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Radio 3,27 Feb 2026,360 mins

Haydn, Mendelssohn, Cowell, Liszt and Nielsen from Switzerland

Through the Night

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Barbara Hannigan conducts the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra in music including Haydn's Symphony no 64, Mendelssohn's Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage and Henry Cowell's Irish Suite featuring pianist Bertrand Chamayou. John Shea presents. 12:31 AM Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) At the Bier of a Young Artist Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Barbara Hannigan (conductor) 12:36 AM Henry Cowell (1897-1965) Irish Suite: A Concerto for String-Piano and Chamber Orchestra Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Barbara Hannigan (conductor) 12:55 AM Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Symphony no 64 in A major, Hob.I:64 'Tempora mutantur' Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Barbara Hannigan (conductor) 01:13 AM Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Malédiction in B minor, S.121 Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Barbara Hannigan (conductor) 01:28 AM Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Wiegenlied, S.198 Bertrand Chamayou (piano) 01:32 AM Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Op 27, overture Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Barbara Hannigan (conductor) 01:46 AM Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Ave Maria, S.20 Chorus of Swiss-Italian Radio, Stefano Innocenti (organ), Diego Fasolis (conductor) 01:50 AM Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Fantasy and Fugue on the chorale 'Ad nos ad salutarem undam', S.259 David Drury (organ) 02:20 AM Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) Kantate no 5 Ad Pectus - Sicut modo geniti La Cetra Vocalensemble Basel, La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Carlos Federico Sepúlveda (conductor) 02:31 AM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35 Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn (conductor) 03:06 AM Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op 40 Ian Bostridge (tenor), Saskia Giorgini (piano) 03:24 AM Elena Firsova (b.1950) Reflections, Op 59 Andrea Kollé (flute), Sarah Verrue (harp) 03:30 AM Peter Philips (1560-1628) Pavan Dolorosa Concordia, Mark Levy (conductor) 03:35 AM Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) 2 Aubades for orchestra CBC Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Swift (conductor) 03:45 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Piano Sonata in D major, K.311 Mateusz Borowiak (piano) 03:55 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto in F for violin, 2 oboes, 2 horns, bassoon & cello, RV.569 Zefira Valova (violin), Anna Starr (oboe), Markus Müller (oboe), Anneke Scott (horn), Joseph Walters (horn), Moni Fischaleck (bassoon), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director) 04:08 AM Ludvig Norman (1831-1885), Nicolaus Hermanni (author) Rosa rorans bonitatem, Op 45 Eva Wedin (mezzo-soprano), Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gustav Sjökvist (conductor) 04:16 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Fugue BWV.542 'Great' (orig. for organ) Guitar Trek 04:23 AM Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) The Ruler of the spirits - Overture, Op 27 BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) 04:31 AM Gaspar Fernandes (1566-1629), Tomas Pascual (early 17th century), Hernando Franco (1532-1585) Tleycantimo choquiliya; Oy es dia de placer; Santa Maria in il Huiac Villancico, Peter Pontvik (conductor) 04:37 AM Georges Bizet (1838-1875) Andante molto, 3rd movement from the Symphonic Suite 'Roma' Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Dohnányi (conductor) 04:44 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) 5 Gedichte der Konigin Maria Stuart (5 Poems of Queen Mary Stuart), Op 135 Catherine Robbin (mezzo-soprano), Michael McMahon (piano) 04:53 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Keyboard Concerto in F minor, BWV.1056 Angela Hewitt (piano), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra 05:04 AM Bernat Vivancos (b.1973) Salve d'ecos Latvijas Radio Koris, Sigvards Kļava (conductor) 05:13 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Nocturne for piano in E major, Op 62 no 2 Wojciech Switala (piano) 05:19 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) String Quartet in C minor, Op 18 no 4 Pavel Haas Quartet 05:44 AM Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Ma mere l'oye (Mother Goose) - suite BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (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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    Artist
  2. 1.
    At the Bier of a Young Artist
    At the Bier of a Young Artist
    Carl Nielsen
  3. 2.
    Irish Suite: A Concerto for String-Piano and Chamber Orchestra
    Irish Suite: A Concerto for String-Piano and Chamber Orchestra
    Henry Cowell
  4. 3.
    Symphony no 64 in A major, Hob.I:64 'Tempora mutantur'
    Symphony no 64 in A major, Hob.I:64 'Tempora mutantur'
    Joseph Haydn
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