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Through the Night

Jonathan Swain concludes the programme with music by Scarlatti, Couperin, JC Bach, Verdi, Khachaturian, Brahms, Sweelinck, Borgstrom, Chopin and Elgar.

With Jonathan Swain.

5.00am
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725): Sinfonia amore, pace e providenza
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Biondi (conductor)

5.03am
Couperin, Francois (1668-1733): Bruit de guerre
Hungarian Brass Ensemble

5.08am
Bach, Johann Christian (1735-1782): Quintet in G for flute, oboe, violin, viola and basso continuo, Op 11 No 2
Les Adieux

5.16am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Fiesco's Aria Il lacerato spirito (Simon Boccanegra) (1857)
Reinhard Hagen (bass)
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Armin Jordan (conductor)

5.21am
Bull, John (c.1562-1628): Why ask you?
Colin Tilney (harpsichord)

5.27am
Khachaturian, Aram (1903-1978): Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)
Ukranian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vyacheslav Blinov (conductor)

5.36am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Gesang der Parzen (Song of the Fates, Op 89)
Oslo Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (conductor)

5.45am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Fantasia in G
Vincent van Laar (Arp Schnitger organ)

5.54am
Borgstrom, Hjalmar (1864-1925): Music to Johan Gabriel Borkman
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Kjell Seim (conductor)

6.06am
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849): Sonata in B flat minor, Op 35
Ivo Pogorelich (piano)

6.26am
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934): Overture (Cockaigne)
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
Pinchas Steinberg (conductor)

6.41am
Vanhal, Johann Baptist (1739-1813): Symphony in A minor
Capella Coloniensis
Hans-Martin Linde (conductor).

2 hours

Last on

Wed 12 Mar 2008 05:00

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  • Wed 12 Mar 2008 05:00

A whole lot of night music

A whole lot of night music

Behind-the-scenes reflections on 25 years of Radio 3's Through the Night.