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Radio 3,13 May 2026,360 mins

Beethoven's Violin Concerto and 'Eroica' Symphony

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Christian Tetzlaff performs Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under conductor Daniele Gatti. Beethoven's third symphony completes the programme. John Shea presents. 12:31 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Violin Concerto in D major, Op 61 Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Daniele Gatti (conductor) 01:11 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Andante, from 'Violin Sonata no 2 in A minor, BWV.1003' Christian Tetzlaff (violin) 01:15 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op 55 'Eroica' Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Daniele Gatti (conductor) 02:05 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Adagio from Piano Trio no 4 in B flat, Op 11 'Gassenhauer' Swiss Piano Trio 02:10 AM Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Oboe Concerto in A minor Matthias Arter (oboe), I Tempi Chamber Orchestra, Gevorg Gharabekyan (conductor) 02:31 AM Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867-1942) Frösöblomster for Piano, Book 2 (1900) Johan Ullén (piano) 02:55 AM Felix Nowowiejski (1877-1946) Missa pro pace, Op 49 no 3 Polish Radio Choir, Andrzej Bialko (organ), Wlodzimierz Siedlik (conductor) 03:33 AM Rosario Bourdon (1885-1961) Elegiac poem for cello and orchestra Alain Aubut (cello), Orchestre Métropolitain, Gilles Auger (conductor) 03:39 AM Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) Symphony in C major, Op 10 no 4 La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider (conductor) 03:49 AM Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Pierre Louÿs (author) Chansons de Bilitis - 3 melodies for voice & piano Paula Hoffman (mezzo soprano), Lars David Nilsson (piano) 03:58 AM Antonio Soler (1729-1783) Fandango Fredrik From (violin), Benjamin Scherer Questa (violin), Teodoro Baù (viola d'arco), Hager Hanana (cello), Joanna Boślak-Górniok (harpsichord), Dagmara Kapczyńska (harpsichord), Gwennaëlle Alibert (harpsichord), Bolette Roed (recorder), Komalé Akakpo (dulcimer) 04:05 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Overture (Manfred, Op 115) Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt (conductor) 04:18 AM Alfredo Casella (1883-1947) Barcarola e scherzo Min Park (flute), Huw Watkins (piano) 04:27 AM Gion Balzer Casanova (b.1938) La sera sper il lag (Evening on the Lake) Cantus Firmus Surselva, Clau Sherrer (director) 04:31 AM Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957), Paul Schott (librettist) Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen, from 'Die tote Stadt' Aleksander Nohr (baritone), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Petr Popelka (conductor) 04:35 AM Adolf Schulz-Evler (1852-1905),Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) Concert arabesque on themes by Johann Strauss for piano Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) 04:46 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in D minor 'La Folia', RV.63 (Op 1 no 12) Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (director) 04:56 AM Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Thomas Billington (arr.) Concerto in C major for organ, Op 6 no 10 Willem Poot (organ) 05:06 AM Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975) 2 Cori di Michelangelo Buonarroti il Giovane - set 1 for unaccompanied chorus Netherlands Chamber Choir, Eric Ericson (conductor) 05:18 AM Aloÿs-Henri-Gérard Fornerod (1890-1965) Concert for 2 violins and piano, Op 16 Sibylle Tschopp (violin), Mirjam Tschopp (violin), Isabel Tschopp (piano) 05:36 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Serenade no 2 in A major, Op 16 Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Raffi Armenian (conductor) 06:08 AM Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Images - set 2 for piano Roger Woodward (piano) 06:22 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Rondo concertante in B flat major, K.269 James Ehnes (violin), Mozart Anniversary Orchestra

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    Artist
  2. 1.
    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 61
    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 61
    Ludwig van Beethoven
  3. 2.
    Andante, from 'Violin Sonata no 2 in A minor, BWV.1003'
    Andante, from 'Violin Sonata no 2 in A minor, BWV.1003'
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. 3.
    Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op 55 'Eroica'
    Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op 55 'Eroica'
    Ludwig van Beethoven