Midsummer Night from Sweden

Midsommar is one of the most celebrated holidays in Sweden, taking place every June during the summer solstice. We mark this with a concert from the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra with soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan, performing Iranian composer Golfam Khayam's 'I'm not a tale to be told', Haydn's Symphony no 44 'Mourning' and Gershwin's Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture. The rest of the night has a focus on Swedish composers and performers. John Shea presents.

12:31 AM
Golfam Khayam (b.1982)
I am not a tale to be told
Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Barbara Hannigan (conductor)

12:42 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Symphony no 44 in E minor, Hob.I:44 'Mourning'
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Barbara Hannigan (conductor)

01:03 AM
George Gershwin (1898-1937), Robert Russell Bennett (arr.)
Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Barbara Hannigan (conductor)

01:32 AM
Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783-1847)
Piano Quartet in E minor
Klara Hellgren (violin), Ingegerd Kierkegaard (viola), Åsa Åkerberg (cello), Anders Kilström (piano)

02:02 AM
Otto Olsson (1879-1964)
Gregorian melodies for organ, Op 30
Anders Bondeman (organ)

02:21 AM
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927), Jens Peter Jacobsen (lyricist)
Three choral songs
Swedish Radio Choir, Gustav Sjökvist (conductor)

02:27 AM
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927), Verner von Heidenstam (lyricist)
Sverige (Sweden)
Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson (conductor)

02:31 AM
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867-1942)
Frösöblomster for Piano, Book 2 (1900)
Johan Ullén (piano)

02:55 AM
Lars-Erik Larsson (1908-1986)
9 Songs to Poems by Hjalmar Gullberg, Op 35 (1946)
Carin Zander (soprano), Mårten Landström (piano)

03:12 AM
Dag Wiren (1905-1986)
Serenade for Strings, Op 11
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willén (conductor)

03:27 AM
Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758)
O herre Gud, Gud's Lamm (Agnus Dei) from Svenska messan (Swedish mass)
Maria Sanner (contralto), Bolette Roed (recorder), Frederik From (violin), Hager Hanana (cello), Komalé Akakpo (psalter), Dagmara Kapczynska (harpsichord), Joanna Boślak-Górniok (organ)

03:31 AM
Franz Berwald (1796-1868)
Fantasia on 2 Swedish Folksongs for piano (1850-59)
Lucia Negro (piano)

03:40 AM
Ludwig Norman (1831-1885), Niklas Willén (arr.)
Andante Sostenuto
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willén (conductor)

03:50 AM
Sven-Eric Johanson (1919-1997)
Fyra visor om arstiderna (4 songs about the Seasons)
Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson (conductor)

03:57 AM
Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792)
String Quartet no 2 in B flat major
Lysell String Quartet

04:12 AM
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Nocturne in A flat major, Op 33 no 3
Stefan Lindgren (piano)

04:18 AM
Elfrida Andrée (1841-1929)
Concert Overture in D major
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Chloé van Soeterstèd (conductor)

04:31 AM
Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801-1878), Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (lyricist)
En sommerafton (A summer Evening) from 'Om vinterkvall' (Of a Winter's Eve)
Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson (conductor)

04:34 AM
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Praeludium and allegro in the style of Gaetano Pugnani for violin and piano
Tobias Ringborg (violin), Anders Kilström (piano)

04:40 AM
Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758)
Suite (sonata) for clavichord no 12 in E minor
Karin Jonsson-Hazell (harpsichord)

04:47 AM
Harald Fryklöf (1882-1919)
Eight minor piano pieces (1916)
Tore Uppström (piano)

04:59 AM
Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960)
King Gustav II Adolf, Op 49 (Suite)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willén (conductor)

05:15 AM
Gösta Nystroem (1890-1966), Elmer Diktonius (author), Ebba Lindqvist (author), Vilhelm Ekelund (author)
Tre havsvisioner (3 Visions about the sea)
Swedish Radio Choir, Gustav Sjökvist (conductor)

05:26 AM
Valborg Aulin (1860-1928)
String Quartet in F major
Tale String Quartet

05:52 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Two arias from the opera 'Ariodante'
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano), Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski (conductor)

06:12 AM
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927)
Sensommarnätter (Late Summer Nights), Op 33 (1914)
Dan Franklin (piano)