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Through the Night

Music: Classical

Continuous broadcast of concert music and opera, recorded from locations throughout Europe

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A Resurrection in China

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Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra plays Mahler's Symphony No 2. Catriona Young presents.

Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra plays Mahler's 2nd Symphony. Catriona Young presents.

01:01 AM
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 2 in C minor ('Resurrection')
Zhengrong Cul (soprano), Jie Yang (mezzo soprano), China Opera and Dance Drama Chorus, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Long Yu (conductor)

02:13 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Andante spianato and grande polonaise brillante in E flat major Op.22
Lana Genc (piano)

02:29 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
String Quartet in C major,  K465 'Dissonance'
Ebene Quartet, Pierre Colombet (violin), Gabriel Le Magadure (violin), Mathieu Herzog (viola), Raphael Merlin (cello)

03:01 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 3 in C minor
Maria Joao Pires (piano), Orchestre National de France, Emmanuel Krivine (conductor)

03:37 AM
Henryk Gorecki (1933-2010)
Miserere (Op.44)
Danish National Radio Choir, Jesper Grove Jorgensen (conductor)

04:12 AM
Chiel Meijering (b.1954)
La vengeance d'une femme
Janine Jansen (violin)

04:18 AM
Mirko Krajci (b.1968)
Four Dances from the ballet 'Don Juan' (2007)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mirko Krajci (conductor)

04:26 AM
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
Sonatina super Carmen (Sonatina no.6) for piano 'Kammerfantasie'
Valerie Tryon (piano)

04:34 AM
Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)
Quintet for flute, oboe, violin, viola & basso continuo (Op.11 No.2) in G major
Les Adieux

04:43 AM
Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682)
Ardo, sospiro e piango
Emma Kirkby (soprano), David Thomas (bass), Jakob Lindberg (lute), Anthony Rooley (lute), Anthony Rooley (director)

04:50 AM
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787)
Symphony in C major, Op 10 No 4
La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider (conductor)

05:01 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Anton Webern (orchestrator)
6 Deutsche Tänze, D820
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Justin Brown (conductor)

05:10 AM
Charles Gounod (1818-1893), Franz Liszt (arranger)
Waltz (Faust)
Petras Geniusas (piano)

05:20 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1684-1750)
4 Schemelli Chorales (BWV.478, 484, 492 and 502)
Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano), Marco Fink (bass baritone), Domen Marincic (gamba), Dalibor Miklavcic (organ)

05:30 AM
Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)
Concerto a 5 for 2 oboes and strings Op 9 No 9 in C major
European Union Baroque Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor)

05:41 AM
Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840)
Duetto amoroso for violin and guitar
Tomaz Lorenz (violin), Jerko Novak (guitar)

05:51 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
9 Variations on a minuet by Duport for piano (K.573)
Bart van Oort (piano)

06:01 AM
John Carmichael (b.1930)
Trumpet Concerto (1972)
Kevin Johnston (trumpet), West Australian Symphony Orchestra, David Measham (conductor)

06:26 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Violin Sonata in A major (Essercizii Musici)
Camerata Koln

06:35 AM
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Flute Concerto in G major (Wq.169)
Tom Ottar Andreassen (flute), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor)

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