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Radio 3,17 Oct 2025,360 mins

100 years of the Berlin Radio Chorus

Through the Night

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Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, soloists and conductor Gijs Leenaars perform works by Mendelssohn, Robert Heppner, Vaughan Williams and Verdi. John Shea presents. 12:31 AM Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Richte mich, Gott, Op 78 no 2 Berlin Radio Chorus, Gijs Leenaars (conductor) 12:35 AM Robert Heppener (1925-2009) Bruchstücke eines alten Textes Gesine Nowakowski (soprano), Barbara Berg-Bretschneider (soprano), Sabine Eyer (alto), Jiwon Choi (alto), Holger Marks-Simonis (tenor), Georg Streuber-Chraniuk (bass), Berlin Radio Chorus, Gijs Leenaars (conductor) 12:48 AM Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Serenade to Music Gesine Nowakowski (soprano), Barbara Berg-Bretschneider (soprano), Sabine Eyer (alto), Jiwon Choi (alto), Joohoon Shin (tenor), Holger Marks-Simonis (tenor), Bruno Meichsner (bass), Georg Streuber-Chraniuk (bass), Berlin Radio Chorus, Gijs Leenaars (conductor), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra 01:01 AM Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Quattro pezzi sacri Gesine Nowakowski (soprano), Berlin Radio Chorus, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gijs Leenaars (conductor) 01:39 AM Traditional, arr. Philip Mayers Happy Birthday Berlin Radio Chorus, Gijs Leenaars (conductor) 01:41 AM Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), arr. Gordon Hamilton Nessun dorma Berlin Radio Chorus, Gijs Leenaars (conductor) 01:44 AM Percy Grainger (1882-1961) Apres un reve (after Faure) Leslie Howard (piano) 01:47 AM Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Symphony No.3 in A minor (Op.56), "Scottish" ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor) 02:31 AM Louis Spohr (1784-1859) Notturno for wind and Turkish band in C major, Op 34 Octophoros, Paul Dombrecht (conductor) 03:03 AM César Franck (1822-1890) Sonata for violin or cello and piano (M.8) in A major Antonio Meneses (cello), Menahem Pressler (piano) 03:32 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 3 chorales from the Schemelli collection Marco Fink (bass baritone), Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano), Domen Marincic (gamba), Dalibor Miklavcic (organ) 03:39 AM Henry Eccles (c.1675-1745) Sonata for double bass and piano Gary Karr (double bass), Harmon Lewis (piano) 03:47 AM Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) Sonata in D minor: Fugue K.41; Presto K.18 Eduardo Lopez Banzo (harpsichord) 03:57 AM Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Finlandia, Op 26 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) 04:05 AM Joan Baptista Pla i Agustí (1720-1773) Sonata in D major, for flute, violin and basso continuo La Guirlande 04:13 AM Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Seven Elegies - no 2, All' Italia Valerie Tryon (piano) 04:21 AM William Walton (1902-1983) Johannesburg Festival Overture Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, David Atherton (conductor) 04:31 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Violin Concerto in F major, RV 291 Fabio Biondi (violin), Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director) 04:40 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op 60 Anastasia Vorotnaya (piano) 04:49 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 Wojciech Kilar (1931-2013) Orawa Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic, Kristjan Järvi (conductor) 05:07 AM Balthasar Fritsch (1570-1608) Paduan and 2 Galliards (from Primitiae musicales, Frankfurt/Main 1606) Hortus Musicus, Andres Mustonen (director) 05:15 AM George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Sonata in E (Op. 1) no. 15 Eszter Perényi (violin), Gyula Kiss (piano) 05:24 AM Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) Rossiniana - suite from Rossini's 'Les riens' West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester (conductor) 05:51 AM Jacques Gallot (1625-1696) Pieces de Lute in C minor Konrad Junghänel (lute) 06:01 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Quartet in G major (K.387) Quatuor Mosaïques, Erich Höbarth (violin), Andrea Bischof (violin), Anita Mitterer (viola), Christophe Coin (cello)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Richte mich, Gott, Op 78 no 2
    Richte mich, Gott, Op 78 no 2
    Felix Mendelssohn
  3. 2.
    Bruchstücke eines alten Textes
    Bruchstücke eines alten Textes
    Robert Heppener
  4. 3.
    Serenade to Music
    Serenade to Music
    Ralph Vaughan Williams