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759): Overture and two arias from Giulio Cesare Christopher Ainslie (countertenor) Croatian Baroque Ensemble Laurence Cummings (conductor) 2.00am Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759): Concerto in B flat for violin and orchestra, HWV288 (Sonata a 5 Croatian Baroque Ensemble Laurence Cummings (conductor) 2.10am Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759): Non e si vago e bello; Aure, deh per pieta (Giulio Cesare) 2.23am Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759): Arsace's aria: Furibondo spiri il vento (Partenope) Christopher Ainslie (countertenor) Croatian Baroque Ensemble Laurence Cummings (conductor) 2.28am Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Symphony No 4 D minor (standard version, 1851) Norwegian Radio Orchestra Oleg Caetani (conductor) 3.01am Kreisler, Fritz (1875-1962): String Quartet in A minor (1919) (Fantasia; Scherzo; Einleitung und Romanze; Finale) Orford String Quartet 3.32am Nemeth-Samorinsky, Stefan (1896-1975): Birch Trees - symphonic poem Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava Oliver Dohnanyi (conductor) 3.52am Larsson, Lars-Erik (1908-1986): De nakna tradens sanger, Op 7 (1932) Swedish Radio Choir (men's voices) Gote Widlund (conductor) 4.08am Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975): Piano Concerto No 2 in F Patrik Jablonski (piano) Polish Radio Orchestra of Warsaw Wojciech Rajski (conductor) 4.29am Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F, BWV1047 Ars Barocca 4.41am Johann Strauss II (1825-1899): Spanischer Marsch, Op 433 ORF Symphony Orchestra Peter Guth (conductor) 4.46am Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat, K417 Jacob Slagter (horn) Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam Lev Markiz (conductor) 5.01am Janequin, Clement (c.1485-1558): La chasse Ensemble Clement Jannequin 5.06am Benjamin, Arthur (1893-1960): Overture to an Italian Comedy Sydney Symphony Orchestra Joseph Post (conductor) 5.13am Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Sonatina No 1 in F sharp minor, Op 67 Eero Heinonen (piano) 5.21am Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): Choral Dances (Gloriana) BBC Singers Stephen Layton (conductor) 5.30am Tchaikovsky, Peter Illych (1840-1893): Prince Yeletsky's aria: Ya vas lyublyu bezmerno [I love you beyond measure] (Pikovaya dama [The Queen of Spades], Act 2, Sc 1, Op 68) Allan Monk (baritone) Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Mario Bernardi (conductor) 5.34am Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Concerto in D for transverse flute, strings and continuo La Stagione Frankfurt 5.47am Saint-Saens, Camille (1835-1921): Sonata for bassoon and piano in G, Op 168 Jens-Christoph Lemke (bassoon) Marten Landstrom (piano) 6.00am Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Symphony No 5 in B flat, D485 Budapest Symphony Orchestra Tamas Vasary (conductor) 6.26am Hidas, Frigyes (1928-2007): Harpsichord Concerto Barbala Dobozy (harpsichord) Concentus Hungaricus Ildiko Hegyi (conductor) 6.40am Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Macbeth, Op 23 BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor).