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John Shea introduces music, including Prokofiev, Haydn, Machaut, Schubert, Mussorgsky, Ravel, Falla, Vaughan Williams, Byrd, Blockx, Rameau, Mozart, Beethoven and Hammerschmidt.

With John Shea.

01:01AM
Prokofiev, Serge (1891-1953)
Alexander Nevsky (Op.78)
Russian Radio and TV Academic Chorus, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Dimitar Manolov (conductor)

01:38AM
Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953)
Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor (Op.63)
Tomaž Lorenz (violin), Slovenian Radio Television Symphony Orchestra, Samo Hubad (conductor)

02:05AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Symphony no.92 (H.1.92) in G major, 'Oxford'
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Peeter Lilje (conductor)

02:32AM
Machaut, Guillaume de (c.1300-1377)
Ballade 32 'Ploures, dames, ploures vostre servant' from Le Veoir Dit
Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly (conductor)

02:42AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
String Quartet in G major (D.887)
Alban Berg Quartet

03:26AM
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (1839-1881), orch. Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
Pictures from an Exhibition
Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)

03:59AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
Sonatine
Aldo Ciccolini (piano)

04:12AM
Falla, Manuel de (1876-1946)
Siete canciones populares españolas
Jard van Nes (mezzo soprano), Gérard van Blerk (piano)

04:25AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Hungarian Royal Song
Zoltán Kocsis & György Oravecz (piano)

04:31AM
Tippett, Michael (1905-1998)
Dance, clarion air – madrigal for 5-part chorus
BBC Singers, Bo Holten (conductor)

04:36AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis for double string orchestra
BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

04:50AM
Byrd, William (c.1543-1623)
Goodnight Ground for keyboard (MB.27.42) in C major
Aapo Häkkinen (harpsichord)

05:00AM
Blockx, Jan (1851-1912)
Flemish Dances
BRT Philharmonic Orchestra Brussels, Alexander Rahbari (conductor)

05:13AM
Thomas, John (1826-1914)
The minstrel's adieu to his native land for harp
Rita Costanzi (harp)

05:21AM
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764)
Symphonies and Dances
Bratislava Wind Quintet

05:37AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Concerto for violin and orchestra No.3 (K.216) in G major
Valery Klimov (violin), Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (conductor)

06:01AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Little preludes for keyboard (BWV.939-42)
Christophe Bossert (organ, St Martin's Church, Varazdinske Toplice)

06:05AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
String Quartet in C minor (Op.59 No.3)
Kroger String Quartet

06:16AM
Hammerschmidt, Andreas (1611/12-1675)
Suite in G minor/G major for winds – from the collection 'Erster Fleiß'
Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (director)

06:30AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Impromptu in Ab major (Op.29)
Krzysztof Jablonski (piano)

06:35AM
Ligeti, György (1923-2006)
Six Bagatelles for wind quintet
Cinque Venti: Liesbet Dregelinck (flute); Korneel Alsteens (oboe); Johan Schols (clarinet); Geert Philips (bassoon), Jos Verjans (horn)

06:46AM
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911)
Carnival in Paris – Overture/Episode for orchestra (Op.9)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor)

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