Through the Night

With Jonathan Swain. 1.01am Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Sextet for strings No 2 in G, Op 36 Oslo Chamber Soloists 1.41am Svedsen, Johan (1840-1911): Octet in A for strings, Op 3 Atle Sponberg, Joakim Svenheden (violins) Aida-Carmen Soanea (viola) Adrian Brendel (cello) Vertavo String Quartet 2.19am Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963): Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel Talinn Music High School Chamber Choir Evi Eespere (director) 2.29am Busoni, Ferrucio (1866-1924): Suite No 2 for orchestra, Op 34a Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) 2.57am Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Violin Sonata No 2 in A Valdis Zarins (violin) Ieva Zarina (piano) 3.17am Jenkins, John (1592-1678): Galliard Concordia Mark Levy (conductor) 3.20am Martland, Steve (b.1959): Three Carols BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) 3.31am Elgar, Edward (1857-1934): Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma), Op 36 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor) 4.05am Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Sonata a quattro in C for two oboes, bassoon and continuo Ensemble Zefiro 4.17am Gabrieli, Giovanni (c.1553-1612): Exaudi me, for 12-part triple chorus, continuo and four trombones Lars Baunkilde (violone) Soren Christian Vestergaard (organ) Danish National Radio Chorus Copenhagen Cornetts and Sackbutts Bo Holten (conductor) 4.23am Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971): 8 Instrumental miniatures for 15 instruments Canadian Chamber Ensemble Raffi Armenian (conductor) 4.31am Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Horn Concerto No 1 in E flat Bostjan Lipovsek (french horn) Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra David de Villiers (conductor) 4.48am Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Mephisto Waltz No 1, S514 Yuri Boukoff (piano) 5.00am Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Sonata in E minor, HWV379 Sonora Hungarica Consort 5.09am Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931), arr. Dyrst: Hjemlige jul (Christmas at home) Fionian Chamber Choir Alice Granum (director) 5.12am Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Sinfonia (Christmas Oratorio, BWV248) Norwegian Radio Orchestra Kjetil Haugsand (conductor) 5.18am Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Sonata in C for organ, BWV529 Juliusz Gembalski (organ) 5.33am Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Overture (Konig Stefan, Op 117) Toronto Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor) 5.41am Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Quartet in A for flute and strings, K298 Joanna G'froerer (flute) Martin Beaver (violin) Pinchas Zukerman (viola) Amanda Forsyth (cello) 5.53am Jadin, Hyacinthe (1776-1800): Sonata No 1 in E flat, Op 3 Patrick Cohen (fortepiano) 6.12am Dubois, Pierre Max (1930-1995): Quartet for flutes Valentinas Kazlauskas, Lina Baublyte, Albertas Stupakas, Giedrius Gelgoras (flutes) 6.20am Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): La valse for two pianos Ouellet-Murray Duo: Claire Ouellet, Sandra Murray (pianos) 6.32am Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899): Poeme de l'amour et de la mer, Op 19 (version for voice and orchestra) Maria Oran (soprano) Residentie Orchestra The Hague Hans Vonk (conductor).