Through the Night

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Through the Night: Sibelius and Brahms from Norway

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Sibelius and Brahms from Norway

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Sibelius and Brahms from Norway

Oslo Philharmonic plays Brahms's Piano Concerto No 2 with soloist Simon Trpčeski.

The Oslo Philharmonic plays Sibelius's Symphony No 5 in E flat and Brahms's Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat with soloist Simon Trpčeski. Presented by Jonathan Swain.

Oslo Philharmonic plays Sibelius 5th Symphony and Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto with soloist Simon Trpčeski. Jonathan Swain presents.

01:01 AM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Symphony No. 5 in E flat, op. 82
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor)

01:33 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, op. 83
Simon Trpceski (piano), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor)

02:21 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet no.14 (Op.131) in C sharp minor
Orlando Quartet, Istvan Parkanyí (violin), Heinz Oberdorfer (violin), Ferdinand Erblich (viola), Michael Muller (cello)

03:01 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor (Op.posthumous) 
Harald Aadland (violin), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, John Storgards (conductor)

03:33 AM
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Pictures from an Exhibition
Steven Osborne (piano)

04:09 AM
Gion Giusep Derungs (b.1932)
Epigrams for male voices and piano
Ligia Grischa, Rudolf Reinhardt (piano), Gion Giusep Derungs (director)

04:15 AM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Ballad (Karelia suite,  Op 11)
Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic, Kristjan Järvi (conductor)

04:23 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Ballade for piano no. 1 (Op.23) in G minor
Zbigniew Raubo (piano)

04:33 AM
Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837-1910)
Overture on Russian themes
Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

04:42 AM
Richard Flury (1896-1967)
Three pieces for violin and piano
Sibylle Tschopp (violin), Isabel Tschopp (piano)

04:50 AM
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from the ballet 'Spartacus' (Act 3)
NRCU Symphony Orchestra, Vyacheslav Blinov (conductor)

05:01 AM
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Sinfonia for 2 violins and continuo in D major, H.585
Les Adieux

05:10 AM
Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Variations on a theme of Robert Schumann for piano in F sharp minor, Op 20
Angela Cheng (piano)

05:20 AM
Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis (1875-1911)
De Profundis (cantata)
Kaunas State Choir, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Petras Bingelis (conductor)

05:29 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
12 Variations on 'Ein Madchen oder Weibchen' for cello and piano, Op 66
Danjulo Ishizaka (cello), Jose Gallardo (piano)

05:38 AM
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
Concert waltz for orchestra No 2 in F major, Op 51
CBC Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Kazuyoshi Akiyama (conductor)

05:47 AM
Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521),Anonymous
3 pieces
Clare Wilkinson (mezzo soprano), Musica Antiqua of London, Philip Thorby (director)

05:56 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Trio for piano and strings in A minor
Altenberg Trio Vienna

06:21 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Concerto for harp and orchestra in B flat major (Op.4 No.6) (HWV.294)
Sofija Ristič (harp), RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Pavle Despalj (conductor)

06:34 AM
Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
String Sextet in C, Op 140
Wiener Streichsextett (sextet)

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