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Radio 3,10 Apr 2026,360 mins

Wagner, Liszt and Schumann

Through the Night

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The French pianist Alexandre Kantorow performs Liszt's second piano concerto, a work of contrasts with both stunning lyricism and high drama. Kantorow is joined by the WDR Symphony Orchestra, who also perform Schumann's Rhenish Symphony and Wagner's Faust Overture. John Shea presents. 12:31 AM Richard Wagner (1813-1883) Faust Overture, WWV 59 WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Petr Popelka (conductor) 12:43 AM Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Piano Concerto no 2 in A major, S.125 Alexandre Kantorow (piano), WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Petr Popelka (conductor) 01:04 AM Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Liebestod, from Tristan und Isolde, S. 447 (encore) Alexandre Kantorow (piano) 01:12 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Symphony no 3 in E flat, Op 97 'Rhenish' WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Petr Popelka (conductor) 01:43 AM Clara Schumann (1819-1896) Prelude and Fugue in B flat major, Op 16 no 2 Angela Cheng (piano) 01:48 AM Richard Wagner (1813-1883), Mathilde Wesendonck (author) Wesendonck-Lieder for voice and orchestra Jane Eaglen (soprano), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor) 02:10 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Cello Suite no 2 in D minor, BWV.1008 Cameron Crozman (cello) 02:31 AM Malcolm Forsyth (1936-2011) Songs from the Qu'Appelle Valley Hannaford Street Silver Band, Stephen Chenette (conductor) 02:48 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Symphony no 29 in A major, K.201 Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Terje Tønnesen (conductor) 03:09 AM Srul Irving Glick (1934-2002) Sonata for oboe and piano Senia Trubashnik (oboe), Valerie Tryon (piano) 03:27 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV.1043 Sarah Christian (violin), Dmitri Smirnov (violin), CHAARTS Chamber Artists, Maximilian Hornung (conductor) 03:41 AM Arthur Butterworth (1923-2014) Romanza for horn and strings Martin Hackleman (horn), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor) 03:51 AM Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) Beatus vir, SV 268 Collegium Vocale 1704, Collegium 1704, Václav Luks (conductor) 03:59 AM Mayas Alyamani (b.1981) Warda Shaher Fawaz (tabla), Daria Zappa Matesic (violin), Avi Avital (mandolin), Zürcher Kammerorchester, Willi Zimmermann (conductor) 04:07 AM Ruth Gipps (1921-1999) Jane Grey Fantasy, Op 15 Scott Dickinson (viola), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Teresa Riveiro Bohm (conductor) 04:19 AM Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) Fantasia in D minor (3) Freddy Eichelberger (organ) 04:31 AM Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Serenade no 1 in D major, Op 69a Judy Kang (violin), Orchestre Symphonique de Laval, Jean-François Rivest (conductor) 04:39 AM Marianne Martines (1744-1812) Two arias from 'Sant’Elena al Calvario' Ilona Domnich (soprano), BBC Concert Orchestra, Jane Glover (conductor) 04:53 AM Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Royal Academy Soloists, Clio Gould (conductor) 05:07 AM Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) Concerto for Violin and Horn in A major - 1st mvt Anna Agafia Egholm (violin), Tillmann Höfs (horn), Alice Burla (piano) 05:18 AM Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) Symphony no 3 in G minor, Op 36 Berner Kammerorchester, Graziella Contratto (conductor) 05:53 AM Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) 4 sacred pieces (SWV.282, SWV.22, SWV.308, SWV.386) Kölner Kammerchor, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann (conductor) 06:08 AM Antoine Dauvergne (1713-1797) Concert de simphonies à IV parties in F major, Op 3 no 2 Capella Coloniensis, William Christie (director)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Faust Overture, WWV 59
    Faust Overture, WWV 59
    Richard Wagner
  3. 2.
    Piano Concerto no 2 in A major, S.125
    Piano Concerto no 2 in A major, S.125
    Franz Liszt
  4. 3.
    Liebestod, from Tristan und Isolde, S. 447 (encore)
    Liebestod, from Tristan und Isolde, S. 447 (encore)
    Franz Liszt