100 years of the Berlin Radio Chorus

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)