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Radio 3,16 Mar 2026,360 mins

Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and Sibelius's Violin Concerto

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The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande is joined by violinist Midori for Sibelius’s Violin Concerto in D minor. Jonathan Swain presents. 12:31 AM Claude Debussy (1862-1918), arr. André Caplet Clair de lune Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott (conductor) 12:37 AM Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) The Rite of Spring, 1947 version Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott (conductor) 01:12 AM Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47 Midori (violin), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott (conductor) 01:46 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Prelude, from Partita no 3 in E major Midori (violin) 01:49 AM Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Ondine - from Preludes Book 2 (1912) Philippe Cassard (piano) 01:53 AM Claude Debussy (1862-1918) String Quartet in G minor, Op 10 Bartók String Quartet 02:18 AM Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Scherzo in B major, Op 87 Mårten Landström (piano), Stefan Lindgren (piano) 02:31 AM Ludvig Norman (1831-1885) String Sextet in A major, Op 18 Stockholm String Sextet (sextet) 02:57 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Concerto no 4 in G major, Op 58 Nelson Goerner (piano), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen (conductor) 03:32 AM Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) 6 Variations for violin and guitar, Op 81 Laura Vadjon (violin), Romana Matanovac (guitar) 03:40 AM Blagoje Bersa (1873-1934) Capriccio-Scherzo, Op 25c Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra, Mladen Tarbuk (conductor) 03:49 AM Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Let mine eyes run down with tears, Z.24 Grace Davidson (soprano), Aleksandra Lewandowska (soprano), Damien Guillon (countertenor), Samuel Boden (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe (director) 03:58 AM Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912-1990) Three Gymnopedies Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Myer Fredman (conductor) 04:07 AM Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Concerto for 3 oboes in B flat major Hans-Peter Westermann (oboe), Michael Niesemann (oboe), Piet Dhont (oboe), Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel (director) 04:16 AM Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) Siete canciones populares espanolas Jard van Nes (mezzo-soprano), Gérard van Blerk (piano) 04:31 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Overture in the Italian Style, D.590 Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, Marcello Viotti (conductor) 04:39 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Flute Quartet in G major, K.285a Joanna G'froerer (flute), Martin Beaver (violin), Pinchas Zukerman (viola), Amanda Forsyth (cello) 04:50 AM Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (1566-1613) Miserere Camerata Silesia, Anna Szostak (conductor) 05:01 AM Marcel Tournier (1879-1951) Images for harp and string quartet, Op 35 Erica Goodman (harp), Amadeus Ensemble 05:11 AM Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000) 5 Ancient Hungarian Dances for wind quintet Tae-Won Kim (flute), Hyong-Sup Kim (male) (oboe), Pil-Kwan Sung (oboe), Hyon-Kon Kim (clarinet), Sang-Won Yoon (bassoon) 05:21 AM Alessandro Piccinini (1566-c.1638) Toccata; Mariona alla vera spagnola, chiaccona United Continuo Ensemble 05:30 AM Florence Price (1887-1953) Symphony no 3 in C minor BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Valentina Peleggi (conductor) 06:03 AM Thomas Tallis (1505-1585) Gloria from Mass Puer natus est nobis for 7 voices BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor) 06:12 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Piano Sonata in C major, K.309 Anna Vinnitskaya (piano)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Clair de lune
    Clair de lune
    Claude Debussy
  3. 2.
    The Rite of Spring, 1947 version
    The Rite of Spring, 1947 version
    Igor Stravinsky
  4. 3.
    Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47
    Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47
    Jean Sibelius
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