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Radio 3,28 Mar 2026,360 mins

Schmelzer, Chédeville and Biber from Romania

Through the Night

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The SEMPRE baroque music ensemble perform in a concert organised as part of the Bucharest Early Music Season on the occasion of Early Music Day 2025. Jonathan Swain presents. 12:31 AM Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c.1620-1680) Arie con la Mattacina SEMPRE baroque music ensemble, Raluca Enea (director) 12:35 AM Nicolas Chédeville (1705-1782) La Moisson, from 'Les Saisons amusantes' SEMPRE baroque music ensemble, Raluca Enea (director) 12:45 AM Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c.1620-1680) Sonata Coukoo, for violin and basso continuo SEMPRE baroque music ensemble, Raluca Enea (director) 12:52 AM Nicolas Chédeville (1705-1782) Le Printemps, from 'Les Saisons amusantes' SEMPRE baroque music ensemble, Raluca Enea (director) 01:04 AM Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704) Sonata Pastorella, C.106 SEMPRE baroque music ensemble, Raluca Enea (director) 01:10 AM Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704) Sonata Representativa (Representatio Avium), C.146 SEMPRE baroque music ensemble, Raluca Enea (director) 01:23 AM Nicolas Chédeville (1705-1782) L'Automne, from 'Les Saisons amusantes' SEMPRE baroque music ensemble, Raluca Enea (director) 01:35 AM Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704) Battalia à 9, C.61 SEMPRE baroque music ensemble, Raluca Enea (director) 01:46 AM Sven-Eric Johanson (1919-1997) Fyra visor om arstiderna (4 songs about the Seasons) Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson (conductor) 01:53 AM Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) The Seasons (Op 67) - ballet in 1 act Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Kazuyoshi Akiyama (conductor) 02:31 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) 24 Preludes for piano, Op 28 Cédric Tiberghien (piano) 03:10 AM Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) Ancient Airs and Dances Suite no 3 Amadeus' Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra, Anna Duczmal-Mróz (conductor) 03:30 AM Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Sonata in F minor TWV.41:f1 for bassoon and continuo Luka Mitev (bassoon), Helena Kosem Kotar (piano) 03:41 AM Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725), Giovanni Battista Guarini (author) Cor mio, deh non languire Emma Kirkby (soprano), Evelyn Tubb (soprano), Deborah Roberts (soprano), Tessa Bonner (soprano), Mary Nichols (alto), Anthony Rooley (director) 03:47 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Flute Quartet in G major, K.285a Joanna G'froerer (flute), Martin Beaver (violin), Pinchas Zukerman (viola), Amanda Forsyth (cello) 03:57 AM Toivo Kuula (1883-1918) South Ostrobothnian Dances, Op 17 (excerpts) Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kari Tikka (conductor) 04:06 AM Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Danse macabre, Op 40 Ouellet-Murray Duo (duo) 04:13 AM Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) Sonata da chiesa in F major, Op 1 no 1 London Baroque 04:20 AM Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847) Overture in C major Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Lionel Bringuier (conductor) 04:31 AM Jacobus Clemens non Papa (c.1510-1556) Carole magnus eras Netherlands Chamber Choir, Paul Van Nevel (conductor) 04:37 AM Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) Cordoba (Nocturne) from Cantos de Espana, Op 232 no 4 Henry-David Varema (cello), Heiki Mätlik (guitar) 04:44 AM Jehan Alain (1911-1940) Le Jardin suspendu for organ Tomás Thon (organ) 04:51 AM Claude Debussy (1862-1918), arr. Henri Büsser Petite Suite Argovia Philharmonic, Rune Bergmann (conductor) 05:06 AM Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967), arr. Jenő Kenessey Dances of Galanta (Galantai tancok) arr. for piano Adam Fellegi (piano) 05:22 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Orchestral Suite no 1 in C major, BWV.1066 Norwegian Chamber Orchestra 05:42 AM Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) String Quartet in D major, Op 64 no 5 (Hob.III.63) "Lark" Bartók String Quartet 05:59 AM Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major François-Xavier Poizat (piano), Swiss National Youth Orchestra, Kai Bumann (conductor) 06:19 AM Henryk Górecki (1933-2010) Totus tuus, Op 60 Jutland Chamber Choir, Mogens Dahl (director)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Arie con la Mattacina
    Arie con la Mattacina
    Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
  3. 2.
    La Moisson, from 'Les Saisons amusantes'
    La Moisson, from 'Les Saisons amusantes'
    Nicolas Chédeville
  4. 3.
    Sonata Coukoo, for violin and basso continuo
    Sonata Coukoo, for violin and basso continuo
    Johann Heinrich Schmelzer