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Radio 3,14 May 2026,360 mins

Shostakovich and Weinberg

Through the Night

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Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla directs the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra in music by Mieczysław Weinberg and Shostakovich, including Weinberg's famous work The Golden Key and Shostakovich's second piano concerto. They perform less well known works by both, too: Weinberg's Symphony no 13 and Shostakovich's secular cantata Antiformalist Rayok. John Shea presents. 12:31 AM Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996) The Golden Key Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor) 12:48 AM Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975) Piano Concerto no 2 in F, Op 102 Andrei Korobeinikov (piano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor) 01:08 AM Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975) Antiformalist Rayok (cantata) Alexander Teliga (bass), François Chattot (narrator), Choeur de Radio France, Edward Ananian-Cooper (choirmaster), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor) 01:33 AM Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996) Symphony no 13, Op 115 Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor) 02:10 AM Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975) Prelude and Fugue in D flat major, Op 87 no 15 Tom Borrow (piano) 02:15 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht, BWV.55 Raphael Höhn (tenor), Gdansk University Choir, Café Zimmermann 02:31 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op 44 Igor Levit (piano), Signum Quartet 03:01 AM Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Horn Concerto no 2 in E flat major Markus Maskuniitty (horn), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Junichi Hirokami (conductor) 03:21 AM Judith Weir (b.1954) String quartet Silesian Quartet 03:34 AM Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) Sonata in G major for transverse flute and harpsichord, Op 6 no 6 Karl Kaiser (transverse flute), Susanne Kaiser (harpsichord) 03:44 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Antonín Dvořák (arr.) 5 Hungarian dances (nos 17-21) orch. Dvorak (orig. pf duet) Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Eivind Aadland (conductor) 03:56 AM Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (1566-1613) Ave dulcissima Maria Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) 04:03 AM John Field (1782-1837) Andante inédit in E flat major for piano Marc-André Hamelin (piano) 04:11 AM Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) An Imaginary journey to the Faroes, FS 123 Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic, Kristjan Järvi (conductor) 04:16 AM Jules Massenet (1842-1912) Méditation, from 'Thaïs' David Nebel (violin), Giorgi Iuldashevi (piano) 04:23 AM Imogen Holst (1907-1984) Leiston Suite for brass quartet BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) 04:31 AM Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884) The Masque of Pandora (Overture) BBC Concert Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor) 04:42 AM Arvo Pärt (b.1935) Magnificat Jauna Muzika, Vaclovas Augustinas (conductor) 04:48 AM Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) Flute Concertino, Op 107 Maria Filippova (flute), Ekaterina Mirzaeva (piano) 04:57 AM Traditional, Hugh Cutting (arranger), Tara Viscardi (arr.) Siúil a Rún; The Lark in the Morning Hugh Cutting (counter tenor), Tara Viscardi (harp), Leo Appel (viola), Daniel Murphy (guitar) 05:04 AM George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Trio Sonata in G major HWV 399 for 2 violins, viola and continuo Op 5 No 4 Musica Antiqua Köln 05:17 AM Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Piano Sonata in E minor, Op 7 Zóltan Kocsis (piano) 05:35 AM Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Symphony no 4 in A major 'Italian', Op 90 Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Nello Santi (conductor) 06:05 AM Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, Op 31 Mark Padmore (tenor), Thomas Müller (horn), Zürcher Kammerorchester, Duncan Ward (conductor)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    The Golden Key: Suite no 4
    The Golden Key: Suite no 4
    Mieczyslaw Weinberg
  3. 2.
    Piano Concerto no 2 in F, Op 102
    Piano Concerto no 2 in F, Op 102
    Dmitry Shostakovich
  4. 3.
    Antiformalist Rayok (cantata)
    Antiformalist Rayok (cantata)
    Dmitry Shostakovich