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Radio 3,29 Jun 2026,360 mins

Haydn, Mozart and Schubert quartets

Through the Night

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The Marmen Quartet and Chiaroscuro Quartet perform at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival in Ireland. Haydn's 'Russian' and Mozart's 'Dissonance' quartets are followed by Schubert's 'Death and the Maiden'. John Shea presents. 12:31 AM Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) String Quartet no 33 in D major, Op 33 no 6, Hob.III:42 'Russian' Marmen Quartet 12:46 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) String Quartet no 19 in C major, K.465 'Dissonance' Marmen Quartet 01:18 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) String Quartet no 14 in D minor, D.810 'Death and the Maiden' Chiaroscuro Quartet 01:58 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (author) An die Entfernte, D.765 (To one who is far away) Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (pianoforte) 02:01 AM Marianna Martines (1744-1812) Sinfonia in C major BBC Concert Orchestra, Johannes Wildner (conductor) 02:13 AM Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Trio for keyboard and strings in E major, H.15.28 Beaux Arts Trio 02:31 AM Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c.1620-1680) Vesperae solennes Gradus ad Parnassum, Concerto Palatino, Choralschola der Wiener Hofburgkapelle, Konrad Junghänel (director) 02:53 AM Hjalmar Borgstrøm (1864-1925) Violin Concerto in G major, Op 25 Eldbjørg Hemsing (violin), Argovia Philharmonic, Leo McFall (conductor) 03:26 AM Claude Debussy (1862-1918) L'isle joyeuse Roger Woodward (piano) 03:32 AM Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758) Quartet in F major for horn, oboe d'amore, violin and basso continuo, FWV N:F3 Les Ambassadeurs 03:39 AM George Walker (1922-2018) Lyric for Strings BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Alpesh Chauhan (conductor) 03:47 AM Jules August Demersseman (1833-1866) Italian Concerto in F major, Op 82 no 6 Kristina Vaculova (flute), Inna Aslamasova (piano) 03:59 AM Otto Nicolai (1810-1849) Fenton's aria "Horch, die Lerche singt im Hain" Roberto Sacca (tenor), L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Armin Jordan (conductor) 04:05 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 12 Variations on 'Ein Madchen oder Weibchen for cello and piano', Op 66 Antonio Meneses (cello), Menahem Pressler (piano) 04:15 AM Percy Grainger (1882-1961) To a Nordic Princess (bridal song) vers. piano Leslie Howard (piano) 04:22 AM Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Trio no 7 (Essercizii Musici) Camerata Köln, Michael Schneider (recorder), Rainer Zipperling (viola da gamba), Ghislaine Wauters (viola da gamba), Yasunori Imamura (theorbo), Sabine Bauer (organ) 04:31 AM Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Overture to the "King and the Charcoal Burner" (1874) Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Štefan Róbl (conductor) 04:39 AM Władysław Żeleński (1837-1921), Jan Maklakiewicz (arr.) 2 Choral Songs: Zaczarowana krolewna; Przy rozstaniu Polish Radio Choir, Marek Kluza (director) 04:45 AM Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Spring Song, Op 16 Kaija Saarikettu (violin), Raija Kerppo (piano) 04:54 AM George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op 3 no 1 Elar Kuiv (violin), Olev Ainomae (oboe), Estonian Radio Chamber Orchestra, Paul Mägi (conductor) 05:04 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Piano Sonata in C major, K.545 Young-Lan Han (piano) 05:14 AM Blagoje Bersa (1873-1934) Idila Op 25b (1902) Croatian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mladen Tarbuk (conductor) 05:21 AM Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) "Se l'aura spira"; "Voi partite, mio sole"… Gloria Banditelli (mezzo soprano), Guido Morini (harpsichord) 05:43 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Piano Concerto no 1 in E minor, Op 11 Dejan Lazić (piano), RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Rossen Milanov (conductor) 06:25 AM James MacMillan (b.1959) O Radiant Dawn BBC Singers, David Hill (conductor)

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    Artist
  2. 1.
    String Quartet no 33 in D major, Op 33 no 6, Hob.III:42 'Russian'
    String Quartet no 33 in D major, Op 33 no 6, Hob.III:42 'Russian'
    Joseph Haydn
  3. 2.
    String Quartet no 19 in C major, K.465 'Dissonance'
    String Quartet no 19 in C major, K.465 'Dissonance'
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  4. 3.
    String Quartet no 14 in D minor, D.810 'Death and the Maiden'
    String Quartet no 14 in D minor, D.810 'Death and the Maiden'
    Franz Schubert