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Michael Schønwandt conducts the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern in Mahler's 4th Symphony with soprano Christina Landshamer. Cécile Chaminade's Callirhoë Suite and a selection of songs from Joseph Canteloube's 'Chants d'Auvergne' complete the programme. Jonathan Swain presents. 12:31 AM Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) Callirhoe Suite, Op 37 German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Michael Schønwandt (conductor) 12:49 AM Joseph Canteloube (1879-1957) Selection, from 'Chants d'Auvergne' Christina Landshamer (soprano), German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Michael Schønwandt (conductor) 01:07 AM Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Symphony No 4 in G major Christina Landshamer (soprano), German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Michael Schønwandt (conductor) 02:06 AM Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) Flute Concertino, Op 107 Maria Filippova (flute), Ekaterina Mirzaeva (piano) 02:14 AM Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Banalités Katarina Jovanović (soprano), Dejan Sinadinović (piano) 02:25 AM Joseph Canteloube (1879-1957) Brezairola - from Songs of the Auvergne Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski (conductor) 02:31 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) 24 Preludes for piano, Op 28 Beatrice Rana (piano) 03:08 AM Eugen Suchoň (1908-1993) Concertino for clarinet and orchestra Ronald Šebesta (clarinet), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mário Košik (conductor) 03:30 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Aria: "Un'aura amorosa" from Cosi fan tutte (K.588), Act 1 Michael Schade (tenor), Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw (conductor) 03:35 AM Paulo Bellinati (b.1950) Jongo Tornado Guitar Duo (duo) 03:41 AM Francesco Durante (1684-1755) Concerto per quartetto No 6 in A major for strings Concerto Köln 03:51 AM Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) Psalm 110: Le Toutpuissant a mon Seigneur et maistre Netherlands Chamber Choir, Peter Phillips (conductor) 03:59 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Academic Festival Overture, Op 80 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn (conductor) 04:10 AM Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Variations serieuses in D minor, Op 54 Sylviane Deferne (piano) 04:21 AM Gian Carlo Cailò (1659-1725) Sonata Terza Eva Saladin (violin), Daniel Rosin (cello), Johannes Keller (harpsichord) 04:31 AM Georges Auric (1899-1983), Philip Lane (arranger) The Lavender Hill Mob (Suite) BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba (conductor) 04:39 AM Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814-1865) Variations on The Last Rose of Summer Ju-young Baek (violin) 04:45 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 2 Sonatinas for mandolin: C minor WoO 43/1 and C major WoO 44/1 Avi Avital (mandolin), Shalev Ad-El (harpsichord) 04:52 AM Alessandro Marcello (1673-1747) Concerto in D minor for oboe and strings Maja Kojc (oboe), RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Pavle Dešpalj (conductor) 05:04 AM Anonymous 3 Sephardische Romanzen Montserrat Figueras (soprano), Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (director) 05:13 AM Armas Järnefelt (1869-1968) Music to 'The Promised Land' Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ilpo Mansnerus (conductor) 05:27 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Cantata: Ich habe genug, BWV.82a Raphael Höhn (tenor), Café Zimmermann 05:50 AM Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) Fountains of Rome, symphonic poem Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra, Enrico Dindo (conductor) 06:06 AM Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Piano Trio in G major, L.3 Ilya Gringolts (violin), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Alexander Lonquich (piano)

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    Variations serieuses in D minor, Op 54
    Variations serieuses in D minor, Op 54
    Felix Mendelssohn
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    Academic Festival Overture, Op 80
    Academic Festival Overture, Op 80
    Johannes Brahms
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    Psalm 110: Le Toutpuissant a mon Seigneur et maistre
    Psalm 110: Le Toutpuissant a mon Seigneur et maistre
    Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
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    Concerto per quartetto No 6 in A major for strings
    Concerto per quartetto No 6 in A major for strings
    Francesco Durante

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