Through the Night - 23/12/2009

Including: 1.00am Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): The Nutcracker, Op 71 (excerpts) Orchestre National de France (orchestra) Dmitri Liss (conductor) 1.56am Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943): Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor, Op 30 Arkady Volodos (piano) Orchestre National de France (orchestra) Dmitri Liss (conductor) 2.39am Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Psalm Nisi Dominus, RV608 Matthew White (countertenor) Arte dei Suonatori Eduardo Lopez (conductor) 3.01am Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (Genevan Psalter) Leo van Doeselaar (Van Hagerbeer organ - 1643 - at the Pieterskerk in Leiden, where he is resident organist. The organ contained parts from 1446, 1518 and 1628; it was further added to in 1687 and 1745, and restored in 1998.) 3.15am Six traditional songs: Das Muhlrad; Z'lauterbach hab I mein Strumpf verlorn; Maria der berge; Gsatzli; Oh, du liabs Engeli; Die Beruhigte 3.24am Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903): Three songs: Morgentau; das Voglein; Mausfallen-Spruchlein Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Felix de Nobel (piano) 3.29am Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907), arr. unknown for oboe and piano: Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt, Op 23) Wan-Soo Mok (oboe) Hyun-Soo Cho (piano) 3.33am Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937), arr. Maganini for oboe and piano: Pavane pour une infante defunte Roger Cole (oboe) Linda Lee Thomas (piano) 3.39am Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899): Pavane and Forlane (Quelques Danses, Op 26) - 1896 Bengt Ake-Lundin (piano) 3.49am Dohnanyi, Erno (1877-1960): Symphonic Minutes, Op 36 Hungarian Radio Orchestra Tamas Vasary (conductor) 4.03am Josquin des Prez (c.1440-1521): O Admirabile Commercium Zefiro Torna Jurgen de Bruyn (director) 4.07am Josquin: Motet Inviolata,integra et casta es (five-part) Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montreal Christopher Jackson (director) 4.13am Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Sonata in D minor for recorder and basso continuo (Essercizii Musici) Camerata Koln 4.22am Franck, Cesar (1822-1890): Le chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman), M44 - symphonic poem Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra Milen Nachev (conductor) 4.37am Mehul, Etienne-Nicolas (1763-1817): Sonata in D, Op 1 No 1 Arthur Schoondewoerd (fortepiano) 4.46am Rore, Cipriano de (c1515-1565): Alma susanna (Noble Susanna, happy is the heart that burns with love for you...); Mentre, lumi maggior; Non e, lasso martire' (It is, alas, no torment to think that I must die for you, my lady...) (Il quinto libro di madrigali, 1568) Evelyn Tubb (soprano) Mary Nichols (contralto) Andrew King (tenor) Paul Agnew (tenor) Alan Ewing (bass) Consort of Musicke Anthony Rooley (director) 5.01am Humperdinck, Engelbert (1854-1921): Overture (Hansel and Gretel) Symphony Nova Scotia Georg Tintner (conductor) 5.09am Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): 32 Variations in C minor, WoO 80 Irena Kobla (piano) 5.22am Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): A Ceremony of Carols, Op 28 Katya Dimanova, Evguenia Tasseva, Penka Kazandzhieva (soloists) Ivelina Ivancheva (piano) Polyphonia Ivelin Dimitrov (conductor) 5.46am Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D, BWV1050 Lars-Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) Ensemble 415 6.07am Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975): Elegy for violin and piano Valdis Zarins (violin) Ieva Zarina (piano) 6.10am Faure, Gabriel (1845-1924): Elegy for cello and piano, Op 24 (1883) Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello) Emmanuel Strosser (piano) 6.17am Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971): Elegy for violin solo (1944) Gidon Kremer (violin) Oleg Meisenberg (piano) 6.22am Martland, Steve (b.1959): Three Carols: From lands that see the sun arise; make we joy; There is no rose of such virtue BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) 6.32am Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Sonata in G, K283 (1774) Marie Rorbech (piano) 6.45am Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Nur ein wink von seinen Handchen (Christmas Oratorio, Part 6, BWV248) Marita Kvarving Solberg (soprano) Norwegian Radio Orchestra Kjetil Haugsand (conductor) 6.49am Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963): Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel Talinn Music High School Chamber Choir Evi Eespere (director).