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Romantic Awakening

Francesco Piemontesi joins the Munich Chamber Orchestra for Schumann's Piano Concerto before a performance of Mendelssohn's sunny 'Italian' Symphony. Presented by John Shea.

Francesco Piemontesi joins the Munich Chamber Orchestra for Schumann's Piano Concerto before a performance of Mendelssohn's sunny 'Italian' Symphony. Presented by John Shea.

12:31 AM
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Overture to 'William Tell'
Munich Chamber Orchestra, Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor)

12:43 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 54
Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Munich Chamber Orchestra, Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor)

01:15 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Impromptu in G flat major, D899 no 3
Francesco Piemontesi (piano)

01:21 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Symphony no 4 in A major, Op 90 'Italian'
Munich Chamber Orchestra, Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor)

01:50 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Gloria in D major, RV.589
Ann Monoyios (soprano), Matthew White (counter tenor), Colin Ainsworth (tenor), Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Ivars Taurins (conductor)

02:18 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
10 Variations on 'La stessa, la stessissima'
Theo Bruins (piano)

02:31 AM
Petko Stainov (1896-1977)
Fairy Tale - symphonic suite (1930)
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nedialko Nedialkov (conductor)

03:04 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
String Quartet in B flat major, K.589 'Prussian'
Johnston Quartet

03:29 AM
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Sonata sopra 'Santa Maria ora pro nobis', SV 206 11
Collegium Vocale 1704, Collegium 1704, Vaclav Luks (conductor)

03:36 AM
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Serenade for Strings Op 20
Royal Academy Soloists, Clio Gould (director)

03:47 AM
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Etude no 4 in D minor 'Mazeppa'
Emil von Sauer (piano)

03:54 AM
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), orch. Lennox Berkeley
Flute Sonata
Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Swiss Romande Orchestra, Enrique Garcia-Asensio (conductor)

04:08 AM
Pfabinschwantz (fl.1500)
Maria zart (Sweet Mary)
Jacob Lawrence (tenor), Ensemble Leones

04:16 AM
Uuno Klami (1900-1961)
Serenades joyeuses
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jussi Jalas (conductor)

04:23 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
L'isle joyeuse (1904)
Balazs Fulei (piano)

04:31 AM
Daniel Auber (1782-1871)
Bolero - Ballet music no 2 from La Muette de Portici (Masaniello)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

04:38 AM
Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999), arr. Peter Tiefenbach
Cuatro madrigales amatorios
Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano), Bryan Epperson (cello), Maurizio Baccante (cello), Roman Borys (cello), Simon Fryer (cello), David Hetherington (cello), Roberta Jansen (cello), Paul Widner (cello), Thomas Wiebe (cello), Winona Zelenka (cello)

04:47 AM
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Trio Sonata in G major Wq.144/H.568
Les Coucous Benevoles

05:01 AM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkainen suite Op 22)
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Sondergard (conductor)

05:12 AM
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
Mazurka in F sharp minor, Op 25 no 2
Stefan Lindgren (piano)

05:18 AM
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
O vis aeternitatis (Responsorium) for female voice
Sequentia, Elizabeth Gaver (fiddle), Elisabetta de Mircovich (fiddle)

05:27 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Slavonic Dance no 10 in E minor Op 72 no 2 (StarodΓ΅vny)
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

05:32 AM
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927)
String Quartet no 3 in F major, Op 18
Yggdrasil String Quartet

06:04 AM
Giovanni Battista Ferrandini (c.1710-1791), George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Il Pianto di Maria, cantata
Maria Keohane (soprano), European Union Baroque Orchestra, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor)

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A whole lot of night music

A whole lot of night music

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