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Radio 3,07 Mar 2026,360 mins

Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610

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From the Baltic Sea Festival in Stockholm, La fonte musica performs Vespro della Beata Vergine. Penny Gore presents. 12:31 AM Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) Vespro della Beata Vergine La fonte musica, Michele Pasotti (director) 01:57 AM Salamone Rossi (1570-1630) Sinfonia grave a 5 for violin, viols, double harp and lute Ensemble Daedalus, Roberto Festa (conductor) 02:01 AM Johann Stadlmayr (c.1580-1648) Ave Maris Stella Capella Nova Graz, Otto Kargl (director) 02:07 AM Marin Marais (1656-1728) Deuxieme Suite de Pieces en Trio in G minor La Petite Bande 02:31 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Piano Quartet no 3 in C minor, Op 60, 'Werther' Håvard Gimse (piano), Stig Nilsson (violin), Anders Nilsson (viola), Romain Garioud (cello) 03:06 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Dichterliebe for voice and piano, Op 48 Ian Bostridge (tenor), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) 03:35 AM Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894) Espana - rhapsody Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor) 03:42 AM Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) Trois Pieces Breves Academic Wind Quintet 03:50 AM Frederick Schipizky (b.1952) Elegy for solo harp (1980) Rita Costanzi (harp) 03:57 AM Duri Sialm (1891-1961) La Ventira (Happiness) Chor da concert Grischun, Alvin Muoth (director) 04:03 AM Johan Svendsen (1840-1911) Romance for violin & orchestra Op 26 in G major arr. for violin & choir Borisas Traubas (violin), Polifonija (Lithuanian State Chamber Choir), Sigitas Vaiciulionis (conductor) 04:12 AM Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805-1900) Etudes instructives, Op 53 (1851) Nina Gade (piano) 04:22 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Violin Concerto in D major, Op.3'9, RV.230 Fabio Biondi (violin), Europa Galante 04:31 AM Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Finlandia, Op 26 BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds (conductor) 04:40 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Ballade no 3 in A flat major, Op 47 Nelson Goerner (piano) 04:48 AM Petko Stainov (1896-1977) Horsemen, ballad for men's choir Kaval Men's Choir, Mikhail Angelov (conductor) 04:55 AM Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999) Invocacion y danza Sean Shibe (guitar) 05:04 AM George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Sonata in G minor, HWV 360 Bolette Roed (recorder), Allan Rasmussen (harpsichord) 05:12 AM Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824) Duo concertante in G major Alexandar Avramov (violin), Ivan Peev (violin) 05:21 AM Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Le Tombeau de Couperin Louis Schwizgebel (piano) 05:47 AM Jan van Gilse (1881-1944) String Quartet (Unfinished, 1922) Ebony Quartet 05:57 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Symphony no 2 in B flat major D.125 Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Staffan Larson (conductor)

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    Artist
  2. 1.
    Vespro della Beata Vergine
    Vespro della Beata Vergine
    Claudio Monteverdi
  3. 2.
    Sinfonia grave a 5 for violin, viols, double harp and lute
    Sinfonia grave a 5 for violin, viols, double harp and lute
    Salamone Rossi
  4. 3.
    Ave Maris Stella
    Ave Maris Stella
    Johann Stadlmayr
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