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Radio 3,02 Jan 2026,360 mins

Rasch and Beethoven

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Vladimir Jurowski conducts the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Beethoven's Symphony no 9, alongside a new work by the German composer, Torsten Rasch. Jonathan Swain presents. 12:31 AM Torsten Rasch (b.1965) Pataphor Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) 12:44 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op 125 'Choral' Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (soprano), Emily D'Angelo (mezzo soprano), Christopher Sokolowski (tenor), Christof Fischesser (bass), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Radio Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) 01:51 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Friedrich Schiller (author) Die Burgschaft, D.246 Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (pianoforte) 02:09 AM Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) La Forza del Destino, Overture Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor) 02:17 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Country dance no 1 (Allegro molto moderato) for wind quintet Yur-Eum Woodwind Quintet 02:20 AM Franz Liszt (1811-1886) A la Chapelle Sixtine (Miserere de Allegri et Ave verum corpus de Mozart) Jos Van Immerseel (piano) 02:31 AM Claude Debussy (1862-1918) String Quartet in G minor, Op 10 Quatuor Van Kuijk 02:57 AM François Couperin (1668-1733) Pieces de clavecin: ordre no 8 in B minor Rosalind Halton (harpsichord) 03:30 AM Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594) Missa sine nomine Silvia Piccollo (soprano), Annemieke Cantor (alto), Marco Beasley (tenor), Daniele Carnovich (bass), Diego Fasolis (conductor) 03:45 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Brandenburg concerto no 3 in G major, BWV.1048 European Union Baroque Orchestra, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor) 03:56 AM Kurt Weill (1900-1950) Surabaya Johnny from "Happy End" Helene Gjerris (mezzo soprano), Esbjerg Ensemble, Jorgen Lauritsen (director) 04:03 AM Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) St.Paul, Overture Op 36 Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Montgomery (conductor) 04:10 AM Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) From Jewish Life, B.54 Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Alexander Lonquich (piano) 04:20 AM Ester Mägi (1922-2021) Bucolic Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Volmer (conductor) 04:31 AM Johann Christoph Pezel (1639-1694) Four Intradas for brass Hungarian Brass Ensemble 04:38 AM Jean Françaix (1912-1997) Serenade for small orchestra Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian (director) 04:47 AM Leonardo de Lorenzo (1875-1962) Capriccio brillante for 3 flutes, Op 31 Vladislav Brunner Sr. (flute), Juraj Brunner (flute), Milan Brunner (flute) 04:57 AM Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) Sinfonia in D major, Wq.176 Arte dei Suonatori, Marcin Świątkiewicz (harpsichord) 05:08 AM John Ansell (1874-1948) Nautical Overture West Australian Symphony Orchestra, David Measham (conductor) 05:16 AM Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Sonata in F minor TWV.41:f1 for bassoon and continuo Luka Mitev (bassoon), Helena Kosem Kotar (piano) 05:26 AM Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) Guitar Concerto Łukasz Kuropaczewski (guitar), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, José Maria Florêncio (conductor) 05:46 AM Michael Tippett (1905-1998) Five Spirituals from 'A Child of our Time' for chorus BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor) 05:58 AM Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Symphony no 92 in G major, H.1.92 'Oxford' Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Peeter Lilje (conductor) 06:26 AM Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) Nocturne for flute and piano Valentinas Gelgotas (flute), Audrone Kisieliute (piano)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Pataphor
    Pataphor
    Torsten Rasch
  3. 2.
    Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op 125 'Choral'
    Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op 125 'Choral'
    Ludwig van Beethoven
  4. 3.
    Die Burgschaft, D.246
    Die Burgschaft, D.246
    Franz Schubert