Through the Night - 23/12/2010

In the lead up to Christmas, Jonathan Swain presents Act 2 of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker performed by the BBC Philharmonic and the piano concerto no.1 with Stephen Hough 1:01 AM Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893) Act II of The Nutcracker - ballet (Op.71) BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) 1:44 AM Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893) Concerto for piano and orchestra no.1 (Op.23) in B flat minor Stephen Hough (piano), Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, John Storgårds 2:16 AM Haydn, (Franz) Joseph (1732-1809) String Quartet in B minor, No.31 (Hob:lll:37) Quatour Ysaÿe 2:34 AM Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) Sonata for cello and piano in D minor Duo Krarup-Shirinyan: Johan Krarup (cello), Marianna Shirinyan (piano) 2:46 AM Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953) Russian Overture (Op.72) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) 3:01 AM Penderecki, Krzysztof (b. 1933) Concerto Grosso for Three Cellos and Orchestra Ivan Monighetti, Adam Klocek, Kazimierz Koslacz (cellos), National Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit (conductor) 3:36 AM Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759) Concerto Grosso in A major (Op.6 No.11) Barbara Jane Gilbey (violin), Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players 3:54 AM Moeschinger, Albert (1897-1985) Wind Quintet on Swiss Folk Songs (Op.53) Members of La Strimpellata Chamber Orchestra, Bern: Regula Küffer (flute), Thierry Jéquier (oboe), Christoph Ogg (clarinet), Jennifer Clark (horn), Ueli Binggeli (bassoon) 4:14 AM Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel (1805-1847) Sonata in C minor (1824) Sylviane Deferne (piano) 4:28 AM Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959) Bachianas Brasileiras No.5 Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano), Bryan Epperson, Maurizio Baccante, Roman Borys, Simon Fryer, David Hetherington, Roberta Jansen, Paul Widner, Thomas Wiebe, Winona Zelenka (cellos) 4:41 AM Pärt, Arvo (b. 1935) Spiegel im Spiegel Morten Carlsen (viola), Sergej Osadchuk (piano) 4:48 AM Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Hymne de l'enfant à son reveil - for female chorus, harmonium and harp (S.19) Éva Andor (soprano), Hédi Lubik (harp), Gábor Lehotka (organ), The Girl's Choir of Gyõr, Miklós Szabó (conductor) 5:01 AM Goldmark, Károly (1830-1915) Ein Wintermärchen (Winter's Tale) - Overture (1907) The Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Ervin Lukács (conductor) 5:10 AM Hannikainen, Ilmari (1892-1955) Ensi Lumi (First Snow) Risto Kyrö (piano) 5:15 AM Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) orch. Brewaeys, Luc (b.1959) No.6 Des pas sur la neige - from Preludes Book One. Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Daniele Callegari (conductor) 5:21 AM Bach, Johann Michael (1648-1694) Liebster Jesu, hor mein Flehen - dialogue for 5 voices, 2vn, 2va & bc Maria Zedelius (soprano), David Cordier (alto), Paul Elliott and Hein Meens (tenors), Michael Schopper (bass), Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel (director) 5:28 AM Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) Piano Trio in Eb major (HV XV:10) (1785) Niklas Sivelöv (piano), Bernt Lysell (violin), Mikael Sjögren (cello) 5:39 AM Gregorc, Janez (b. 1934) Sans respirer, sans soupir The Slovene Brass Quintet 5:45 AM Françaix, Jean (1912-1997) 8 Danses exotiques vers. for 2 pianos László Baranyai, Jenö Jandó (pianos) 5:56 AM Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907), orch. Hans Sitt 4 Norwegian dances (Op.35) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava, Robert Stankovsky (conductor) 6:15 AM Fusz, János (1777-1819) Quartet for flute, viola, cello and guitar Laima Sulskute (flute), Romualdas Romoslauskas (viola), Ramute Kalnenaite (cello), Algimantas Pauliukevicius (guitar) 6:41 AM Borodin, Alexander (1833-1887) edited by Glazunov Symphony No.3 Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor).