Through the Night

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Through the Night: Spiritual and Sacred

New Year's Eve Concert from Lugano

Spiritual and Sacred

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Spiritual and Sacred

Music for Good Friday by Haydn, Zivkovic, MacMillan and Silvestrov.

Two concerts for Good Friday: the Zagreb String Quartet plays Haydn, and Kaspars Putniņš conducts the Swedish Radio Choir in music by Zivkovic, MacMillan and Silvestrov.

Two concerts for Good Friday: The Zagreb String Quartet plays Haydn's The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross followed by Kaspars Putniņš conducting the Swedish Radio Choir in music by Zivkovic, MacMillan and Silvestrov. Presented by Danielle Jalowiecka.

12:31am
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross, Hob. III:50-56
Zagreb String Quartet

1:19am
Djuro Zivkovic (b.1975)
Venite, Lucem Accipite
Swedish Radio Choir, Kaspars Putnins (conductor)

1:30am
James MacMillan (b.1959)
Seven Last Words from the Cross
Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kaspars Putnins (conductor)

2:16am
Valentin Vasilyovych Silvestrov (b.1937)
Otche nash
Swedish Radio Choir, Kaspars Putnins (conductor)

2:21am
George Walker (1922 - 2018)
Lyric for Strings
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Alpesh Chauhan (conductor)

2:31am
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Symphony no. 26 (H.1.26) in D minor "Lamentatione"
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Stefan Solyom (conductor)

2:46am
Christopher Simpson (c.1605-1669)
The Four Seasons - Spring
Les Voix Humaines, Arparla

3:04am
Anonymous
Confitebor tibi, Domine (Psalm) for soprano, strings and continuo
Claire Lefilliatre (soprano), Currende, Erik van Nevel (director)

3:24am
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Four Mazurkas, op. 17
Tymoteusz Bies (piano)

3:38am
Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
Serenade (to Frederick Delius on his 60th birthday)
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor)

3:46am
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
4 Lieder (Ständchen, Op.17 No.2; Morgen, Op.27 No.4; Für fünfzehn Pfennige, Op.36 No.2; Zueignung, Op.10 No.1)
Jard van Nes (mezzo soprano), Gerard van Blerk (piano)

3:57am
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Violin Sonata in F major
Mary Utiger (violin), Rainer Zipperling (cello), Sabine Bauer (harpsichord), Camerata Koln

4:07am
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Fantasia and Toccata in D minor
David Drury (organ)

4:19am
Ludwig Senfl (c.1486-1543)
Credo, Missa dominicalis (L'homme arme)
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Vocal Ensemble, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Instrumental Ensemble

4:31am
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
St. Matthew Passion - Opening Chorus (BWV.244:1)
Hungarian Radio Choir, Hungarian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Tamas Vasary (conductor)

4:39am
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887), Malcolm Sargent (arranger)
Notturno (Andante) - 3rd mvt from String Quartet No 2 in D major
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

4:48am
Artur Kapp (1878-1952)
Cantata 'Päikesele' (To the Sun)
Hendrik Krumm (tenor), Aime Tampere (organ), Estonian Radio Choir, Estonian Boys' Choir, Estonia Radio Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi (conductor)

4:58am
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Sonata for arpeggione and piano (D.821) in A minor
Toke Moldrup (cello), Per Salo (piano)

5:07am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Divertimento in D major, K136
Van Kuijk Quartet

5:20am
Jacobus Gallus Carniolus (1550-1591)
Pater noster, qui es in coelis (OM 1/69), Ave verum corpus (OM 3/25)
Ljubljanski madrigalisti, Matjaz Scek (director)

5:27am
Eugen Suchon (1908-1993)
Concertino for clarinet and orchestra
Ronald Sebesta (clarinet), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mario Kosik (conductor)

5:48am
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932)
Violin Sonata in F sharp minor Op 20 (1879-1883)
Alexander Kerr (violin), Sepp Grotenhuis (piano)

6:09am
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Romeo & Juliet fantasy overture
Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Alexander Rudin (conductor)

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