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Jonathan Swain introduces music, including Potter, MacKenzie, Stanford, Schumann, Mattheson, Huber, Grieg, Rodrigo, Rachmaninov, Corelli, Debussy, Buxtehude, Francaix and Mozart.

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00am
Potter, Archibald James (1918-1980): Overture to a Kitchen Comedy
Ulster Orchestra
Celso Antunes (conductor)

1.12am
MacKenzie, Alexander Campbell (1847-1935): Scottish Concerto for piano and orchestra, Op 55
David Owen Norris (piano)
Ulster Orchestra
Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor)

1.40am
Stanford, Charles Villiers (1852-1924): Irish Rhapsody No 4 in A minor (The Fisherman of Loch Neagh and What He Saw)
Ulster Orchestra
Celso Antunes (conductor)

1.59am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Dichterliebe, Op 48 - song-cycle for voice and piano
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

2.28am
Mattheson, Johann (1681-1764): Sonata No 7 for three flutes, Op 1 No 4
Vladislav Brunner, Juraj Brunner, Milan Brunner (flutes)

2.34am
Huber, Hans (1852-1921): Cello Sonata No 4 in B flat, Op 130
Esther Nyffenegger (cello)
Desmond Wright (piano)

3.01am
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup (1843-1907): Holberg Suite, Op 40
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor)

3.21am
Rodrigo, Joaquin (1901-1999): Concierto Serenata for harp and orchestra (1952)
Nicanor Zabaleta (harp)
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)

3.43am
Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943): Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op 42
Duncan Gifford (piano)

4.04am
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713): Sonata da chiesa in E minor, Op 3 No 5
Camerata Tallin
4.12am
Anon.: 3 Sephardic Romances
Montserrat Figueras (soprano)
Hesperion XX
Jordi Savall (director)

4.21am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1916): Sonata in D minor for cello and piano
Zara Nelsova (cello)
Grant Johannesen (piano)

4.32am
Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637-1707): Missa brevis, BuxWV 114
Marieke Steenhoek (soprano)
Miriam Meyer (soprano)
Bogna Bartosz (contralto)
Marco van de Klundert (tenor)
Klaus Mertens (bass)
Ton Koopman (conductor)

4.42am
Escosa, John B (1928-1991): Three Dances for two harps
Julia Shaw, Nora Bumanis (harps)

4.49am
Francaix, Jean (1912-1997): (Le) Gai Paris for wind ensemble
Wind Ensemble of the Hungarian Radio Orchestra

5.01am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Overture (Don Giovanni, K527)
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Barlow (conductor)

5.07am
Lauber, Joseph (1864-1952): Trois morceaux caracteristiques for solo flute, Op 47
Marianne Keller Stucki (flute)

5.14am
Power, Leonel (d.1445): Salve regina
Hilliard Ensemble

5.21am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828), orch. Webern, Anton (1883-1945): 6 German Dances, D820
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Justin Brown (conductor)

5.30am
Martinu, Bohuslav (1890-1959): Sonatina for clarinet and piano (1956)
Timothy Lines (clarinet)
Philippe Cassard (piano)

5.42am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872): String Quartet No 2 in F (1837-40)
Camerata Quartet

5.59am
Haydn, (Franz) Jozef (1732-1809): Symphony No 95 in C minor
Oslo Philharmonic
Marek Janowski (conductor)

6.19am
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759), arr. Steele-Perkins for trumpet and orchestra: 3 Airs from Vauxhall Gardens
Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
The King's Consort
Robert King (director)

6.30am
Suk, Josef (1874-1935): Serenade in E flat for string orchestra, Op 6
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
James Clark (conductor).

6 hours

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Thu 31 Dec 200901:00

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