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Radio 3,18 Aug 2026,360 mins

Ravel, Salonen & Lutosławski from Sweden

Through the Night

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British conductor Nicholas Collon and Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling, with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, perform Ravel's song cycle Shéhérazade. Also featured are the Swedish premiere of Salonen's Gemini, Ravel's Ma Mère l'Oye and Lutosławski's Concerto for Large Orchestra. Jonathan Swain presents. 12:31 AM Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Ma mère l'oye (suite) Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (conductor) 12:48 AM Esa-Pekka Salonen (b.1958) Gemini Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (conductor) 01:12 AM Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Tristan Klingsor (author) Shéhérazade, song cycle Camilla Tilling (soprano), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (conductor) 01:31 AM Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994) Concerto for Orchestra Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (conductor) 02:01 AM Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994) Epitaph, for oboe & piano Adrian Wilson (oboe), Joanne Seeley (piano) 02:07 AM Ludvig Norman (1831-1885) String Quartet in E major, Op 20 (1855) Berwald Quartet 02:31 AM Henry Purcell (1659-1695) The Fairy Queen, Z.629 Elodie Fonnard (soprano), Rachel Redmond (soprano), Reinoud van Mechelen (tenor), Yannis Francois (bass baritone), European Union Baroque Orchestra, Paul Agnew (director) 03:17 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Ballade No 4 in F minor, Op 52 Seung-Hee Hyun (piano) 03:28 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Romanze (Andante) from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – Serenade in G major, K.525 RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Pitamic (conductor) 03:36 AM Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857) Nocturno for harp Branka Janjanin-Magdalenič (harp) 03:41 AM Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758) Sonata in D major, FaWV.ND1 Ensemble Augelletti 03:50 AM Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884) The Masque of Pandora (Overture) BBC Concert Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor) 04:02 AM Jacques Arcadelt (c.1505-1568) Ave Maria Tallinna Poistekoor [Tallinn Boys Choir], Lydia Rahula (conductor) 04:05 AM Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) 3 Pieces for cello and piano Zoltán Despond (cello), Vesselin Stanev (piano) 04:12 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Rondino in E flat major, WoO.25 Festival Winds 04:19 AM Robert Kajanus (1856-1933) Finnish Rhapsody No 1 Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam (conductor) 04:31 AM Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611/2-1675) Vom Leiden Christi Ensemble Polyharmonique, Alexander Schneider (director), {oh!} Orkiestra Historyczna, Martyna Pastuszka (conductor) 04:36 AM Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757),Walter Gieseking (1895-1956) Chaconne on a Theme by Scarlatti after Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K.32 Joseph Moog (piano) 04:43 AM Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) Pavane for orchestra, Op 50 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn (conductor) 04:50 AM György Ligeti (1923-2006) Lux Aeterna Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Grete Helgerød (conductor) 05:00 AM Valentin Villard (b.1985) Quercus Delta Piano Trio 05:10 AM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Capriccio Italien, Op 45 Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrey Boreyko (conductor) 05:26 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Fantasy for piano in C major, D.760 "Wandererfantasie" Alfred Brendel (piano) 05:47 AM Franjo von Lucic (1889-1972) Missa Jubilaris Ivan Goran Kovacic Academic Chorus, Croatian Army Symphony Wind Orchestra, Unknown (organ), Mladen Tarbuk (conductor) 06:16 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Prelude, Fugue & Allegro in E flat major, BWV.998 Konrad Junghänel (lute)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Ma mère l'oye (suite)
    Ma mère l'oye (suite)
    Maurice Ravel
  3. 2.
    Gemini
    Gemini
    Esa‐Pekka Salonen
  4. 3.
    Shéhérazade, song cycle
    Shéhérazade, song cycle
    Maurice Ravel