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Radio 3,29 Mar 2026,360 mins

Schumann and Beamish from the Meta4 string quartet.

Through the Night

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A recital from London's Wigmore Hall featuring Meta4 performing Robert Schumann's String Quartet no 1 and Sally Beamish's String Quartet no 4 'Nine Fragments'. John Shea presents. 12:31 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) String Quartet no 1 in A minor, Op 41 no 1 Meta4 12:58 AM Sally Beamish (b.1956) String Quartet no 4, 'Nine Fragments' Meta4 01:19 AM Adolf Schulz-Evler (1852-1905),Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) Concert arabesque on themes by Johann Strauss for piano Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) 02:31 AM BST Maciej Malecki (b.1940), Mateusz Pieniazek (author) Spring, Summer Cantata Marta Boberska (soprano), Tomasz Rak (baritone), Schola Cantorum Gedanensis, Jan Lukaszewski (choirmaster), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marcin Nalecz-Niesiolowski (conductor) 03:40 AM BST Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847) Lied (Lenau): Larghetto; Wanderlied: Presto Op 8 nos 3 & 4 Sylviane Deferne (piano) 03:46 AM BST Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) Notturno (Andante) - from String Quartet no 2 in D major Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Dohnányi (conductor) 03:55 AM BST Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) Tango Suite for two guitars (Parts 2 and 3) Tornado Guitar Duo (duo) 04:04 AM BST Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Trio Sonata in D minor "La Follia", RV.63 Ensemble Augelletti 04:11 AM BST Michael Haydn (1737-1806) Ave Regina for double choir, MH.140 Ex Tempore, Florian Heyerick (director) 04:22 AM BST Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Rondo concertante in B flat major, K.269 Benjamin Schmid (violin), Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Ádám Fischer (conductor) 04:31 AM BST Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Twill soon be midnight (aria from 'Pique Dame') Joanne Kolomyjec (soprano), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor) 04:36 AM BST Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) Trio sonata in C minor, Op 1 no 8 London Baroque 04:43 AM BST Étienne Méhul (1763-1817) Piano Sonata in D major, Op 1 no 1 Arthur Schoonderwoerd (fortepiano) 04:52 AM Toivo Kuula (1883-1918) Prelude and Fugue for orchestra, Op 10 Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Pertti Pekkanen (conductor) 05:02 AM BST Amy Beach (1867-1944) Dreaming (4 Sketches, Op 15 no 3) Sterling Elliott (cello), Richard Uttley (piano) 05:07 AM BST Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op 78 "Organ Symphony" Kaare Nordstoga (organ), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Michel Plasson (conductor) 05:42 AM BST Johan Duijck (b.1954) Het zachte leven (The gentle life), Op.15 Flemish Radio Choir, Johan Duijck (conductor) 05:57 AM BST Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (1630-1670) Sonata in E minor, Op 4 no 1 (La Bernabea) for violin and continuo Daniel Sepec (violin), Hille Perl (viola da gamba), Lee Santana (theorbo), Michael Behringer (harpsichord) 06:03 AM BST Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 6 Moments Musicaux, D.780 Alfred Brendel (piano)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    String Quartet no 1 in A minor, Op 41 no 1
    String Quartet no 1 in A minor, Op 41 no 1
    Robert Schumann
  3. 2.
    String Quartet no 4, 'Nine Fragments'
    String Quartet no 4, 'Nine Fragments'
    Sally Beamish
  4. 3.
    Concert arabesque on themes by Johann Strauss for piano
    Concert arabesque on themes by Johann Strauss for piano
    Adolf Schulz-Evler & Johann Strauss II