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Quartet for the End of Time

From their own festival in Copenhagen, the Danish String Quartet and friends perform music by Adès, Haydn and Britten, before Messiaen's apocalyptic Quartet for the End of Time.

From their very own festival in Copenhagen, the Danish String Quartet and friends perform music by Adès, Haydn and Britten, before Messiaen's masterpiece Quartet for the End of Time. Jonathan Swain presents.

12:31 AM
Thomas Ades (b.1971)
Days (The Four Quartets, Op 28, 3rd mvt)
Danish String Quartet

12:35 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet in G minor, Op 20 no 3, Hob. III:33
Danish String Quartet

01:00 AM
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Lachrymae, Op 48
Lilli Maijala (viola), Petya Hristova (piano)

01:14 AM
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Quatuor pour la fin du Temps
Jonas Frolund (clarinet), Johannes Marmen (violin), Fredrik Schoyen Sjolin (cello), Petya Hristova (piano)

02:05 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Piano Concerto in G major
Dubravka Tomsic-Srebotnjak (piano), RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Marko Munih (conductor)

02:31 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto for 2 violins, 2 cellos & orchestra in D major, RV 564
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director)

02:42 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Frauenliebe und leben, Op 42
Isabel Pfefferkorn (mezzo soprano), Dominic Chamot (piano)

03:05 AM
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
A London Symphony
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

03:51 AM
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Sonata no 9 in C minor, Z.798 for 2 violins and continuo
Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)

03:58 AM
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
O vis aeternitatis (Responsorium) for female voice
Sequentia, Elizabeth Gaver (fiddle), Elisabetta de Mircovich (fiddle)

04:06 AM
Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872)
Introduction to Act III & Dances of the Highlanders from 'Halka'
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)

04:14 AM
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Etude no 4 in G major - from 12 Studies for guitar, A.235
Heiki Matlik (guitar)

04:18 AM
Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1924)
Guitarre for cello and piano
Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello), Heini Karkkainen (piano)

04:22 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
'Sabato' from 'Pyrmonter Kurwoche', TWV 42:g3
Albrecht Rau (violin), Heinrich Rau (viola), Clemens Malich (cello), Wolfgang Hochstein (harpsichord)

04:31 AM
George Walker (1922 - 2018)
Lyric for Strings
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Alpesh Chauhan (conductor)

04:39 AM
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
The Blue Bird (from 8 Partsongs, Op 119 no 3)
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

04:43 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
In Nature's Realm (Overture), Op 91
Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

04:58 AM
Cesar Franck (1822-1890)
Pastorale in E major Op 19
Joris Verdin (organ)

05:08 AM
Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco (1675-1742)
Concerto a piu istrumenti in F major, Op 6 no 3
Il Tempio Armonico

05:15 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Gestillte Sehnsucht for alto, viola and piano, Op 91 no 1
Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo soprano), Morten Carlsen (viola), Sergej Osadchuk (piano)

05:22 AM
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Symphony 'Mathis der Maler'
Orchestra London Canada, Uri Mayer (conductor)

05:48 AM
Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812)
Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 35 no 3
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

06:12 AM
Leonardo Leo (1694-1744)
Miserere Mei Deus - concertato a due chori
Ensemble William Byrd, Graham O'Reilly (conductor)

Release date:

6 hours

On radio

Thu 21 Nov 2024 00:30

Broadcast

  • Thu 21 Nov 2024 00:30

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