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Latvian pianist Reinis Zariņš features in a chamber music concert from Riga, performing music by Bach, Vasks, Britten and Silvestrov. Penny Gore presents. 12:31 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Ferruccio Busoni (arr.) Chaconne, from Partita no 2 in D minor, BWV.1004 Reinis Zariņš (piano) 12:47 AM Pēteris Vasks (b.1946) Cuckoo's Voice (Spring Elegy) Reinis Zariņš (piano) 01:00 AM Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, Op 51 Janis Sipkevics (alto), Martins Klisans (tenor), Reinis Zariņš (piano) 01:18 AM Valentin Vasilyovych Silvestrov (b.1937) Postludium, Op 3 no 4 Reinis Zariņš (piano) 01:21 AM Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) String Quartet no 2 in C major, Op 36 Yggdrasil String Quartet 01:51 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV.147 (cantata) The Sixteen, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, Ton Koopman (conductor) 02:22 AM Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) Sonata in D minor, Wq.62/15 Gonny van der Maten (organ) 02:31 AM Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op 95 'From the New World' Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Jan Söderblom (conductor) 03:17 AM Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Septet for trumpet, piano and strings in E flat major, Op 65 Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet), Elise Baatnes (violin), Karolina Radziej (violin), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Hjalmer Kvam (cello), Marius Faltby (double bass), Enrico Pace (piano) 03:35 AM Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) Etudes and polkas (book 3) Antonín Kubálek (piano) 03:44 AM Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729) Sonata in D major for 2 violins and continuo Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci (director) 03:53 AM Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805-1900), P. Gunther (arr.), U. Teuber (arr.) Blomstre som en rosengard (Blooming like a rose garden) Fionian Chamber Choir, Alice Granum (director) 03:58 AM Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt - overture, Op 27 Orchestre National de France, Riccardo Muti (conductor) 04:12 AM Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847) Excerpts from Songs Without Words, Op 6 (1846) Sylviane Deferne (piano) 04:22 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV.425 Avi Avital (mandolin), Zürcher Kammerorchester, Willi Zimmermann (conductor) 04:31 AM Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) "Caro nome" Gilda's aria from Act 1, scene 2 of 'Rigoletto' Inese Galante (soprano), Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Aleksandrs Vilumanis (conductor) 04:36 AM Luka Sorkočević (1734-1789), Frano Matušic (arr.) Symphony no 3 in D major Dubrovnik Guitar Trio 04:43 AM Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Keyboard Sonata in B flat major, Hob.16.41 Marc-André Hamelin (piano) 04:55 AM Flor Alpaerts (1876-1954) Zomer-idylle Vlaams Radio Orkest [Flemish Radio Orchestra], Michel Tabachnik (conductor) 05:03 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Cello Sonata in C major, Op 102 no 1 Keum-Bong Kim (piano), Jong-Young Lee (cello) 05:19 AM Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Suite no 2 for orchestra, Op 34a Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) 05:47 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) 4 Songs for women's voices, 2 horns and harp, Op 17 Danish National Radio Choir, Leif Lind (horn), Per McClelland Jacobsen (horn), Catriona Yeats (harp), Stefan Parkman (conductor) 06:02 AM Eustache du Caurroy (1549-1609) 11 Fantasias on 16th-Century songs Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (viol), Jordi Savall (director)

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