Through the Night
Jonathan Swain continues the programme with music by Faure, Handel, Wagner, Palestrina, Forster, Sweelinck and Cima.
With Jonathan Swain.
4.25am
Faure, Gabriel (1845-1924): Nocturne No 1 in E flat minor, Op 33, No 1
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
4.34am
Handel, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759): Alceste: Gentle Morpheus, son of night
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze (director)
4.43am
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883): Prelude, Act 1 (Lohengrin)
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Quebec
Franz Paul Decker (conductor)
4.53am
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594): Litaniae de Beata Virgine Maria
Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montreal
Christopher Jackson (director)
5.00am
Forster, Kaspar (1616-1673): Sonata a 7
Musica Fiata
Roland Wilson (director)
5.05am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Beati pauperes spiritu (motet)
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
Stephan Stubbs (lute)
5.10am
Cima, Giovanni Paolo (c.1570-c.1622): Canzon for keyboard
Stef Tuinstra (organ).