Through the Night - 18/12/2010

Jonathan Swain's festive selection includes a Swedish recording of JS Bach's Christmas Cantata 1:01 AM Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Christmas Oratorio - Cantatas I and II Jan Kobow (tenor - Evangelist), Ditte Andersen (soprano), Ann Hallenberg (alto), Lars Johansson Brissman (bass), Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Peter Dijkstra (conductor) 1:55 AM Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Christmas Oratorio - Cantatas III and VI Jan Kobow (tenor - Evangelist), Ditte Andersen (soprano), Ann Hallenberg (alto), Lars Johansson Brissman (bass), Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Peter Dijkstra (conductor) 2:41 AM Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) String Quartet in D major (Op.64 No.5) 'The Lark' Yggdrasil String Quartet 3:01 AM Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958) Hodie (A Christmas Cantata) - Prologue Hungarian Radio Choir, Hungarian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Tamás Vásáry (conductor) 3:05 AM Villa Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959) O Polichinello - No.7 from Prole do bebê No.1 Valerie Tryon (piano) 3:06 AM Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908) (trans. Sergei Rachmaninov) Flight of the bumble-bee Valerie Tryon (piano) 3:08 AM Roussel, Albert (1869-1937) Suite from 'Le Festin de l'Araignée (Op.17) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor) 3:26 AM Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) Notturno for piano and viola (Op.42) arr. from 'Serenade' (Op.8) Gisela Bergman (viola), Patricia Verhagen (piano) 3:47 AM Anonymous (12th century) Natali regis glorie (hymn) Zefiro Torna 3:51 AM Anonymous (15th century) Lullay, lullow - carol Zefiro Torna 3:54 AM Anonymous (15th century) Ther is no rose Zefiro Torna 3:58 AM Traditional, France Noël Nouvelet Zefiro Torna 4:01 AM Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Quintet in E flat major for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (K.452) Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Kari Krikku (clarinet), Albrecht Meyer (oboe), Jonathan Williams (horn), Per Hannisdal (bassoon) 4:25 AM Nowowiejski, Felix (1877-1946) Weihnacht in der uralten Marienkirche zu Krakau. Fantasie Felix Nowowiejski Waclaw Golonka (organ of Sv. Vojtech, Prague ) 4:33 AM Guilmant, Alexandre (1837-1911) Introduction and variations on a Polish Noël Michael Dudman (organ) 4:36 AM Heyral, Marc (b.19??) arr. Gaston Rochon Le Noël de la Rue (1952) Richard Paré (harpsichord), Les chanteurs de Saint-C?ur-de-Marie, Claude Gosselin (conductor) 4:41 AM Traditional carol Entre le b?uf et l'âne gris Richard Paré (harpsichord), Les chanteurs de Saint-C?ur-de-Marie, Claude Gosselin (conductor) 4:45 AM Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759) Süßer Blumen Ambraflocken (HWV.204) - No.3 from Deutsche Arien Hélène Plouffe (violin), Louise Pellerin (oboe), Dom André Laberge (organ - 1999 Karl Wilhelm at the abbey church Saint-Benoît-du-Lac) 4:51 AM Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759) Die ihr aus dunkeln Grüften den eiteln Mammon grabt (HWV.208) - No.7 from German Arias Hélène Plouffe (violin), Louise Pellerin (oboe), Dom André Laberge (organ - 1999 Karl Wilhelm at the abbey church Saint-Benoît-du-Lac) 4:56 AM Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621) Hodie Christus natus est Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir, Hannaford Street Silver Band , Edward Moroney (organ), John Rutter (conductor) 5:01 AM Dupré, Marcel (1886-1971) Variations on 'Adeste Fideles' Tong-Soon Kwak (female) (Rieger organ at the Torch Centre for World Missions in Seoul, Korea) 5:09 AM Goodall, Howard (b. 1958) Romance of the Angels ) BBC Singers, Robert Quinney (organ), Stephen Cleobury (conductor) 5:14 AM Samuel-Rousseau, Marcel (1882-1955) Variations Pastorales sur un vieux Noël Erica Goodman (harp), Members of the Amadeus Ensemble: Moshe Hammer (violin), Barry Schifman (violin), Douglas Perry (viola), Jack Mendelsson (cello) 5:24 AM Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) Variations on a theme by Haydn (Op.56a) vers. for orchestra "St Antoni Chorale" Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Marek Janowski (conductor) 5:40 AM Nenov, Dimitar (1901-1953) The Holy One Sofia Chamber Choir, Vassil Arnaudov (conductor) 5:44 AM Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637-1707) Prelude in G minor (BuxWV.149) Lorenzo Ghielmi (harpsichord) 5:52 AM Förster, Kaspar (1616-1673) Dulcis amor Jesu (KBPJ 16) Olga Pasiecznik (soprano), Marta Boberska (soprano), Il Tempo Baroque Ensemble 6:01 AM Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) String Octet (Op.20) in E flat major Kodály Quartet , Bartók String Quartet 6:29 AM Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Komm, heiliger Geist - chorale-prelude for organ (BWV.652) Bine Katrine Bryndorf (Organ of Hjertling Church, Jutland) 6:38 AM Henderson, Ruth Watson (b. 1932) Come Holy Spirit The Elmer Iseler Singers, Matthew Larkin (organ), Lydia Adams (conductor) 6:43 AM Salzedo, Carlos (1885-1961) Concert Variations on 'O Tannenbaum'.