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Radio 3,23 May 2026,360 mins

Music at European Courts

Through the Night

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Soprano Julia Lezhneva sings Lully, Handel, and Mozart with the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. In the second half of the concert, Josep Pons leads the orchestra in Richard Strauss' Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme. John Shea presents. 12:31 AM Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs, from 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme' German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Josep Pons (conductor) 12:34 AM George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, aria from part 1 of 'Messiah, HWV 56' Julia Lezhneva (soprano), German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Josep Pons (conductor) 12:39 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Ei parte...senti...ah no!, Fiordiligi's aria from Così fan tutte, K. 588' Julia Lezhneva (soprano), German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Josep Pons (conductor) 12:48 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Parto, parto, from 'La Clemenza di Tito, K. 621' Julia Lezhneva (soprano), German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Josep Pons (conductor) 12:56 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Voi che sapete, Cherubino's aria from act 2 of 'Le nozze di Figaro' (encore) Julia Lezhneva (soprano), German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Josep Pons (conductor) 12:59 AM Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Op 60 - Suite after Molière German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Josep Pons (conductor) 01:36 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Fantasie in F minor for Piano Four Hands, D940 Soós-Haag Piano Duo (piano duo) 01:56 AM William Byrd (1543-1623) Ave verum corpus Ars Nova Copenhagen, Sofi Jeannin (director) 02:00 AM Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani (1690-1757) Recorder Sonata in D minor, Op 3 no 2 Lea Sobbe (recorder), Halldór Bjarki Arnarson (harpsichord) 02:14 AM Paule Maurice (1910-67) Tableaux de Provence - 5 pieces for saxophone and orchestra Julia Nolan (saxophone), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor) 02:31 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Partita in F major, K.Anh.C 17.05 Festival Winds 02:56 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Symphony no 1 in B flat major, Op 38 'Spring' Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Steven Sloane (conductor) 03:28 AM Muzio Clementi (1752-1832) Piano Sonata in B minor, Op 40 no 2 Beatrice Rana (piano) 03:45 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto in D major, RV.208 "Grosso mogul" Elizabeth Wallfisch (baroque violin), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (director) 04:00 AM Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) Overture no 2, Op 24 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Anja Bihlmaier (conductor) 04:08 AM Gabriel Jackson (b.1962) Cecilia Virgo Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Marcus Creed (conductor) 04:16 AM Cindy McTee (b.1953) Timepiece National Symphony Orchestra, Ireland, Leonard Slatkin (conductor) 04:25 AM George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Hide me from day's garish eye Iestyn Davies (counter tenor), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Robin Ticciati (conductor) 04:31 AM Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) La Forza del Destino, Overture Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor) 04:39 AM Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) Spiritus Sanctus vivificans vite, antiphon for solo voice Sequentia 04:50 AM Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Piano Quartet in A minor Marianna Shirinyan (piano), Nevena Tochev (violin), Alessandro D'Amico (viola), Rafael Rosenfeld (cello) 05:02 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Concerto for Oboe, Violin, Strings and Continuo in C minor, BWV 1060R Marcel Ponseele (oboe), Joanna Huszcza (baroque violin), Il Gardellino 05:16 AM Ilja Zeljenka (1932-2007) Sinfonietta no 2 Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mário Košik (conductor) 05:28 AM Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) String Quartet no 5, Op 32 Viatores Quartet 05:56 AM Filip Kutev (1903-1982) Pastoral for flute and orchestra Lydia Oshavkova (flute), Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dimitar Manolov (conductor) 06:07 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Seven Bagatelles Op 33 Anika Vavic (piano)

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    Artist
  2. 1.
    Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs, from 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme'
    Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs, from 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme'
    Jean‐Baptiste Lully
  3. 2.
    Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, aria from part 1 of 'Messiah, HWV 56'
    Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, aria from part 1 of 'Messiah, HWV 56'
    George Frideric Handel
  4. 3.
    Ei parte...senti...ah no!, Fiordiligi's aria from Così fan tutte, K. 588'
    Ei parte...senti...ah no!, Fiordiligi's aria from Così fan tutte, K. 588'
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart