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Through the Night: Balearic Islands City of Palma Symphony Orchestra

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Balearic Islands City of Palma Symphony Orchestra

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From Barcelona, a performance of Brahms's Symphony No 2 in D, presented by Catriona Young.

From Barcelona, a performance of Brahms's Symphony No 2 in D, and a requiem by Spanish-Catalan composer Albert Guinovart. Presented by Catriona Young.

From Barcelona, a performance of Brahms' second symphony and a requiem by Spanish-Catalan composer Albert Guinovart. Presented by Catriona Young.

12:31 am
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) 
Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 73
Balearic Islands City of Palma Symphony Orchestra, Pablo Mielgo (conductor)

1:10 am
Albert Guinovart (b.1962) 
Requiem
Orfeó Català Youth Chorus, Marta Mathéu (soprano), Josep Ramon Olivé (baritone), Ferran Quiílez (soprano), Balearic Islands City of Palma Symphony Orchestra, Pablo Mielgo (conductor) 

2:13 am
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) 
Quartet for flute, viola and continuo in D major
Les Adieux

2:31 am
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) 
Piano Concerto No 2 Op 22 in G minor
Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak (piano), Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija, Samo Hubad (conductor) 

2:54 am
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) 
Quartet for strings in F major
Biava Quartet

3:25 am
Albert Roussel (1869-1937), Henri de Regnier (author) 
Le Jardin mouille, Op 3 No 3
Ola Eliasson (baritone), Mats Jansson (piano)

3:29 am
Antonio Vivaldi 
The Four Seasons - Summer
Davide Monti (violin), Il Tempio Armonico

3:40 am
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) 
Jeptha excerpt ('Scenes of horror .. While in never-ceasing pain')
Maureen Forrester (contralto), I Soloisti di Zagreb, Antonio Janigro (conductor)

3:46 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
Overture to the Magic Flute
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi (conductor)

3:52 am
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) 
Lyric pieces - book 1 for piano Op 12
Zóltan Kocsis (piano)

4:04 am
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865-1936), Unknown (arranger) 
Elegie in D flat major Op 17 arranged for horn and piano
Mindaugas Gecevicius (horn), Ala Bendoraitiene (piano)

4:13 am
Alfred Hollins (1865-1942) 
A Song of Sunshine for organ
David Drury (organ)

4:18 am
Josef Myslivecek (1737-1781), Unknown (arranger) 
String Quintet No 2 in E flat major arr. orchestra
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Werthen (conductor)

4:31 am
Margo Kõlar (b.1962), I.Hirv (author) 
Oo (The Night) (1998)
Kaia Urb (soprano), Heiki Mätlik (guitar)

4:35 am
Jules Massenet (1842-1912), Martin Pierre Marsick (arranger) 
Meditation - from the opera 'Thais' arr Marsick for violin and piano
Reka Szilvay (violin), Naoko Ichihashi (piano)

4:40 am
Percy Grainger (1882-1961) 
Hill-Song No 1
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon (conductor)

4:53 am
Claudin De Sermisy 
5 Chansons (Paris 1528-1538)
Ensemble Clément Janequin

5:03 am
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) 
Violin Sonata in A major Op 5 No 6
Pierre Pitzl (viola da gamba), Marcy Jean Bölli (viola da gamba), Augusta Campagne (harpsichord) 

5:15 am
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) 
Arabeske for piano Op 18 in C major
Angela Cheng (piano)

5:23 am
Jan Engel (-c.1788) 
Symphony in G major
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrzej Straszynski (conductor)

5:40 am
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) 
Wind Quintet Op 14 in A flat major
Cinque Venti

5:55 am
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 
Sonata for arpeggione and piano in A minor D.821
Arto Noras (cello), Konstantin Bogino (piano)

6:19 am
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) 
Concerto a 5
Christian Schneider (oboe d'amore), Erik Niord Larsen (oboe d'amore), Kjell Arne Jørgensen (violin), Miranda Playfair (violin), Dan Styffe (bass), Hans Knut Sveen (harpsichord)

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