Through the Night - 24/12/2009

Presented by Jonathan Swain. 1.00am Byrd, William (c.1540-1623): Puer natus est 1.04am Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): A Hymn to the Virgin 1.08am Byrd: O Magnum Mysterium 1.10am Holst, Gustav (1874-1934): Jesu fili virgine 1.13am Byrd: Hodie Christus natus est Ars Nova Vocal Group Paul Hillier (director) 1.17am Schutz, Heinrich (1585-1672): Weinachtshistorie (The Christmas Story), SWV435 Else Torp (soprano) Adam Riis (tenor) Jakob Bloch Jespersen (baritone) Ars Nova Vocal Group Concerto Copenhagen Paul Hillier (director) 1.51am Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Symphony No 1 in G minor (Winter Daydreams) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Alan Buribayev (conductor) 2.33am Fitelberg, Grzegorz (1879-1953): Rapsodja polska (Polish Rhapsody), Op 25 (1913) Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Jerzy Salwarowski (conductor) 2.52am Bernard, Felix (1897-1944)/Simcock, Gwilym: Improvisation on Winter Wonderland Gwilym Simcock (piano) 2.55am Torme, Mel (1925-1999)/Wells, Robert/Simcock, Gwilym: Improvisation on Merry Christmas to You aka Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire Gwilym Simcock (piano) 3.01am Gorecki, Mikolaj Junior (b.1971): Three Episodes for Orchestra National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Stanislav Macura (conductor) 3.21am Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Kinderszenen for piano, Op 15 Eun-Soo Son (piano) 3.39am Durante, Francesco (1684-1755): Concerto per quartetto No 6 in A for strings Concerto Koln 3.50am Arriaga, Juan Crisostomo (1806-1826): Symphony in D major/minor Danish Radio Concert Orchestra Hannu Koivula (conductor) 4.19am Tailleferre, Germaine (1892-1983): Sonata for harp Godelieve Schrama (harp) 4.29am Zemlinsky, Alexander von (1871-1942): Heilige Nacht, Op 2 No 2 (Holy Night) Jean Stilwell (mezzo-soprano) Robert Kortgaard (piano) 4.32am Weill, Kurt (1900-1950): Saga of Jenny (Lady in the Dark) Jean Stilwell (mezzo-soprano) Robert Kortgaard (piano) Marie Berard (violin) Joseph Macerollo (accordion) James Spragg (trumpet) George Kohler (bass) Andy Morris (percussion) Peter Tiefenbach (conductor) 4.37am Verhulst, Johannes (1816-1891): Overture in C minor (Gijsbrecht van Aemstel, Op 3) Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra Jac van Steen (conductor) 4.46am Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594): Omnia tempus habent - motet for eight voices (1585a) Currende Erik van Nevel (conductor) 4.51am Turina, Joaquin (1882-1949): Rapsodia sinfonica for piano and string orchestra, Op 66 Angela Cheng (piano) Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Hans Graf (conductor) 5.01am Strauss, Richard (1864-1949): Das war sehr gut.../Dann aber, wie ich Sie gespürt hab' hier im Finstern steh'n (Arabella, Act 3, final scene) Joanne Kolomyjec (soprano) Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Mario Bernardi (conductor) 5.07am Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), arr. for oboe and piano: Eight Variations on Mozart's La ci darem la mano, Wo0 28 Hyong-Sup Kim (oboe) Ja-Eun Ku (piano) 5.17am Wiedermann, Bedrich Anton (1883-1951): Pastorale dorico Hans Leenders (organ - 1894 Gebrueder Rieger organ in the parish church of Rokytnice v Orlikych horach in E Bohemia; Rieger was one of the largest late 19th-century Bohemian makers) 5.24am Vivaldi, Antonio (1665-1741): Concerto in C for two guitars and orchestra Maya Le Roux-Obradovic, Zoran Krajisnik (guitars) Sinfonietta Belgrade Aleksandar Vujic (conductor) 5.37am Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911): Romance in G for violin and orchestra, Op 26 Julia Fischer (violin) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Christopher Warren-Green (conductor) 5.46am Mozetich, Marjan (b.1948): Fantasia su un linguaggio perduto for string instruments Members of the Amadeus Ensemble 6.01am Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): Suite No 4 in G for orchestra, Op 61 Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor) 6.26am Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Sinfonia concertante in E flat for violin, viola and orchestra, K364 Valery Oistrach (viola) I Virtuosi di Santa Cecilia Igor Oistrach (violin/conductor).