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Bach, Beethoven, Brad Mehldau and Improvisations from Berlin

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Clark Rundell and pianist Brad Mehldau perform music by Bach and Beethoven and Mehldau's Piano Concerto dedicated to Herbie Hancock.

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Clark Rundell and pianist Brad Mehldau perform music by Bach and Beethoven and Mehldau's Piano Concerto dedicated to Herbie Hancock. Jonathan Swain presents.

12:31 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. Igor Stravinsky
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 855; Improvisation
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Clark Rundell (conductor), Brad Mehldau (piano)

12:38 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), orch. Anton Webern
Ricercar a 6, from 'The Musical Offering, BWV 1079'; Improvisation
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Clark Rundell (conductor), Brad Mehldau (piano)

12:50 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), orch. Clark Rundell
Contrapunctus XIX from 'the Art of Fugue', BWV 1080; Improvisation
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Clark Rundell (conductor), Brad Mehldau (piano)

01:04 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Interlude from Sanctus of the 'Missa solemnis in D major op. 123'; Improvisation
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Clark Rundell (conductor), Brad Mehldau (piano)

01:10 AM
Brad Mehldau (b. 1970)
Piano Concerto - dedicated to Herbie Hancock
Brad Mehldau (piano), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Clark Rundell (conductor)

01:51 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Improvisation on Goldberg Variations
Brad Mehldau (piano)

01:56 AM
Nick Drake (1948-1974)
Improvisation on Nick Drake's 'Things behind the Sun'
Brad Mehldau (piano)

02:01 AM
Brad Mehldau (b. 1970)
Improvisation Waltz for J.B.
Brad Mehldau (piano)

02:07 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Serenade Op 8
Trio AnPaPié

02:12 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cantata 'Christ lag in Todesbanden', BWV 4
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Pythagoras-Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor)

02:31 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Piano Quintet in A major 'The Trout', Op 114 (D.667)
John Harding (violin), Ferdinand Erblich (viola), Stefan Metz (cello), Henk Guldemond (double bass), Menahem Pressler (piano)

03:05 AM
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Quintet for wind, Op 43
Cinque Venti

03:30 AM
Dmytro Bortniansky (1751-1825)
Choral concerto no 6 'What God is Greater'
Platon Maiborada Academic Choir, Viktor Skoromny (conductor)

03:38 AM
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
The Fountain of Arethusa from Myths for violin and piano (Op.30)
Hyun-Mi Kim (violin), Seung-Hye Choi (piano)

03:44 AM
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (c.1739-1799)
Overture to the opera "L'amant anonyme"
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

03:52 AM
Henricus Albicastro (fl.1700-06)
Coelestes angelici chori - cantata
Guy de Mey (tenor), Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini (conductor)

04:06 AM
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Elegie, Op 24 arr. for cello and orchestra
Shauna Rolston (cello), Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor)

04:13 AM
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
La Lugubre gondola S.200
Yulianna Avdeeva (piano)

04:21 AM
John Ansell (1874-1948)
Nautical Overture
West Australian Symphony Orchestra, David Measham (conductor)

04:31 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto in F major for treble recorder, RV.442
Michael Schneider (recorder), Camerata Köln

04:39 AM
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody no 2 in C sharp minor
Ladislav Fantzowitz (piano)

04:49 AM
Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)
"Lagrime mie" - Lament for Soprano and continuo from 'Diporti di Euterpe'
Susanne Ryden (soprano), Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci (director)

04:57 AM
Ludwik Grossman (1835-1915)
Csardas from the comic opera Duch wojewody (The Ghost of Voyvode)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Miroslaw Blaszczyk (conductor)

05:07 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
12 Variations on 'Ein Madchen oder Weibchen' for cello and piano, Op 66
Miklós Perényi (cello), Dezső Ránki (piano)

05:17 AM
Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
Fantasia and Variations on a theme of Franz Danzi in B flat major, Op.81
László Horvath (clarinet), New Budapest Quartet

05:25 AM
Blagoje Bersa (1873-1934)
Spectres and Sunny Fields
Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra, Enrico Dindo (conductor)

05:57 AM
William Byrd (1543-1623), arr. Elgar Howarth
The Earle of Oxford's March (MB.28 No.93)
Tallinn Brass, Tarmo Leinatamm (conductor)

06:01 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
String Quartet in C major, K.465, "Dissonance"
Casals Quartet

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  • Wed 19 Nov 2025 00:30