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Radio 3,01 Feb 2026,360 mins

2025 Banff International String Quartet Competition

Through the Night

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From the Romantic Round of the Banff International String Quartet Competition, quartets by Mendelssohn, Debussy and Brahms. Jonathan Swain presents. 12:31 AM Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) String Quartet no 2 in A minor, Op 13 Quartet KAIRI 01:02 AM Claude Debussy (1862-1918) String Quartet in G minor, Op 10 Cong Quartet 01:28 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) String Quartet no 3 in B flat, Op 67 Poiesis Quartet 02:00 AM Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Jardins sous la pluie (Estampes, L.100) Karina Sabac (piano) 02:05 AM Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op 61 Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt (conductor) 02:31 AM Felix Nowowiejski (1877-1946) Missa pro pace, Op 49 no 3 Polish Radio Choir, Andrzej Bialko (organ), Wlodzimierz Siedlik (conductor) 03:09 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Humoreske for piano in B flat major, Op 20 Ivetta Irkha (piano) 03:33 AM Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975) Festive Overture, Op 96 Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor) 03:39 AM Alexej Lebedjew (1923-1993) Concerto in one movement (Concerto no 1) in A minor Csaba Wagner (trombone), Katalin Sarkady (piano) 03:47 AM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Pezzo capriccioso - morceau de concert Narek Hakhnazaryan (cello), Katya Apekisheva (piano) 03:54 AM Jacques Hétu (1938-2010) Le jardin d'antan; Gondolar - from Les Illusions Fanees, Op 46 Phoenix Chamber Choir, Ramona Luengen (conductor) 04:00 AM Henry Eccles (c.1675-1745) Sonata for double bass, continuo and strings Joel Quarrington (double bass), Eric Robertson (harpsichord), Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Timothy Vernon (conductor) 04:09 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Praeludium and Fughetta in G major, BWV 902 Andreas Staier (harpsichord) 04:19 AM Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770), arr. Øivind Westby Trumpet Concerto in D major Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet), Argovia Philharmonic, Rune Bergmann (conductor) 04:31 AM Johann Christoph Pezel (1639-1694), arr. Ronald Romm Suite of German dances, arr. for brass ensemble Canadian Brass 04:39 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) 12 Variations for piano in B flat major, K.500 Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) 04:48 AM Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-c.1678) Laudate pueri - psalm for 8 voices Cappella Artemisia, Maria Christina Cleary (harp), Francesca Torelli (theorbo), Bettini Hoffmann (gamba), Miranda Aureli (organ), Candace Smith (director) 04:57 AM Leopold Ebner (1769-1830) Trio in B flat major Zagreb Woodwind Trio 05:04 AM Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Evening in the Mountains, Op 68 no 4; At the cradle, Op 68 no 5 CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor) 05:13 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto in F major for treble recorder, RV.442 Michael Schneider (recorder), Camerata Köln 05:21 AM Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) String Serenade in E major, Op 22 Festival Strings Lucerne, Daniel Dodds (conductor) 05:49 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Fantasy in F minor, Op 49 Jakub Kuszlik (piano) 06:02 AM Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774-1842) Symphony no 6 in C minor Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Ádám Fischer (conductor)

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    Artist
  2. 1.
    String Quartet no 2 in A minor, Op 13
    String Quartet no 2 in A minor, Op 13
    Felix Mendelssohn
  3. 2.
    String Quartet in G minor, Op 10
    String Quartet in G minor, Op 10
    Claude Debussy
  4. 3.
    String Quartet no 3 in B flat, Op 67
    String Quartet no 3 in B flat, Op 67
    Johannes Brahms
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