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Radio 3,21 May 2026,360 mins

Mahler's Kindertotenlieder and Fourth Symphony

Through the Night

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Kent Nagano conducts the German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin in Mahler's Fourth Symphony, also featuring soprano Katharina Konradi. Mezzo-soprano Anna Lucia Richter joins the orchestra for Mahler's Kindertotenlieder, and the programme includes works by Peter Ruzicka and Iryna Aleksiychuk. John Shea presents. 12:31 AM Peter Ruzicka (b.1948) Requiem Jakub Sawicki (organ), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano (conductor) 12:46 AM Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Kindertotenlieder Anna Lucia Richter (mezzo soprano), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano (conductor) 01:11 AM Iryna Aleksiychuk (b.1967) Trisagion Marina Grauman (violin), Girls' Choir of Berlin Singakademie, Boys of the Berlin State and Cathedral Choir 01:16 AM Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Symphony no 4 in G major Katharina Konradi (soprano), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano (conductor) 02:13 AM Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Keyboard Sonata in C major, Hob.16.48 Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) 02:25 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Kirchen-Sonate no 15 in C major for 2 violins, bass and solo organ, K.328 Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Kent Nagano (conductor) 02:31 AM Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) Nights in the Gardens of Spain Elena Bashkirova (piano), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Lawrence Foster (conductor) 02:54 AM Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) String Quartet no 14 in A flat major, Op 105 Stamic Quartet 03:27 AM Robert Parsons (c.1535–1571/2) Ave Maria for 5 voices BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor) 03:32 AM Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847) Allegro moderato for piano, Op 8 no 1 Sylviane Deferne (piano) 03:37 AM George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op 3 no 1 Elar Kuiv (violin), Olev Ainomae (oboe), Estonian Radio Chamber Orchestra, Paul Mägi (conductor) 03:47 AM Joseph Horovitz (1926-2022) Music Hall Suite Slovene Brass Quintet, Anton Grčar (trumpet), Stanko Arnold (trumpet), Boštjan Lipovšek (horn), Stanko Vavh (trombone), Darko Rošker (tuba) 03:58 AM Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Die schöne Melusine - overture Op 32 Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa (conductor) 04:09 AM Clara Schumann (1819-1896) Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op 22 Sascha Maisky (violin), Lily Maisky (piano) 04:20 AM Oskar Lindberg (1887-1955), Johan Ludvig Runeberg (lyricist) Morgonen (Morning) Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Maria Wieslander (piano), Gustav Sjökvist (conductor) 04:23 AM Alfred Grünfeld (1852-1924) Soirees de Vienne for piano, Op 56 Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) 04:31 AM Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978) Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (from Spartacus Ballet Suite no 2) West Australian Symphony Orchestra, David Measham (conductor) 04:37 AM Anonymous Branles de Bourgogne; A la claire fontaine New World Consort, Susie Le Blanc (soprano), Peter Hannan (recorder), Nan Mackie (viol), Ray Nurse (lute), Salvador Ferreras (percussion) 04:45 AM Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1896) Capriccio for oboe and piano, Op 80 Wan-Soo Mok (oboe), Hyun-Soo Chi (piano) 04:56 AM Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Rakastava (The lover), Op.14 arr. for string orchestra, triangle & timpani CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor) 05:07 AM Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Aria "Sola perduta abbandonata" - from Act IV of 'Manon Lescaut' Veronika Kincses (soprano), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd (conductor) 05:13 AM Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Violin Sonata no 2 in G major, Op 13 Marianne Thorsen (violin), Håvard Gimse (piano) 05:33 AM Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817-1890) Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op 5 'On Sjølund’s Beautiful Plains' St Gallen Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrėnas (conductor) 06:07 AM Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c.1620-1680) Sonata no 4 in D major for violin & bc Daniel Sepec (violin), Hille Perl (viola da gamba), Lee Santana (theorbo), Michael Behringer (harpsichord) 06:17 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) 3 Mazurkas, Op 56 Alexander Gadjiev (piano)

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Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Requiem
    Requiem
    Peter Ruzicka
  3. 2.
    Kindertotenlieder
    Kindertotenlieder
    Gustav Mahler
  4. 3.
    Trisagion
    Trisagion
    Iryna Aleksiychuk