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Through the Night: Combinations in Copenhagen

Helmuth Rilling conducts Bach cantatas

Combinations in Copenhagen

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Combinations in Copenhagen

Jonathan Swain presents Schubert, Shostakovich and Dvorak performed by the Danish Quartet.

Schubert, Shostakovich and Dvorak from the Danish Quartet. Jonathan Swain presents.

12:31 am
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 
Allegro in A minor D 947 (Lebenssturme) for piano duet
Wu Han (piano), Alessio Bax (piano)

12:47 am
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975) 
Quintet in G minor Op 57 for piano and strings
Alessio Bax (soloist), Danish String Quartet (soloist)

1:21 am
Antonin Dvorak 
Quartet no. 2 in E flat major Op 87 for piano and strings
Jakob Koranyi (cello), Wu Han (piano), Yura Lee (viola), Ben Beilman (violin)

1:57 am
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) 
3 Chansons for unaccompanied chorus
BBC Singers, Alison Smart (soprano), Judith Harris (mezzo soprano), Daniel Auchincloss (tenor), Stephen Charlesworth (baritone), Stephen Cleobury (conductor) 

2:04 am
Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) 
L'arbre des songes - concerto for violin and orchestra (1983-1985)
Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)

2:31 am
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 
Symphony No.4 in B flat major, Op 60
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Eivind Aadland (conductor)

3:05 am
Lars-Erik Larsson (1908-1986) 
Croquiser, Op 38
Mårten Landström (piano)

3:18 am
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) 
Concerto for flute in D major RV.428, 'Il Gardellino'
Karl Kaiser (flute), Camerata Köln

3:30 am
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 
Rondo in C major, Op 51, No.1
Andreas Staier (pianoforte)

3:36 am
Cipriano de Rore (1516-1565) 
Da le belle contrade d'oriente
Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley (director), Emma Kirkby (soprano), Mary Nichols (alto), Andrew King (tenor), Paul Agnew (tenor), Alan Ewing (bass) 

3:40 am
John Ansell (1874-1948) 
Nautical Overture
West Australian Symphony Orchestra, David Measham (conductor)

3:49 am
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) 
Mephisto waltz No. 1, S514
Khatia Buniatishvili (piano)

3:59 am
Wojciech Kilar (1932-2013) 
Orawa for string orchestra (1988) (Vivo)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wojciech Rajski (conductor)

4:08 am
Pieter Hellendaal (1721-1799) 
Concerto grosso in G minor, Op 3, No.1
Slovak Chamber Orchestra, Bohdan Warchal (conductor)

4:20 am
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) 
4 songs from Im Grünen, Op 59 - Nos 1, 4, 5 & 6
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

4:31 am
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) 
Grand duo in E major on themes from Meyerbeer's 'Robert le Diable'
Sol Gabetta (cello), Bertrand Chamayou (piano)

4:43 am
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 
'Des Teufels Lustschloss' (Overture)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Miroslaw Blaszczyk (conductor)

4:53 am
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) 
Toccata per cembalo, in G minor/major
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)

5:01 am
Mindaugas Urbaitis (b.1952) 
Lacrimosa
Polifonija (Lithuanian State Chamber Choir), Sigitas Vaiciulionis (conductor)

5:06 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) 
Adagio and fugue for strings (K.546) in C minor
Risør Festival Strings

5:14 am
Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Josef Lhévinne (transcriber) 
Reminiscences on Meyerbeer's 'Robert le diable'
Josef Lhévinne (piano)

5:26 am
Alexander Moyzes (1906-1984) 
Symphony No.6, Op 44
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava, Ladislav Slovák (conductor)

5:56 am
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) 
Quartet for strings in G minor , Op 10
RTÉ Vanbrugh String Quartet

6:23 am
Sergey Rachmaninov 
Romance and Waltz
Dutch Pianists Quartet

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