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Radio 3,29 Dec 2025,360 mins

Julia Fischer plays Britten's Violin Concerto

Through the Night

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Julia Fischer performs a brilliant rendition of Britten's violin concerto: a virtuosic, challenging work and not often played. The Lucerne Symphony Orchestra play Shostakovich's Symphony no 11, subtitled 'The Year 1905' commemorating the storming of the Tsar's Palace in that year. Jonathan Swain presents. 12:31 AM Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Violin Concerto, Op 15 Julia Fischer (violin), Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Michael Sanderling (conductor) 01:04 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Sarabande from Partita no 2 in D minor, BWV.1004 Julia Fischer (violin) 01:07 AM Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975) Symphony no 11 in G minor, Op 193 'The Year 1905' Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Michael Sanderling (conductor) 02:12 AM Antal Doráti (1906-1988) La cigale et la fourmie, from 'Cinq pièces pour le hautbois, No.1' Eva Steinaa (oboe) 02:15 AM Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Lachrymae (reflections on a song of Dowland) arr. for viola and strings Rivka Golani (viola), Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor) 02:31 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Jesu, meine Freude - motet BWV.227 Choir of Latvian Radio, Aivars Kalejs (organ), Orchestra of Latvian Radio, Sigvards Kļava (conductor) 02:52 AM Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Les Biches, suite from the ballet (1939-1940) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor) 03:12 AM Hyacinthe Jadin (1776-1800) Sonata No.1 in E flat major, Op 3 Patrick Cohen (fortepiano) 03:31 AM Percy Grainger (1882-1961) Hill-Song No 1 Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon (conductor) 03:44 AM Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (1665-1734) Litaniae de providential divina Olga Pasiecznik (soprano), Marta Bobertska (soprano), Piotr Lykowski (counter tenor), Wojciech Parchem (tenor), Mirosław Borczyński (baritone), Sine Nomine Chamber Choir, Concerto Polacco, Marek Toporowski (conductor) 03:56 AM Thomas Adès (b.1971) Dawn - Chacony for orchestra at any distance Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Adès (conductor) 04:05 AM Johanna Müller-Hermann (1868-1941) Fünf Lieder, Op 2 (nos 1, 3, 5 & 2) Soraya Mafi (soprano), Simon Lepper (piano) 04:14 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. Igor Stravinsky Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 855; Improvisation Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Brad Mehldau (piano), Clark Rundell (conductor) 04:21 AM Marcel Tournier (1879-1951) Vers la source dans le bois Rita Costanzi (harp) 04:26 AM George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Aria 'As cheers the sun' from "Joshua", Act 2 Emma Kirkby (soprano), Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze (director) 04:31 AM Missy Mazzoli (b.1980) Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Pekka Kuusisto (conductor) 04:41 AM Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Serenata in vano, FS 68 (for clarinet, horn, bassoon, cello & double bass) Festival Ensemble of the Festival of the Sound, James Campbell (conductor) 04:48 AM Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) Pimen's Monologue from 'Boris Godunov' Robert Holl (bass), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Montgomery (conductor) 04:54 AM Philippe Racine (b.1958) Mais, hier… Felix Renggli (flute), Gilles Vonsattel (piano) 05:04 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Academic Festival Overture, Op 80 Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tamás Vásáry (conductor) 05:15 AM Karin Rehnqvist (b.1957) Take the Milky Way Helsinki Chamber Choir, Finnish Baroque Orchestra, Nils Schweckendiek (conductor) 05:29 AM Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op 42 Natalya Pasichnyk (piano) 05:46 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) String Quartet in E flat major, Op 127 Oslo Quartet

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Violin Concerto, Op 15
    Violin Concerto, Op 15
    Benjamin Britten
  3. 2.
    Sarabande from Partita no 2 in D minor, BWV.1004
    Sarabande from Partita no 2 in D minor, BWV.1004
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. 3.
    Symphony no 11 in G minor, Op 193 'The Year 1905'
    Symphony no 11 in G minor, Op 193 'The Year 1905'
    Dmitry Shostakovich