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John Shea introduces music, including Ravel, Debussy, Pintscher, Stravinsky, Hammerschmidt, Telemann, Haydn, Noskowski, Rautavaara, Kuula, Grieg, Wingfield, Cossetto and Bartok.

With John Shea.

1.00am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Menuet antique
1.08am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Rhapsody No 1 for clarinet and orchestra
1.17am
Pintscher, Matthias (b.1971): Funf Orchesterstucke
1.41am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Alborada del gracioso
1.50am
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971): The Firebird - suite (1945)
Niels Thomsen (clarinet)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR
Matthias Pintscher (conductor)

2.20am
Hammerschmidt, Andreas (1611/12-1675): Suite in G minor/major for gambas (Ester Fleiss)
Hesperion XX
Jordi Savall (director)

2.31am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Alles redet jetzt und singet - cantata for soprano, bass and instrumental ensemble
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Stephen Varcoe (bass)
Michael Schneider, Konrad Hunteler (recorders)
Hans-Peter Westermann, Pieter Dhont (oboes)
Michael McCraw (bassoon)
Das Kleine Konzert
Hermann Max (conductor)

3.00am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Die Schopfung (The Creation)
Isa Katharina Gericke (soprano)
Rickard Soderberg (tenor)
Jochen Kupfer (baritone)
Oslo Chamber Choir
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Christopher Bell (conductor)

4.40am
Noskowski, Zygmunt (1846-1909): The Steppes, Op 66
Sinfonia Varsovia
Grzegorz Nowak (conductor)

5.00am
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826): Invitation to the Dance, J260 - Rondo brillante in D flat
Niklas Sivelov (piano)

5.10am
Rautavaara, Einojuhani (b.1928): Och gladjen den dansar (With joy we go dancing)
Finnish Radio Chamber Choir
Eric-Olof Soderstrom (conductor)

5.13am
Kuula, Toivo (1883-1918): South Ostrobothnian Dances Nos 1-5, Op 17
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kari Tikka (conductor)

5.22am
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup (1843-1907): Norwegian Dance No 1, Op 35
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor)

5.28am
Wingfield, Steven (b.1955): 3 Bulgarian Dances (arr. Wingfield for violin and guitar)
Moshe Hammer (violin)
William Beauvais (guitar)

5.36am
Cossetto, Emil (b.1918): Two Dances from the cantata Zeleni Jura (Green George)
Pavica Gvozdic (piano)

5.45am
Farkas, Ferenc (1905-2000): Five Ancient Hungarian Dances for wind quintet
Bulgarian Academic Wind Quintet

5.55am
Bartok, Bela (1881-1945): Six Rumanian Dances
Miklos Szenthelyi (violin)
Zoltan Kocsis (piano)

6.01am
Infante, Manuel (1883-1958): Three Andalucian Dances
Aglika Genova, Liuben Dimitrov (pianos)

6.16am
Lopes-Graca, Fernando (1906-1994): Three Portuguese Dances, Op 32
Portuguese Symphony Orchestra
Wolfgang Rennert (conductor)

6.23am
Forsyth, Malcolm (b.1936): The Kora Dances for two harps
Julia Shaw, Nora Bumanis (harps)

6.31am
Pezel, Johann Christoph (1639-1694): German Dance Suite
Canadian Brass

6.39am
Champagne, Claude (1891-1965): Danse villageoise (first version, for violin and piano)
Peter Oundjian (violin)
William Tritt (piano)

6.42am
Turpin, Thomas Million (1873-1922): Harlem Rag
Donna Coleman (piano)

6.46am
Blockx, Jan (1851-1912): Flemish Dances
BRT Philharmonic Orchestra Brussels
Alexander Rahbari (conductor).

6 hours

Last on

Fri 2 Jan 200901:00

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  • Fri 2 Jan 200901:00