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22/11/2008

Jonathan Swain introduces music, including Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, Wolf, Bruckner, Messiaen, Bach, Dukas, Palestrina, Dvorak, Perotin, Donizetti, Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Mozart.

01:01AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
A Midsummer Night's Dream – incidental music

01:18AM
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
Three Songs from William Shakespeare

01:26AM
Shostakovich, Dmitry (1906-1975)
Hamlet – Suite from the incidental music (Op.32a)

Anna Dennis (mezzo-soprano), Britten Sinfonia, Alexander Shelley (conductor)

01:49AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Burya [The Tempest] – symphonic fantasia after Shakespeare (Op.18)
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

02:11AM
Johnson, Robert (c.1583-1633) text: William Shakespeare
2 Songs:
Full fathum five
Where the bee sucks, there suck I

02:15AM
Anonymous (16th century)
2 Songs
Fortune, my foe
Go and catch' for voice and lute

02:19AM
Tessier, Guillaume (16th century)
In a grove most rich of shade from A Musicall Banquet

02:22AM
Morley, Thomas (1557/8-1602)
It was a lover and his lass from 1st Book of Ayres

Paul Agnew (tenor), Christopher Wilson (lute)

02:26AM
Wolf, Cornelius de (1880-1935)
Fantasia on Psalm 33
Cor Ardesch (organ)

02:35AM
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896)
Symphony No.8
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Manfred Honeck

04:00AM
Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992)
No.18 Regard de l’Onction terrible from Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jésus
Martin Helmchen (piano)

04:08AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1759)
Cantata no. 78 (BWV.78) Jesu, der du meine Seele
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Gerd Türk (tenor), Peter Kooy (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)

04:31AM
Dukas, Paul (1865-1935)
La Peri – poeme danse
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Netherlands, Jean Fournet (conductor)

04:53AM
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594)
Tu es Petrus – motet for 6 voices
Silvia Piccollo & Emmanuela Galli (sopranos), Fabian Schofrin (alto), Marco Beasley (tenor), Daniele Carnovich (bass), Chorus of Swiss Radio Lugano, Theatrum Instrumentorum, Diego Fasolis (conductor)

05:00AM
Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Nos. 8 & 3 from Two Slavonic Dances (Op.46)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Arvid Engegård (conductor)

05:08AM
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
3 Easy Pieces
Anna Klas & Bruno Lukk (piano)

05:12AM
Kuyper, Elisabeth (1877-1953)
Nos. 1-3 from 6 Lieder (Op.17)
Irene Maessen (soprano), Frans van Ruth (piano)

05:20AM
Gratton, Hector (1900-1970)
Légende – symphonic poem
Orchestre Métropolitain, Gilles Auger (conductor)

05:29AM
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725)
Fuga del Secondo Tono
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)

05:33AM
Bodinus, Sebastian (c.1700-1760)
Trio in G major for oboe and 2 bassoons
Hildebrand'sche Hoboïsten Compagnie

05:42AM
Perotin (fl.1200)
Sederunt principes - gradual for 4 voices
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier (conductor)

05:53AM
Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848)
Grande Offertorio in D
Aart Bergwerff (organ)

06:00AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Wojewode, symphonic ballad, (Op 78)
Olso Philharmonic Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

06:13AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Clarinet Sonata (Op.120 No.2)
Hans Christian Braein (clarinet), HÃ¥vard Gimse (piano)

06:34AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra (K.365) in E flat major
Paul Lewis & Till Felner (pianos), ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ National Chorus of Wales, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor)

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