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Radio 3,22 Mar 2026,360 mins

Mahler and Helen Grime from Cologne

Through the Night

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The WDR Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ingo Metzmacher perform Helen Grime's Near Midnight and Mahler's 7th Symphony. Jonathan Swain presents. 12:31 AM Helen Grime (b.1981) Near Midnight WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Ingo Metzmacher (conductor) 12:43 AM Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Symphony no 7 in E minor WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Ingo Metzmacher (conductor) 01:59 AM Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) Canzon seconda Ă  4, due Canti a due Bassi Musica Fiata Köln, Roland Wilson (director) 02:04 AM Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Kindertotenlieder Zandra McMaster (mezzo soprano), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen (conductor) 02:31 AM Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) Missa Dei filii (Missa ultimarum secundat) ZWV.20 Martina JankovĂĄ (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (contralto), Krystian Adam Krzeszowiak (tenor), Felix Rumpf (bass), Dresdner Kammerchor, Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, VĂĄclav Luks (conductor) 03:12 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano trio op.11 in B flat major, 'Gassenhauer-Trio' Arcadia Trio 03:35 AM Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Ballet music from Otello, Act III Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Ros-MarbĂ  (conductor) 03:41 AM Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) Capriccio diabolico for guitar, Op 85 Goran Listes (guitar) 03:50 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto in D minor, RV 128 Arte dei Suonatori, Eduardo Lopez Banzo (conductor) 03:56 AM StanisƂaw Moniuszko (1819-1872) 4 Choral Songs Polish Radio Choir, Marek Kluza (director) 04:04 AM Dario Castello (1602-1631) Sonata IV, for 2 violins and continuo [from Sonate concertarte in stil moderno, Libro primo. Venice 1629] Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (director) 04:13 AM Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Fantasia on an Irish song 'The last rose of summer' for piano, Op 15 Sylviane Deferne (piano) 04:22 AM AntonĂ­n Dvoƙák (1841-1904) Two Waltzes, Op 54 [1.Moderato; 2.Allegro vivace] Sebastian String Quartet 04:31 AM Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) Symphony in D major, Op 10 no 5 La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider (conductor) 04:40 AM Rudolf Tobias (1873-1918) Sonatina no 2 in C major Vardo Rumessen (piano) 04:50 AM Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704) Kyrie from Missa Sancti Henrici (1701) James Griffett (tenor), Michael Schopper (bass), Regensburger Domspatzen, Collegium Aureum, Herbert Metzger (organ), Georg Ratzinger (conductor) 04:58 AM Louis Spohr (1784-1859) Fantasia and Variations on a theme of Franz Danzi in B flat major, Op.81 LĂĄszlĂł Horvath (clarinet), New Budapest Quartet 05:06 AM Stefan Wolpe (1902-1972) Three Time Wedding Alexander Lonquich (piano) 05:15 AM Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791-1844) Songs for Baritone and Piano Wolf Matthias Friedrich (baritone), Vera Kooper (piano) 05:24 AM MieczysƂaw KarƂowicz (1876-1909) Returning waves - symphonic poem National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrzej Straszynski (conductor) 05:49 AM Jules August Demersseman (1833-1866) Concert Fantasy for 2 flutes and piano (Op.36) Matej Zupan (flute), Karolina Santl-Zupan (flute), Dijana Tanovic (piano) 06:01 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) String Quartet in C major, K.465, "Dissonance" Casals Quartet, Jonathan Brown (viola), Vera MartĂ­nez-Mehner (violin), Abel TomĂ s (violin), Arnau TomĂ s (cello)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Near Midnight (attacca:)
    Near Midnight (attacca:)
    Helen Grime
  3. 2.
    Symphony no 7 in E minor
    Symphony no 7 in E minor
    Gustav Mahler
  4. 3.
    Canzon seconda Ă  4, due Canti a due Bassi
    Canzon seconda Ă  4, due Canti a due Bassi
    Girolamo Frescobaldi
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