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Radio 3,25 Dec 2025,360 mins

Marin Alsop conducts the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Through the Night

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Colin Currie plays James MacMillan's Concerto for Percussion "Veni, Veni, Emmanuel" with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice. Marin Alsop leads the orchestra in Schumann's 3rd symphony. Jonathan Swain presents. 12:31 AM Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004) Christmas Overture Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Marin Alsop (conductor) 12:37 AM Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Fantasia on Greensleeves Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Marin Alsop (conductor) 12:43 AM James MacMillan (b.1959) Veni, Veni, Emmanuel - Concerto for percussion and orchestra Colin Currie (percussion), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Marin Alsop (conductor) 01:13 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Symphony no 3 in E flat, Op 97 'Rhenish' Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Marin Alsop (conductor) 01:44 AM Christopher Simpson (c.1605-1669) The Four Seasons - Winter Les Voix Humaines 02:00 AM Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Hodie - A Christmas Cantata - Prologue Hungarian Radio Choir, Hungarian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Tamás Vásáry (conductor) 02:04 AM Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) Variations on "Adeste Fideles" Tong-Soon Kwak (organ) 02:12 AM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Dance of the Jesters, extract The Snow Maiden, Op 12 Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic, Kristjan Järvi (conductor) 02:17 AM Kaspar Förster (1616-1673) Ah, peccatores graves Marcin Zalewski (bass viol), Macin Skotnicki (flute), Agata Sapiecha (violin), Dirk Snellings (bass), Olga Pasiecznik (soprano), Il Tempo Ensemble 02:25 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856), transc. Franz Liszt Widmung S.566, transcribed for piano Zheeyoung Moon (piano) 02:31 AM Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725), Silvio Stampiglia (author) Cinque Profeti – Christmas Cantata Barbara Schlick (soprano), Heike Hallaschka (soprano), Kai Wessel (alto), Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Michael Schopper (bass), Vokalensemble La Stagione, Michael Schneider (director) 03:31 AM André Jolivet (1905-1974) Pastorale de Noël Andrea Kollé (flute), Maria Wildhaber (bassoon), Sarah Verrue (harp) 03:43 AM Bernat Vivancos (b.1973) A Child is born Latvijas Radio Koris, Sigvards Kļava (conductor) 03:52 AM Traditional Three Carols Brass Consort Köln 04:01 AM Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) Jubilate Domino, omnis terra, BuxWV.64 Bogna Bartosz (contralto), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman (conductor) 04:09 AM Keith Jarrett (b.1945), arr. François Vallières The Köln Concert - Part IIc Quatuor Classica 04:16 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Nur ein wink von seinen Händchen, from Christmas Oratorio, part 6 (BWV.248) Marita Kvarving Sølberg (soprano), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ketil Haugsand (conductor) 04:20 AM Mirko Krajči (b.1968) Four Dances from the ballet 'Don Juan' (2007) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mirko Krajči (conductor) 04:28 AM Boris Ord (1897-1961) Adam lay ybounden - carol Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir, John Rutter (conductor) 04:31 AM Károly Goldmark (1830-1915) Ein Wintermarchen (A winter's tale) - Overture Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Ervin Lukács (conductor) 04:40 AM George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) For unto us a child is born - from Messiah Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Orchestra, Ivars Taurins (conductor) 04:45 AM Claude Debussy (1862-1918) The Snow is Dancing - from Children's Corner Roger Woodward (piano) 04:47 AM Mel Tormé,Irving Berlin (1888-1989),Hugh Martin (1944-2011), arr. Howard Cable Christmas Medley Louis Quilico (baritone), Gino Quilico (baritone), Toronto Children's Chorus, Judy Loman (harp), Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Jean Ashworth Bartle (conductor) 04:54 AM Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Traumerei am Kamin: Symphonic interlude no.2 from Intermezzo, Op 72 Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor) 05:01 AM Anna Clyne (1980-) In thy Beauty Helsinki Chamber Choir, Finnish Baroque Orchestra, Nils Schweckendiek (conductor) 05:08 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto for 2 trumpets and orchestra in C major, RV.537 Anton Grčar (trumpet), Stanko Arnold (trumpet), RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Marko Munih (conductor) 05:16 AM Nigel Westlake (b.1958) Winter in the Forgotten Valley Guitar Trek, Timothy Kain (guitar), Fiona Walsh (guitar), Richard Strasser (guitar), Peter Constant (guitar) 05:28 AM Andrew Ford (b.1957) Wassails and Lullabies Anne Cooke (soprano), Matthew Baker (bass), Ian Cleworth (percussion), Rebecca Lagos (percussion), Brian Nixon (percussion), Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, Antony Walker (conductor) 05:47 AM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Act II of The Nutcracker – complete ballet (Op.71) BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Christmas Overture
    Christmas Overture
    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
  3. 2.
    Fantasia on Greensleeves
    Fantasia on Greensleeves
    Ralph Vaughan Williams
  4. 3.
    Veni, Veni, Emmanuel - Concerto for percussion and orchestra
    Veni, Veni, Emmanuel - Concerto for percussion and orchestra
    James MacMillan