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Luceram Ensemble performs a selection of Biber's Mystery Sonatas in Switzerland.

Luceram Ensemble performs Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber's Mystery Sonatas in Switzerland. Presented by John Shea.

Luceram Ensemble perform a selection of Biber's Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas in Switzerland. John Shea presents.

01:01 AM
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
Mystery (Rosary) Sonata No 1 'The Annunciation'
Luceram Ensemble

01:08 AM
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
Mystery (Rosary) Sonata No 4 'The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple': Chaconne
Luceram Ensemble

01:17 AM
Johann Jakob Froberger (1616-1667)
Lamentation sur la mort de sa Majeste, Ferdinand III, 1657
François Guerrier (harpsichord)

01:26 AM
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
Mystery (Rosary) Sonata No 10 'The Crucifixion'
Luceram Ensemble

01:36 AM
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
Mystery (Rosary) Sonata No 9 'The Carrying of the Cross'
Luceram Ensemble

01:46 AM
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger (c.1580-1651)
Bergamasca in G
Bruno Helstroffer (theorbo)

01:51 AM
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
Mystery (Rosary) Sonata No 14 'The Assumption of the Virgin'
Luceram Ensemble

02:02 AM
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
Mystery (Rosary) Sonata No 16 'Passacaglia'
Luceram Ensemble

02:12 AM
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c.1620-1680)
Chaconne
Luceram Ensemble

02:20 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Sonata in D major D.850 for piano
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)

03:01 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Quartet for strings No 1 in D major Op 11
Tämmel String Quartet

03:31 AM
Dimitar Nenov (1901-1953)
Ballade for piano and orchestra - Concertante No 2
Mario Angelov (piano), Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Milen Nachev (conductor)

03:51 AM
Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (excerpts)
Winds of Flemish Radio Orchestra, Jan Latham-Koenig (conductor)

03:59 AM
Bernhard Lewkovitch (b.1927)
Tre madrigal di Torquato Tasso Op 13
Southern Jutland Symphony Orchestra, Johanne Bock (soloist), Camilla Toldi Bugge (soloist), Mogens Dahl (conductor)

04:08 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Divertimento (K.138) in F major
Brussels Chamber Orchestra

04:19 AM
Andrea Falconieri (c.1585-1656)
Bella fanciulla; Il Rosso, Brando; Cara è la rosa; L'Eroica
Jan Van Elsacker (tenor), United Continuo Ensemble

04:32 AM
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Morceau de concert for harp & orchestra in G major, Op 154
Suzanna Klintcharova (harp), Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Dimitar Manolov (conductor)

04:46 AM
Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
Automne Op 35 No 2
Valerie Tryon (piano)

04:53 AM
August Enna (1859-1939)
The Match Girl: overture
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Hannu Koivula (conductor)

05:01 AM
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Overture - Nabucco
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Alun Francis (conductor)

05:09 AM
František Jiránek (1698-1778)
Concerto for flute, strings and basso continuo in G major
Jana Semerádová (flute), Collegium Marianum, Jana Semerádová (artistic director)

05:20 AM
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804-1857)
Souvenir d'une nuit d'ete a Madrid, 'Spanish overture No 2'
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava, Oliver Dohnányi (conductor)

05:31 AM
Maxim Berezovsky (1745-1777)
Ne otverzhy mene vo vremia starosti
Dumka Academic Cappella, Evgeny Savchuk (director)

05:41 AM
Pablo De Sarasate (1844-1908)
Zigeunerweisen Op 20 
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Guido Ajmone Marsan (conductor)

05:51 AM
Richard Strauss (1894-1949)
Largo from Funf Klavierstucke Op 3 No 3
Ludmil Angelov (piano)

06:00 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet in G major Op 77 No 1
Australian String Quartet, William Hennessy (violin), Douglas Weiland (violin), Keith Crellin (viola), Janis Laurs (cello)

06:26 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Suite in E major BWV.1006a
Konrad Junghänel (lute)

06:47 AM
Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960)
North American square dance - suite for orchestra
Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor)

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