Through the Night: The Christmas Mystery

Catriona Young presents a selection of classical music, beginning with Frank Martin's Medieval Christmas Oratorio. Frank Martin: Le mystere de la Nativite - Part I; Le mystere de la Nativite - Part II; Le mystere de la Nativite - Part III. Elly Ameling (soprano), Aafje Heynis (alto), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Herbert Handt (tenor), Serge Maurer (tenor), Louis-Jacques Rondeleux (baritone), Leo Ketelaars (baritone), Andre Vassieres (baritone), Guus Hoekman (bass), Netherlands Radio Choir, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Fournet (conductor). 2:16 Bach: French suite for keyboard No 2 in C minor. 2:31 Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op 28. 2:55 Dupre: Variations on Adeste Fideles. 3:03 Liszt: Hymne de l'enfant à son reveil. 3:14 Mozart: Symphony No 35 in D - Haffner. 3:34 Torelli: Concerto a quattro in forma Pastorale per il Santo Natale, Op 8 No 6. 3:41 De Murcia: 2 pieces from Codex de Saldívar. 3:50 Schubert, Liszt (tr.): Ave Maria. 3:57 Bach: Keyboard Concerto No 5 in F minor. 4:08 Salzedo: Concert Variations on O Tannenbaum. 4:12 Michael Haydn: Ave Regina for double choir. 4:24 Bach: Sinfonia from Christmas Oratorio. 4:31 Kunzen: Vinhoesten: Der Fest der Winzer - Overture. 4:36 Chopin: Prelude in D flat - Raindrop, Op 28 No 15. 4:41 Geminiani: Concerto No 1 in D, after Corelli's Op 5. 4:50 Elgar: Severn Suite for brass band, Op 87. 5:06 Michael Haydn: Cantata - Lauft, ihr Hirten allzugleich (Run ye shepherds, to the light). 5:16 Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16. 5:45 Debussy: Pour le piano. 5:59 Tore Bjorn Larsen: Tre rosetter. 6:13 Suk: A Winter's Tale, Op 9