02/01/2016

Jonathan Swain introduces a 2013 BBC Prom given by the Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra of Milan and tenor Joseph Calleja.

1:01 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe [1813-1901]
Overture to La Forza del destino
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi; Xian Zhang (conductor)

1:09 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe [1813-1901]
From Attila, Act 3: 'Oh dolore! ed io vivia'
Joseph Calleja (tenor); Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi; Xian Zhang (conductor)

1:13 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe [1813-1901]
From Les Vespres siciliennes, Act 4: 'A toi qui j'ai chérie' (aria)
Joseph Calleja (tenor); Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi; Xian Zhang (conductor)

1:16 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe [1813-1901]
Prelude to 'La Traviata'
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi; Xian Zhang (conductor)

1:21 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe [1813-1901]
From Simon Boccanegra: Act 2: 'O inferno!...Sento'
Joseph Calleja (tenor); Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi; Xian Zhang (conductor)

1:26 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe [1813-1901]
From Aida: Grand march
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi; Xian Zhang (conductor)

1:30 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe [1813-1901]
From Luisa Miller, Act 2: 'Oh fede negar potessi' (recit), 'Quando le sere al placido' (Rodolfo's aria)
Joseph Calleja (tenor); Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi; Xian Zhang (conductor)

1:35 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe [1813-1901]
Rigoletto - opera in 3 acts: Act 3; La Donna e mobile
Joseph Calleja (tenor); Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi; Xian Zhang (conductor)

1:38 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich [1840-1893]
Manfred symphony, Op.58
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi; Xian Zhang (conductor)

2:35 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor (Op.57) "Appassionata"
Van Cliburn (piano)

3:01 AM
Strauss, Johann Jr (1825-1899)
Egyptischer March (Op.335)
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Roman Zeilinger (conductor)

3:05 AM
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
La Mort de Cléopâtre - lyric scene for soprano and orchestra
Annett Andriesen (alto), Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson (conductor)

3:28 AM
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Concerto for piano and orchestra no.5 (Op.103) in F major 'Egyptian'
Pascal Rogé (piano), UNAM Philharmonic Orchestra, Ronald Zollman (conductor)

3:56 AM
Morley, Thomas (1557/8-1602)
It was a lover and his lass - from 1st Book of Ayres
Paul Agnew (tenor), Christopher Wilson (lute)

3:59 AM
Tessier, Guillaume (2nd half 16th century)
In a grove most rich of shade - from 'A Musicall Banquet'
Paul Agnew (tenor), Christopher Wilson (lute)

4:03 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) or possibly Pleyel, Ignace (1757-1831), arr. Harold Perry
Divertimento in B flat Major (H.2.46) arr. for wind quintet
Galliard Ensemble

4:12 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir (BWV.228)
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Ivars Taurins (conductor)

4:21 AM
Pärt, Arvo (b. 1935)
Spiegel im Spiegel
Morten Carlsen (viola), Sergej Osadchuk (piano)

4:28 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw [1819-1872]
Introduction to Act III & Dances of the Highlanders from Halka (original vers.)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)

4:36 AM
Glinka, Mihail Ivanovic (1804-1857)
Nocturno
Branka Janjanin-Magdalenic (harp)

4:41 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Variations on a theme by Haydn (Op.56a)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Günther Schuller (conductor)

5:01 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (Op.129)
Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Martin Fröst (clarinet)

5:12 AM
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
Overture to Masquerade
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen (conductor)

5:17 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Concerto for violin and orchestra (RV.234) in D major 'Inquietudine'
Giuliano Carmignola (violin), Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca

5:24 AM
Dutilleux, Henri (b. 1916)
Sonatine
Duo Nanashi: Line Møller (flute), Aya Sakou (piano)

5:33 AM
Kuhlau, Friedrich (1786-1832)
Introduction et Variations Sur la Romance de l'Opera Euryanthe
Duo Nanashi

5:46 AM
Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953)
Cinderella's waltz from Zolushka - suite no.1 (Op.107)
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

5:51 AM
Rameau, Jean-Philippe [1683-1764]
Suite from Platee (Junon jalouse) - comedie-lyrique in three acts (1745)
Concerto Copenhagen; Lars Ulrik Mortensen (director)

6:17 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
La Valse
Ouellet-Murray Duo: Claire Ouellet & Sandra Murray (pianos)

6:29 AM
Dobrzynski, Ignacy Feliks (1807-1867)
String Quartet No.1 in E minor (Op.7)
Camerata Quartet: Wlodzimierz Prominski, Andrzej Kordykiewicz (violins), Piotr Reichert (viola), Roman Hoffman (cello).