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Through the Night

Music: Classical

Continuous broadcast of concert music and opera, recorded from locations throughout Europe

Through the Night: The Calm of the Night, a Valley of Bells and the Song of Songs

Helmuth Rilling conducts Bach cantatas

The Calm of the Night, a Valley of Bells and the Song of Songs

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The Swedish Radio Chorus in with a floral spring concert. Presented by Jonathan Swain.

The Swedish Radio Chorus with the Latvian conductor Kaspars Putniņš in a flowery spring programme that glistens and shines with new birdsong and bursting buds. With Jonathan Swain.

The Swedish Radio Chorus meets the versatile Latvian conductor Kaspars Putniņš in a flowery spring programme that glistens and shines with new birdsong, bursting buds and surging love! With Jonathan Swain.

01:01 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Paul Verlaine (Author), Clytus Gottwald (Arranger)
La vallée des cloches
Swedish Radio Chorus, Kaspars Putniņš (Conductor)

01:06 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans
Annika Hudak (Alto), Jenny Ohlson Akre (Soprano), Mia Lundell (Alto), Niklas Engquist (Tenor), Johan Pejler (Bass), Swedish Radio Chorus, Kaspars Putniņš (Conductor)

01:13 AM
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Calme des nuits
Swedish Radio Chorus, Kaspars Putniņš (Conductor)

01:16 AM
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Les fleurs et les arbres
Swedish Radio Chorus, Kaspars Putniņš (Conductor)

01:19 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Clytus Gottwald (Arranger)
Soupir, 'Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé'
Swedish Radio Chorus, Kaspars Putniņš (Conductor)

01:23 AM
David Wikander (1884-1955)
Förvårskväll (An early spring evening)
Swedish Radio Chorus, Kaspars Putniņš (Conductor)

01:34 AM
David Wikander (1884-1955)
Kung Liljekonvalje (King Lily of the Valley)
Swedish Radio Chorus, Kaspars Putniņš (Conductor)

01:38 AM
Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur (1908-2002)
Le Cantique des cantiques (The Song of Songs)
Swedish Radio Chorus, Kaspars Putniņš (Conductor)

01:59 AM
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus (No.5, Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Leonard Elschenbroich (Cello), Zhang Zuo (Piano)

02:08 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola and 2 Cellos in C major (D.956)
Artemis Quartet, Christian Poltera (Cello)

03:01 AM
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op 78, "Organ Symphony"
Karstein Askeland (Organ), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov (Conductor)

03:38 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Piano Quartet No.1 in C minor,  Op.1
Harald Aadland (Violin), Nora Taksdal (Viola), Audun Sandvik (Cello), Christian Ihle Hadland (Piano)

04:06 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major, BWV.1047
Alexis Kossenko (Recorder), Erik Niord Larsen (Oboe), Ole Edvard Antonsen (Trumpet), Elise Båtnes (Violin), Risør Festival Strings, Knut Johannessen (Harpsichord)

04:18 AM
Johann Stadlmayr (c.1580-1648)
Ave Maris Stella
Capella Nova Graz, Otto Kargl (Director)

04:23 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Pavane pour une infante defunte
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester (Conductor)

04:31 AM
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927)
Excelsior! Op 13 (symphonic overture)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky (Conductor)

04:44 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Polka of V. R. for piano in A flat major
Ivetta Irkha (Piano)

04:48 AM
Christian Frederik Emil Horneman (1840-1906)
Overture (Aladdin)
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt (Conductor)

05:01 AM
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
The Ruler of the spirits, Op 27,  (Overture)
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (Conductor)

05:07 AM
Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960)
King Gustav II Adolf, Op 49 (Suite)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willén (Conductor)

05:23 AM
Traditional Swedish, David Wikander (Arranger)
Jag unnar dig anda allt gott (I wish you well)
Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson (Conductor)

05:24 AM
Traditional Swedish, David Wikander (Arranger)
O tysta ensamhet (Oh silent loneliness)
Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson (Conductor)

05:25 AM
Traditional Swedish, David Wikander (Arranger)
En gang I bredd med mig (Side by side one day)
Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson (Conductor)

05:27 AM
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Froissart - concert overture Op.19
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka (Conductor)

05:43 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
String Quartet No. 4 in C, K. 157
Harmonie Universelle

05:59 AM
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Polonaise-fantasy in A flat major, Op 61
Yulianna Avdeeva (Piano)

06:13 AM
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Waltz (Faust)
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Børge Wagner (Conductor)

06:18 AM
Pieter Hellendaal (1721-1799)
Cello Sonata, Op 5, No.7 (1780)
Jaap ter Linden (Cello), Ton Koopman (Harpsichord), Ageet Zweistra (Cello)

06:30 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Concerto no 2 in B flat major, Op 19
Martha Argerich (Piano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi (Conductor)

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