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13/12/2008

Jonathan Swain introduces music, including Mussorgsky, Grieg, Brahms, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Reger, Bach, Saint-Saens, Haydn, Schubert, Byrd, Chopin, Lassus, Villa-Lobos and Gershwin.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Mussorgsky, Modest (1839-1881): Night on a Bare Mountain
Oslo Philharmonic
Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)

1.14am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16
Boris Berezovsky (piano)
Oslo Philharmonic
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

1.42am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 68
Oslo Philharmonic
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

2.27am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Sonatine
Aldo Ciccolini (piano)

2.40am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): String Quartet No 1 in G minor, Op 27
Yggdrasil Quartet

3.17am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): 3 Songs from Op 6
Mikael Axelsson (bass)
Niklas Sivelov (piano)

3.29am
Reger, Max (1873-1916): Four Tone Poems after Arnold Bocklin, Op 128
Philippe Koch (violin)
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Olaf Henzold (conductor)

3.58am
Praetorius, Michael (1571-1621): Renaissance Concerto
Hungarian Brass Ensemble

4.03am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Keyboard Concerto No 5 in F minor, BWV1056
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Risor Festival Strings

4.13am
Saint-Saens, Camille (1835-1921): Saltarelle, Op 74
Lamentabile Consort

4.19am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Two Marches in E flat for wind
Bratislavska Komorna Harmonia
Justus Pavlik (director)

4.26am
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975): Second Waltz (Second Jazz Suite)
Eolina Quartet:
Vessela Jeleva (harp)
Nikolay Koev (flute)
Stefan Trayanov (piano)
Vladislav Andonov (viola)

4.30am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Piano Sonata No 15 in C, D840
Alfred Brendel (piano)

4.51am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Overture (La forza del destino)
KBS Symphony Orchestra
Chi-Yong Chung (conductor)

5.00am
Hartmann, Johann Peter Emilius (1805-1900), arr. Gunther/Teuber: Blomstre som en rosengard (Blooming like a rose garden)
Fionian Chamber Choir
Alice Granum (director)

5.05am
Byrd, William (c.1543-1623): Pavana lachrimae (after John Dowland) for keyboard, MB 28 54
Aapo Hakkinen (harpsichord)

5.13am
Walton, William (1902-1983): Death of Falstaff; Touch her soft lips and part (Two Pieces for Strings)
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Roy Goodman (conductor)

5.18am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Ballade No 1, Op 23
Hinko Haas (piano)

5.28am
Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937): Penthesilea for soprano and orchestra
Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano)
Orchestre National de France
Hans Graf (conductor)

5.34am
Lassus, Orlando (1532-1594): Jubilate deo; Io ti voria; Tristis est anima mea
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Paul van Nevel (conductor)

5.40am
Anon (17th century): Andante from the archives of the Franciscan monastery in Klanjec, Croatia
Ana Pokos (organ)

5.44am
Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959): Bachianas Brasileiras No 9 for string orchestra
Amadeus Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra in Poznan
Agnieszka Duczmal (conductor)

5.53am
Peterson-Berger, Wilhelm (1867-1942): Flowers from Froso for piano, Book 2
Johan Ullen (piano)

6.18am
Gershwin, George (1898-1937), arr. Bengt-Ake Lundin: Rhapsody in Blue
Staffan Sjoholm (double bass)
Bengt-Ake Lundin (piano)
New Stenhammar String Quartet

6.36am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 96 in D (Miracle)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor).

6 hours

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