Through the Night: A Trip Across the Pond

Jonathan Swain presents a selection of music, beginning with the Minnesota Orchestra performing an all-American programme of Bernstein, Gershwin, and Ives at the BBC Proms in 2018. Bernstein: Candide overture; Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F; Ives: Symphony No 2; Traditional African, Jaakko Kuusisto (arr.): Shosholoza. Inon Barnatan (piano), Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska (conductor). 1.55 Wiggins: Battle of Manassas. 2.03 Feldman: Rothko Chapel. 2.31 Thomson: Quartet for strings No 2 2.54 Lou Harrison: Harp Suite. 3.09 Barber: Violin Concerto, Op 14. 3.33 Mozart: Kirchen-Sonate in B flat, K212. 3.39 Schubert: Rondo in A for violin and strings, D438. 3.53 Roman: Symphonia No 20 in E minor. 4.02 JM Bach (1648-1694): Sei, lieber Tag, willkommen. 4.08 Elgar, David Passmore (arr.): Salut d'Amour. 4.11 Handel: Overture (Agrippina); Son contenta di morire (Radamisto). 4.20 Beethoven: Leonore Overture No 1, Op 138. 4.31 Mendelssohn: St Paul, Op 36, Overture. 4.38 Poulenc: Sept chansons. 4.50 Haydn: Piano Trio in E flat, Hob:15.29. 5.07 Herbert: The Fortune Teller (Excerpts). 5.16 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 23 in F Minor, Op 57, Appassionata. 5.39 Suk: Fantastic scherzo for orchestra, Op 25. 5.53 Schlegel: Violin Sonata, Op 34. 6.16 Parker: A Northern Ballad