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23/12/2009

Jonathan Swain presents music by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Vivaldi, Sweelinck, Grieg, Chausson, Dohnanyi, Josquin, Telemann, Franck, Mehul, Beethoven, Britten, Bach and Stravinsky.

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
大象传媒 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).

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