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Through the Night: Missa Solemnis

Sven-David Sandstrom's St John Passion

Missa Solemnis

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Missa Solemnis

A performance of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis from the Hamburg International Music Festival.

Beethoven's great masterpiece from the Hamburg International Music Festival. Presented by John Shea.

Beethoven's great and solemn masterpiece from the Hamburg International Music Festival. Presented by John Shea.

12:31 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Missa Solemnis (Mass in D major), Op.123
Genia Kühmeier (Soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (Contralto), Georg Zeppenfeld (Bass), NDR Chorus, Bavarian Radio Chorus, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Thomas Hengelbrock (Conductor)

01:45 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture (Suite) TWV.55:C3 in C major 'Hamburger Ebbe und Fluth'
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ketil Haugsand (Conductor)

02:10 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Violin Sonata No 2 in A major
Valdis Zarins (Violin), Ieva Zarina (Piano)

02:31 AM
Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904)
Cello Concerto in B minor (Op.104)
Truls Mork (Cello), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (Conductor)

03:12 AM
Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861-1906)
Suite No.4 for two pianos (Op.62)
James Anagnason (Piano), Leslie Kinton (Piano)

03:31 AM
Michael Haydn (1737-1806)
Ave Regina for double choir (MH.140)
Ex Tempore, Florian Heyerick (Director)

03:42 AM
Blagoje Bersa (1873-1934)
Idila  Op 25b (1902)
Croatian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mladen Tarbuk (Conductor)

03:50 AM
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
Chanson Perpetuelle (Op.37) vers. for voice and piano quintet
Barbara Hendricks (Soprano), Staffan Scheja (Piano), Vertavo String Quartet

03:57 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Johannes Brahms (Arranger)
Chaconne in D minor, from 'Partita No. 2, BWV 1004' arr. Brahms
Linda Nicholson (Fortepiano)

04:11 AM
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Concerto for trombone and military band in B flat major
Tibor Winkler (Trombone), Chamber Wind Orchestra, Zdenek Machacek (Conductor)

04:23 AM
Bernat Vivancos (b.1973)
El cant del ocells
Latvian Radio Choir, Ieva Ezeriete (Soprano), Sigvards Kļava (Conductor)

04:31 AM
Arthur Benjamin
Overture to an Italian Comedy
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Post (Conductor)

04:37 AM
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Trio sonata (Op.3 No.8) in C major
Il Seminario Musicale, Gerard Lesne (Director)

04:45 AM
Jean Françaix (1912-1997)
Concerto (Divertissement) for bassoon and 11 String Instruments (1968)
Laurent Lefevre (Bassoon), L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Marc Kissoczy (Conductor)

05:08 AM
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Dumka - Russian rustic scene for piano (Op.59)
Duncan Gifford (Piano)

05:18 AM
Erkki Melartin (1875-1937)
Lohdutus (Consolation)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (Conductor)

05:23 AM
Nicolas Gombert (c.1495 - c. 1560)
Musae Jovis a 6
Ars Nova Vocal Group, Bo Holten (Conductor)

05:31 AM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Symphony No.6 (Op.104) in D minor
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernhard Klee (Conductor)

06:01 AM
Fryderyk Chopin
Sonata in B flat minor (Op.35)
Ivo Pogorelich (Piano)

06:22 AM
Mihail Andricu (1894-1974)
Sinfonietta No.13 (Op.123)
Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Emanuel Elenescu (Conductor)

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