The Danish National Vocal Ensemble pays tribute to St. Cecilia

In the Western world, Saint Cecilia has long been honoured as the Patron Saint of music and musicians. On her feast day in 2024, the Danish National Vocal Ensemble and Conductor Laureate Marcus Creed marked the occasion with a musical celebration in which music from the Renaissance met works from our own time. John Shea presents.

12:31 AM
Elliott Carter (1908-2012)
Musicians wrestle everywhere
Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Marcus Creed (conductor)

12:34 AM
Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)
Domine Jesu Christe qui cognoscis
Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Marcus Creed (conductor)

12:41 AM
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594)
Cantantibus organis
Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Marcus Creed (conductor)

12:49 AM
Rhona Clarke (b.1958)
A Song for St Cecilia's Day
Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Marcus Creed (conductor)

12:55 AM
Jacobus Gallus Carniolus (1550-1591)
Dum aurora finem daret
Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Marcus Creed (conductor)

12:59 AM
Ferdinando di Lasso (1560-1609)
Cecilia Virgo
Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Marcus Creed (conductor)

01:03 AM
Lars Johan Werle (1926-2001)
Orpheus
Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Marcus Creed (conductor)

01:06 AM
Gabriel Jackson (b.1962)
Cecilia Virgo
Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Marcus Creed (conductor)

01:14 AM
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Hymn to St Cecilia, Op 27
Anna Millmann (soprano), Christine Nonbo Andersen (soprano), Eva Wöllinger-Bengtsson (alto), Adam Riis (tenor), David McCune (bass), Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Marcus Creed (conductor)

01:27 AM
Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)
Musica Dei donum optimi
Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Marcus Creed (conductor)

01:31 AM
Friedrich Kuhlau (1786-1832)
Introduction et Variations Sur la Romance de l'Opera 'Euryanthe'
Duo Nanashi (duo)

01:44 AM
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Symphony no 3, Op 27 "Sinfonia espansiva"
Janne Berglund (soprano), Johannes Weisse (baritone), Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willén (conductor)

02:24 AM
Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805-1900), arr. P. Gunther // U. Teuber
Blomstre som en rosengard (Blooming like a rose garden)
Fionian Chamber Choir, Alice Granum (director)

02:31 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Violin Sonata no 3 in C major, BWV.1005
Vilde Frang Bjærke (violin)

02:55 AM
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Piano Sonata in B minor, S.178
Beatrice Rana (piano)

03:29 AM
Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
Viennese Clock and Entrance of the Emperor and His Courtiers (from 'Hary Janos')
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)

03:34 AM
Sigismondo d'India (c.1582-1629), Antonio Ongaro (author)
Fiume, ch'a l'onde tue (O river that invite the nymphs and shepherds)
Consort of Musicke, Evelyn Tubb (soprano), Mary Nichols (alto), Andrew King (tenor), Paul Agnew (tenor), Alan Ewing (bass)

03:41 AM
Antoni Haczewski (C.18th/19th)
Symphony in D major
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrzej Straszynski (conductor)

03:50 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
3 Lieder, arr. for cello and piano
Sol Gabetta (cello), Bertrand Chamayou (piano)

03:58 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Trio sonata in G minor, Op 2 no 5
Musica Alta Ripa

04:09 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
The Nutcracker suite, Op 71a (excerpts)
Kotaro Fukuma (piano)

04:19 AM
Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838)
Introduction et Air Suedois
Anna-Maija Korsimaa (clarinet), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor)

04:31 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Heidebild from Stimmungsbilder, Op 9 no 5
Ludmil Angelov (piano)

04:37 AM
Ruth Watson Henderson (b.1932)
Gloria for SSAA, brass quintet, timpani & percussion
Elmer Iseler Singers, Robert Venables (trumpet), Robert Devito (trumpet), Linda Broncesky (horn), Ian Cowie (trombone), Marc Bonang (tuba), Graham Hargrove (percussion), Nicolas Coulter (percussion), Lydia Adams (conductor)

04:43 AM
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Overture to the "King and the Charcoal Burner" (1874)
Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Štefan Róbl (conductor)

04:51 AM
Gustav Merkel (1827-1885)
Fantasie no 3 in D minor, Op 76
Jaap Zwart jr (organ)

05:00 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Trio for keyboard and strings in G major (H.15.25) 'Gypsy Rondo'
Grieg Trio

05:15 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo, K.584 (from 'Cosi fan tutte')
Russell Braun (baritone), Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw (conductor)

05:21 AM
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op 33
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Paolo Bortolameolli (conductor)

05:37 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Six Moments musicaux, D.780
Piotr Alexewicz (piano)

06:08 AM
Nino Rota (1911-1979)
Harp Concerto
Esther Peristerakis (harp), WDR Funkhausorchester, Rasmus Baumann (conductor)