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Through the Night

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Through the Night: Ein Deutsches Requiem

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Ein Deutsches Requiem

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Ein Deutsches Requiem

A performance from Romanian Radio of Brahms's A German Requiem. With Catriona Young.

A performance from Romanian Radio of Brahms A German Requiem. With Catriona Young. 

12:31 am
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) 
A German Requiem, Op 45
Romanian Radio National Orchestra, Cristina Grigoras (soprano), Sandor Balla (baritone), Romanian Radio Academic Choir, Cristian Mandeal (conductor), Ciprian Tutu (director) 

1:37 am
Franz Liszt 
La Lugubre gondola S.200
Yulianna Avdeeva (piano)

1:46 am
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 
String Quartet in G major, D.887
Alban Berg Quartet, Günter Pichler (violin), Gerhard Schultz (violin), Thomas Kakuska (viola), Valentin Erben (cello) 

2:31 am
Igor Stravinsky ((1882-1971)_) 
Agon - ballet
BBC Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson (conductor)

2:54 am
Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin (b.1932) 
Carmen - ballet suite for strings and percussion 
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Milen Nachev (conductor)

3:35 am
Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Maarten Bon (arranger) 
Jeux arranged for 8 hands
Yoko Abe (piano), Gérard van Blerk (piano), Maarten Bon (piano), Sepp Grotenhuis (piano)

3:51 am
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) 
7 chansons, for mixed choir a cappella (1936)
Swedish Radio Choir, Pär Fridberg (conductor)

4:04 am
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) 
Keyboard Sonata in A minor Wq 57 No 2
Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)

4:13 am
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) 
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Sofia Symphony Orchestra, Ivan Marinov (conductor)

4:25 am
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) 
No.4 Morgen from 4 Lieder Op 27
Christianne Stotijn (mezzo soprano), Joseph Breinl (piano)

4:31 am
Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) 
Sonata for harp
Godelieve Schrama (harp)

4:41 am
Ruth Watson Henderson (1932-) 
Magnificat 
Kimberley Briggs (soprano), Elmer Iseler Singers, Matthew Larkin (organ), Lydia Adams (conductor) 

4:48 am
Johann Sebastian Bach 
Sarabande from Suite for solo cello in C (BWV.1009)
Miklós Perényi (cello)

4:53 am
Flor Alpaerts (1876-1954) 
Avondmuziek for wind octet (1915)
I Soloisti del Vento, Ivo Hadermann (conductor)

5:03 am
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) 
Symphony No 73 in D major 'La Chasse' (H.1.73)
Romanian National Chamber Orchestra, Horia Andreescu (conductor)

5:24 am
Luciano Berio (1925-2003) 
Folk Songs for mezzo-soprano and 7 players
Jard van Nes (mezzo soprano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

5:47 am
John Thrower (b.1951) 
Improvisation on a Blue Theme
Joaquín Valdepeñas (clarinet), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

6:03 am
Henriëtte Bosmans (1895-1952) 
Verses from Maria Lecina
Rachel Ann Morgan (mezzo soprano), Frans van Ruth (piano)

6:17 am
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) 
Wojewode, symphonic ballad, Op 78
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

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