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Presented by Susan Sharpe. The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs Mendelssohn's Italian symphony and Brahms's Second Symphony.

BBC Symphony Orchestra plays Mendelssohn's "Italian" symophony & Brahms' 2nd Symphony. Presented by Susan Sharpe.

1:00 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Ruy Blas - overture (Op.95)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor)

1:09 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Symphony no. 4 (Op.90) in A major "Italian"
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor)

1:38 AM
Brahms, Johannes [1833-1897]
Symphony no. 2 (Op.73) in D major
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor)

2:22 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
24 Preludes for piano (Op. 28
Nikita Magaloff (piano)

3:00 AM
Wilms, Johann Wilhelm (1772-1847)
Rondo - Polonaise pour le pianoforte in D major (1809)
Arthur Schoonderwoerd (fortepiano)

3:07 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Rondo brillante in E flat 'La gaité for piano' (J.252) (Op.62)
Niklas Sivelöv (piano)

3:14 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Rondo capriccioso for piano in E major/minor (Op.14)
Sook-Hyun Cho (piano)

3:21 AM
Bruhns, Nicolaus (1665-1697)
Jauchzet dem Herren alle Welt
Guy de Mey (tenor), Ricercar Consort

3:33 AM
Hasse, Johann Adolf (1699-1783)
Son qual misera Colomba (from 'Cleofide')
Emma Kirkby (soprano - Cleofide), Capella Coloniensis, William Christie (conductor)

3:39 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Sinfonia Concertante for oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon in E flat major (K.297b) Bart Schneemann (oboe), Harmen de Boer (clarinet), Jacob Slagter (horn), Ronald Karten (bassoon), Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam, Lev Markiz (conductor)

4:09 AM
Gershwin, George (1898-1937)
3 Preludes
Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano)

4:15 AM
Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951)
Galathea & Mahnung
Jean Stilwell (mezzo soprano), Robert Kortgaard (piano)

4:23 AM
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873-1943)
Vocalise (Op.34 No.14)
Toronto Symphony, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

4:30 AM
Tallis, Thomas (c.1505-1585)
Gloria - from Mass Puer natus est nobis for 7 voices
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

4:39 AM
Byrd, William (c.1543-1623)
Agnus Dei - from Mass for 5 voices
BBC Singers, Bo Holten (director)

4:43 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Overture - 'La forza del destino'
KBS Symphony Orchestra, Chi-Yong Chung (conductor)

4:51 AM
Casanova, Gion Balzer (b.194?)
La sera sper il lag (Evening on the Lake)
4:54 AM
Derungs, Gion Antoni (b.1935),
Sut steilas (Under the stars)
Cantus Firmus Surselva, Clau Scherrer (conductor)

4:56 AM
Derungs, Gion Giusep (b.1932), text: Gian Fontana (1897-1935)
Al sulegl (To the sun)
Chor viril Lumnezia (Lumnezia Men's Chorus)

5:00 AM
Marais, Marin (1656-1728)
La Sonnerie de Sainte-Genevieve du Mont de Paris
Ricercar Consort, Henri Ledroit (conductor)

5:11 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) or possibly Pleyel, Ignace (1757-1831) arr. Perry, Harold
Divertimento (Feldpartita) (H.2.46) in B flat major arr. for wind quintet Bulgarian Academic Wind Quintet: Georgi Spasov (flute), Georgi Zhelyazov (oboe), Petko Radev (clarinet), Marin Valchanov (bassoon), Vladislav Grigorov (horn)

5:21 AM
Richter, Franz Xaver (1709-1789)
Concerto for trumpet, strings and basso continuo in D major
Ivan Hadliyski (trumpet), Kamerorchester, Alipi Haydenov (conductor)

5:37 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Perpetuum mobile (from Sonata No.1 in C, J138)
Konstantin Masliouk (piano)

5:42 AM
Orff, Carl (1895-1982)
In Trutina - from Carmina Burana
Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski (conductor)

5:44 AM
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907) arr. Reger
I Love Thee (Op.5 No.3)
Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Karmiski (conductor)

5:47 AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Till Eulenspiegel - Einmal Anders!
The Festival Ensemble of the Festival of the Sound, James Campbell (conductor)

5:56 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
12 Waltzes for piano (D.969)
Arthur Schnabel

6:04 AM
Strauss, Johann jr. (1825-1899), arr. Schoenberg
Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South
Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian (conductor)

6:13 AM
Kodály, Zoltán (1882-1967)
Adagio for violin & piano
Tamás Major (violin), Zoltán Kocsis (piano)

6:22 AM
Kodály, Zoltán (1882-1967)
A song about King Stephen
Hungarian Radio Chorus, Peter Erdei (conductor)

6:27 AM
Porumbescu, Ciprian (1853-1883)
Ballad for Violin & Orchestra
Ion Voicu (violin)Bucharest Chamber Orchestra, Madalin Voicu (conductor)

6:33 AM
Constantinescu, Paul (1909-1963)
Free Variations on Byzantium theme for cello and orchestra
Catalin Ilea (cello), Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Carol Litvin (conductor)

6:44 AM
Brade, William (1560-1630)
Turkische Intrada
Hesperion XX

6:48 AM
Bennett, Richard Rodney
Murder on the Orient Express - music from the film
BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba (conductor).

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Last on

Thu 3 Mar 201101:00

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  • Thu 3 Mar 201101:00