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Through the Night: JS Bach's Mass in B minor on Easter Sunday

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JS Bach's Mass in B minor on Easter Sunday

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, JS Bach's Mass in B minor on Easter Sunday

The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, directed by Ton Koopma, performs Bach's Mass in B minor.

The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, directed by Ton Koopman, performs JS Bach's Mass in B minor. Presented by John Shea.

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra directed by Ton Koopman performs Bach's B minor Mass. John Shea presents.

01:01 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Martha Bosch (soprano), Maarten Engeltjes (counter tenor), Tilman Lichdi (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Choir & Orchestra, Ton Koopman (conductor)

02:48 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Ferruccio Busoni (transcriber), Ferruccio Busoni (arranger)
Prelude & Fugue in D major (BWV.532) transcribed Busoni
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

03:01 AM
César Franck (1822-1890)
Quintet for piano and strings (M.7) in F minor
Cristina Ortiz (piano), Fine Arts Quartet

03:38 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Dichterliebe (Op.48) (song cycle)
Kevin McMillan (baritone), Michael McMahon (piano)

04:11 AM
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Praeludium and Allegro in the Style of Pugnani
Barnabás Kelemen (violin), Zóltan Kocsis (piano)

04:17 AM
Fernando Lopes-Graça (1906-1994)
Portuguese Dances, Op 32 (1941)
Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, Wolfgang Rennert (conductor)

04:24 AM
Alexander Albrecht (1885-1958)
Quintet for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon (Op.6) (1913)
Bratislava Wind Quintet, Pavol Kovac (piano)

04:32 AM
Traditional, Steven Wingfield (arranger)
3 Bulgarian Dances arr. Wingfield for violin and guitar
Moshe Hammer (violin), William Beauvais (guitar)

04:39 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Rondo in C major B.27 (Op.73) arr. for 2 pianos
Andreas Staier (piano), Tobias Koch (piano)

04:50 AM
Willem De Fesch (1687-1761)
Concerto grosso for 2 violins, strings and continuo (Op.10 No.2) in B flat major
Manfred Krämer (violin), Laura Johnson (violin), Musica ad Rhenum

05:01 AM
Johan Svendsen (1840-1911)
Norwegian artists' carnival (Op.14) 
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen (conductor)

05:08 AM
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Pavan (Z.752) and Chacony (Z.730) for 4 instruments in G minor
London Baroque

05:16 AM
Carl Czerny (1791-1857)
Fantasie for 2 pianos in F minor (four hands)
Stefan Lindgren (piano), Daniel Propper (piano)

05:26 AM
Sigismondo d'India (c.1582-1629), Torquato Tasso (author)
Sovente, allor - from Le musiche ... da cantar solo (Milan 1609)
Consort of Musicke, Emma Kirkby (soprano), Tom Finucane (lute), Chris Wilson (lute), Frances Kelly (harp), Anthony Rooley (lute), Anthony Rooley (director)

05:36 AM
Veljo Tormis (1930-2017), V.Luik (author)
Sugismaastikud (Autumn landscapes)
Eesti Raadio Segakoor [Estonian Radio Choir], Toomas Kapten (conductor)

05:45 AM
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Sonata for flute and continuo in A minor (Wq.128)
Robert Aitken (flute), Colin Tilney (harpsichord), Margaret Gay (cello)

05:55 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Symphony for String Orchestra No 9 in C minor
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, János Rolla (leader)

06:23 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Piano Sonata in A major D664
Zhang Zuo (piano)

06:41 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Violin Concerto in G, Hob. VIIa:4
Stefano Barneschi (violin), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (director)

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