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Radio 3,30 Jun 2026,360 mins

Prokofiev from Shanghai

Through the Night

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Spanish pianist Mario Alonso Herrero delivers a compelling performance of Prokofiev's second piano concerto with the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Zhang Liang. Mozart's Idomeneo Overture and Prokofiev's fifth symphony complete the programme. John Shea presents. 12:31 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Overture to 'Idomeneo' Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Liang Zhang (conductor) 12:36 AM Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953) Piano Concerto no 2 in G minor, Op 16 Mario Alonso Herrero (piano), Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Liang Zhang (conductor) 01:10 AM Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953) Symphony no 5 in B flat, Op 100 Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Liang Zhang (conductor) 01:54 AM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Six Pieces, Op 19 Duncan Gifford (piano) 02:25 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Ridente la calma, K.152 Sally Matthews (soprano), Simon Lepper (piano) 02:31 AM André Grétry (1741-1813) Selections from 'Le Jugement de Midas' John Elwes (tenor), Mieke van der Sluis (soprano), Françoise Vanheck (soprano), Suzanne Gari (soprano), Jules Bastin (bass), Michel Verschaeve (bass), La Petite Bande, Gustav Leonhardt (conductor) 03:07 AM Carl Reinecke (1824-1910) Flute Sonata in E minor, Op 167 "Undine" Ivica Gabrisova-Encingerova (flute), Matej Vrabel (piano) 03:29 AM Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Maurice Ravel (arr.) Tarantelle styrienne Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor) 03:35 AM George Gershwin (1898-1937) 3 Preludes (1926): No 1 in B flat; No 2 in C sharp minor; No 3 in E flat Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano) 03:42 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Trio Sonata in D minor, Op 1 no 12, 'La Folia' (1705) Florilegium Collinda 03:51 AM Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller (1850-1926) Tre Madonnasange, Op 65 Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor) 03:58 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Overture in C minor for strings, D.8 Korean Chamber Orchestra 04:08 AM Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) Aufforderung zum Tanz Niklas Sivelöv (piano) 04:17 AM Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935) Norwegian Rhapsody no 1 in A major Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green (conductor) 04:31 AM Mindaugas Urbaitis (b.1952) Lacrimosa Polifonija (Lithuanian State Chamber Choir), Sigitas Vaiciulionis (conductor) 04:36 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Rinaldo Alessandrini (arr.) Aria variata alla maniera italiana in A minor BWV989; Canzona in D minor BWV588 Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor) 04:43 AM Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) In my native country Tom Borrow (piano) 04:46 AM Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884) The Masque of Pandora (Overture) BBC Concert Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor) 04:57 AM Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) Milonga del Angel, arr. for string quartet Artemis Quartet 05:04 AM Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) 5 Rückert-Lieder Jadwiga Rappé (alto), Ewa Poblocka (piano) 05:23 AM Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) En Saga Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) 05:44 AM Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) Sonata for viola and piano in E flat major, Op 5 no 3 Michael Gieler (viola), Lauretta Bloomer (pianoforte) 06:05 AM Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Suite in B flat major for 13 wind instruments, Op 4 Ottawa Winds, Michael Goodwin (conductor)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Overture to 'Idomeneo'
    Overture to 'Idomeneo'
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  3. 2.
    Piano Concerto no 2 in G minor, Op 16
    Piano Concerto no 2 in G minor, Op 16
    Sergey Prokofiev
  4. 3.
    Symphony no 5 in B flat, Op 100
    Symphony no 5 in B flat, Op 100
    Sergey Prokofiev