16/12/2009

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis for double string orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

1.17am
Tallis, Thomas (c.1505-1585): Loquebantur variis linguis - for 7 voices
BBC Singers
Bo Holten (director)

1.22am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): Job - a masque for dancing
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

2.07am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): Serenade to music for 16 soloists and orchestra
Sarah Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton, Sophie Bevan, Rachel Nicholls (sopranos)
Allison Cook, Louise Poole, Julia Riley, Catherine Hopper (mezzo-sopranos)
Ed Lyon, Joshua Ellicott, Peter Wedd, Nicholas Sharratt (tenors)
Mark Stone, Darren Jeffrey, George von Bergen, Tim Mirfin (basses)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

2.21am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847), arr. Rachmaninov: Scherzo (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Valerie Tryon (piano)

2.26am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): Symphony No 9 in E minor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

3.01am
Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943), arr. Lucien Cailliet (1891-1985): Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 3 No 2
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Commissiona (conductor)

3.06am
Bartok, Bela (1881-1945): Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 68 (orch. from Sz 56)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
James Clark (conductor)

3.13am
Louie, Alexina (b. 1949): Songs of Paradise
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor)

3.29am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): D'un cahier d'esquisses (1903)
Roger Woodward (piano)

3.33am
Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953): Waltz; Moonlit meadows (Music for Children, Op 65)
Roger Woodward (piano)

3.36am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918), arr. Maarten Bon for 8 hands: Jeux
Yoko Abe, Gerard van Blerk, Maarten Bon, Sepp Grotenhuis (pianos)

3.53am
Borodin, Alexander (1833-1887): Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Stuart Challender (conductor)

4.04am
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971), arr. Maarten Bon for 40 hands for piano: Scherzo a la russe
Twenty Grand Pianos

4.09am
Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943), arr. unknown: Vocalise, Op 34 No 14
Desmond Hoebig (cello)
Andrew Tunis (piano)

4.16am
Benoit, Peter (1834-1901): Sub tuum praesidium
4.17am
Benoit, Peter (1834-1901): Ecce panis
Flemish Radio Choir (women's voices)
Joris Verdin (harmonium - Victor Mustel 1891)
Vic Nees (conductor)

4.20am
Benoit, Peter (1834-1901): Ave regina
Marleen Delputte (mezzo-soprano)
Marianne Byloo (contralto)
Flemish Radio Choir (women's voices)
Joris Verdin (harmonium - Victor Mustel 1891)
Vic Nees (conductor)

4.23am
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869): Hungarian March (The Damnation of Faust)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Jorge Mester (conductor)

4.28am
Gregoir, Eduard (1822-1890): Marche Funebre composee sur le mort de Guillaume II
Gert Oost (organ - of the Picture Gallery in the Royal Palace in the Hague)

4.33am
Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich (1865-1936): Concert Waltz for orchestra No 2 in F, Op 51
CBC Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Kazuyoshi Akiyama (conductor)

4.42am
Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937): Valse romantique (1925)
Jerzy Godziszewski (piano)

4.46am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): La valse
Oslo Philharmonic
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

5.01am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Academic Festival Overture, Op 80
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Grant Llewellyn (conductor)

5.12am
Karlowicz, Mieczyslaw (1876-1909): Songs: To her who is sad, Op 1 No 1); In the snow, Op 1 No 3; I think of quiet, clear golden days, Op 1 No 5; In the quiet of the night, Op 3 No 8; Regret, Op 1 No 4; Before I die, Op 3 No 6; The Bewitched Princess, Op 3 No 10; From erotica, Op 3 No 2; Speak on my dear, Op 3 No 1
Jadwiga Rappe (contralto)
Ewa Poblocka (piano)

5.27am
Abel, Carl Friederich (1723-1787): Pieces for viola da gamba
Rainier Zipperling (viola da gamba)

5.44am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K466
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Terje Toennesen (conductor)

6.15am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), arr. Blagoj Angelovski: Chorale (Jesus bleibet meine Freude) from Cantata No 147
Blagoj Angelovski (trumpet)
Velin Iliev (organ)

6.18am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), arr. Stokowski: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (from Cantata No 140)
Philadelphia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)

6.23am
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (1839-1881), ed. Rimsky-Korsakov: A Night on the Bare Mountain
Oslo Philharmonic
Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)

6.36am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Traumerei (Kinderszenen for piano, Op 15)
Alfred Grunfeld (1852-1924) (piano)

6.39am
Tchaikovsky, Peter Illych (1840-1893): Without Time, Without Season
Polyphonia
Ivelin Dimitrov (conductor)

6.42am
Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943): Rejoice, O Virgin (All-Night Vigil, Op 37)
Polyphonia
Ivelin Dimitrov (conductor)

6.46am
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Slavonic Dance, Op 46 No 2
James Anagnoson and Leslie Kinton (piano)

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