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Radio 3,16 May 2026,360 mins

100 years of the Berlin Radio Chorus

Through the Night

Available for 29 days

The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, soloists and conductor Gijs Leenaars perform works by Mendelssohn, Robert Heppener, Vaughan Williams and Verdi. John Shea presents. 12:31 AM Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Richte mich, Gott, Op 78 no 2 Berlin Radio Chorus, Gijs Leenaars (conductor) 12:35 AM Robert Heppener (1925-2009) Bruchstücke eines alten Textes Gesine Nowakowski (soprano), Barbara Berg-Bretschneider (soprano), Sabine Eyer (alto), Jiwon Choi (alto), Holger Marks-Simonis (tenor), Georg Streuber-Chraniuk (bass), Berlin Radio Chorus, Gijs Leenaars (conductor) 12:48 AM Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Serenade to Music Gesine Nowakowski (soprano), Barbara Berg-Bretschneider (soprano), Sabine Eyer (alto), Jiwon Choi (alto), Joohoon Shin (tenor), Holger Marks-Simonis (tenor), Bruno Meichsner (bass), Georg Streuber-Chraniuk (bass), Berlin Radio Chorus, Gijs Leenaars (conductor), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra 01:01 AM Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Quattro pezzi sacri Gesine Nowakowski (soprano), Berlin Radio Chorus, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gijs Leenaars (conductor) 01:39 AM Traditional, Philip Mayers (arr.) Happy Birthday Berlin Radio Chorus, Gijs Leenaars (conductor) 01:41 AM Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), Gordon Hamilton (arr.) Nessun dorma Berlin Radio Chorus, Gijs Leenaars (conductor) 01:44 AM Percy Grainger (1882-1961) Après un rêve (after Fauré) Leslie Howard (piano) 01:47 AM Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op 56 "Scottish" BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor) 02:31 AM Louis Spohr (1784-1859) Notturno for wind and Turkish band in C major, Op 34 Octophoros, Paul Dombrecht (conductor) 03:03 AM César Franck (1822-1890) Sonata for violin or cello and piano in A major (M.8) Antonio Meneses (cello), Menahem Pressler (piano) 03:32 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 3 chorales from the Schemelli collection Marco Fink (bass baritone), Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano), Domen Marincic (gamba), Dalibor Miklavcic (organ) 03:39 AM Henry Eccles (c.1675-1745) Sonata for double bass and piano Gary Karr (double bass), Harmon Lewis (piano) 03:47 AM Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) Sonata in D minor: Fugue K.41; Presto K.18 Eduardo Lopez Banzo (harpsichord) 03:57 AM Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Finlandia, Op 26 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) 04:05 AM Joan Baptista Pla i Agustí (1720-1773) Sonata in D major, for flute, violin and basso continuo La Guirlande 04:13 AM Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Seven Elegies - no 2, All' Italia Valerie Tryon (piano) 04:21 AM William Walton (1902-1983) Johannesburg Festival Overture Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, David Atherton (conductor) 04:31 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Violin Concerto in F major, RV 291 Fabio Biondi (violin), Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director) 04:40 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op 60 Anastasia Vorotnaya (piano) 04:49 AM Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704) Kyrie from Missa Sancti Henrici (1701) James Griffett (tenor), Michael Schopper (bass), Regensburger Domspatzen, Collegium Aureum, Herbert Metzger (organ), Georg Ratzinger (conductor) 04:58 AM Wojciech Kilar (1931-2013) Orawa Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic, Kristjan Järvi (conductor) 05:07 AM Balthasar Fritsch (1570-1608) Paduan and 2 Galliards (from Primitiae musicales, Frankfurt/Main 1606) Hortus Musicus, Andres Mustonen (director) 05:15 AM George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Sonata in E, Op 1 no 15 Eszter Perényi (violin), Gyula Kiss (piano) 05:24 AM Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) Rossiniana - suite from Rossini's 'Les riens' West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester (conductor) 05:51 AM Jacques Gallot (1625-1696) Pieces de Luth in C minor Konrad Junghänel (lute) 06:01 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) String Quartet in G major, K.387 Quatuor Mosaïques, Erich Höbarth (violin), Andrea Bischof (violin), Anita Mitterer (viola), Christophe Coin (cello)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Richte mich, Gott, Op 78 no 2
    Richte mich, Gott, Op 78 no 2
    Felix Mendelssohn
  3. 2.
    Bruchstücke eines alten Textes
    Bruchstücke eines alten Textes
    Robert Heppener
  4. 3.
    Serenade to Music
    Serenade to Music
    Ralph Vaughan Williams