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Through the Night

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

Through the Night: Verdi Requiem

Sven-David Sandstrom's St John Passion

Verdi Requiem

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Verdi Requiem

The Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana perform Verdi's Requiem

The Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana perform Verdi's Requiem at the 2018 Musical Weeks of Ascona festival in Locarno. Presented by John Shea.

The Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera and Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana perform Verdi's Requiem at the 2018 Ascona Music Weeks in Locarno. Presented by John Shea.

12:31 am
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) 
Requiem
Susanne Bernhard (soprano), Yulia Mennibaeva (mezzo soprano), Otar Jorjikia (tenor), Ildo Song (bass), Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Markus Poschner (conductor) 

1:57 am
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) 
String Quartet no 14 in A flat major, Op 105
Stamic Quartet

2:31 am
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) 
Symphony No 3 in D, Op 29 ('Polish')
Santander Orchestra, Lawrence Foster (conductor)

3:14 am
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) 
Apres une lecture de Dante (Fantasia quasi sonata)
Richard Raymond (piano)

3:32 am
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) 
Concerto VIII in A minor for 2 violins, strings and continuo, RV 522
Paul Wright (violin), Sayuri Yamagata (violin), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (conductor) 

3:43 am
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) 
Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Muhseligen, Op 74 no 1
Hover State Chamber Chorus of Armenia, Sona Hovhannisyan (conductor)

3:54 am
Traditional, arr. Michael Hurst
Ten Thousand Miles Away
West Australian Symphony Orchestra, David Measham (conductor)

4:01 am
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) 
Histoire du Tango
Jadwiga Kotnowska (flute), Leszek Potasinki (guitar), Grzegorz Frankowski (double bass) 

4:17 am
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) 
Le Carnaval romain overture Op 9
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)

4:27 am
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) 
Etude in F major, Op 10 no 8
Anastasia Vorotnaya (piano)

4:31 am
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) 
Romance for strings in C major, Op 42
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Hannu Koivula (conductor)

4:36 am
Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611/2-1675) 
Suite in G minor/G major for winds
Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (director)

4:50 am
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) 
Keyboard Sonata in E flat major, Hob.XVI/38
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

5:01 am
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) 
Agnus Dei for chorus 
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

5:10 am
Uuno Klami (1900-1961) 
Symphonie enfantine, Op 17 (1928)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Pertti Pekkanen (conductor)

5:26 am
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953) 
Chant de mai Op 53 no 1
Leo van Doeselaar (organ)

5:32 am
Louis Spohr (1784-1859) 
Notturno for wind and Turkish band in C major, Op 34
Octophoros, Paul Dombrecht (conductor)

6:04 am
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) 
Violin Concerto in D, Op 35
James Ehnes (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

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