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Radio 3,09 Jan 2026,360 mins

Alexandre Tharaud plays Bach, Ravel and Dukas

Through the Night

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French pianist Alexandre Tharaud displays his wide repertoire in this concert from Barcelona. Starting with Bach - including some of his own transcriptions - he moves on to the 19th and 20th centuries with Ravel's Miroirs and his own piano transcription of Dukas' well known orchestral piece The Sorceror's Apprentice. John Shea presents. 12:31 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. Alexandre Tharaud Herr, unser Herrscher from St John Passion, BWV.245 Alexandre Tharaud (piano) 12:37 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750),arr. Alexandre Tharaud Siciliano, from Flute sonata in G minor, BWV.1031 Alexandre Tharaud (piano) 12:40 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Suite in A minor, BWV.818a Alexandre Tharaud (piano) 12:53 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. Alexandre Tharaud Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben, aria from 'St Matthew Passion, BWV.244 Alexandre Tharaud (piano) 12:59 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. Alexandre Tharaud Excerpts from Lute Suite in E minor, BWV.996 Alexandre Tharaud (piano) 01:11 AM Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Miroirs, M.43 Alexandre Tharaud (piano) 01:40 AM Paul Dukas (1865-1935), arr. Alexandre Tharaud The Sorcerer's Apprentice, symphonic scherzo Alexandre Tharaud (piano) 01:53 AM Marguerite Monnot (1903-1961) Hymne à l'amour (encore) Alexandre Tharaud (piano) 01:56 AM Norbert Glanzberg (1910-2001) Padam, Padam (encore) Alexandre Tharaud (piano) 01:59 AM Paul Dukas (1865-1935) Villanelle for horn and orchestra Esa Tukia (horn), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Adelson (conductor) 02:06 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Andante from Sonata no.2 in A minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1003 Anatol Toth (violin) 02:10 AM Paul Dukas (1865-1935) La Péri Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Domingo Hindoyan (conductor) 02:31 AM William Brade (1560-1630) Newe ausserlesne Paduanen und Galliarden Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (conductor) 02:56 AM Dieter Ammann (b.1962) Viola Concerto Nils Mönkemeyer (viola), Basel Symphony Orchestra, Fabien Gabel (conductor) 03:30 AM Johann Baptist Georg Neruda (1708-1780) Concerto for horn or trumpet and strings in E flat major Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet), Oslo Camerata, Stephan Barratt-Due (conductor) 03:46 AM Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999) Invocacion y danza Sean Shibe (guitar) 03:55 AM Helena Tulve (b.1972) And Death Shall Have No Dominion Helsinki Chamber Choir, Finnish Baroque Orchestra, Nils Schweckendiek (conductor) 04:09 AM Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) An der schonen, blauen Donau (The Blue Danube) - waltz, Op 314 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor) 04:20 AM Giovanni Picchi (1572-1643) Canzon seconda per violino e fagotto Ensemble Daimonion 04:25 AM Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Nos.13 & 14 from 'Hail, bright Cecilia' (Z.328) Chorus of Swiss Radio, Lugano, Instrumentalists of Swiss Radio, Lugano, Diego Fasolis (conductor) 04:31 AM Emilie Mayer (1812-1883) Overture to Faust, Op 46 German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin, Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) 04:41 AM John Thomas (1826-1913) The minstrel's adieu to his native land for harp Rita Costanzi (harp) 04:48 AM Hannah Eisendle (b. 1993) heliosis German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin, Manfred Honeck (conductor) 04:55 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Adagio and allegro in A flat major, Op 70 Lise Berthaud (viola), Adam Laloum (piano) 05:04 AM Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) Hamlet and Ophelia, Op 22 Orchestra of the Zurich University of the Arts, Marc Kissoczy (conductor) 05:19 AM Marcin Leopolita (d.1589) Missa Paschalis Barbara Janowska (soprano), Wanda Laddy (soprano), Robert Lawaty (counter tenor), Cezary Szyfman (baritone), Michał Straszewski (bass), Il Canto 05:38 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Symphony No.38 in D major (K.504), "Prague" Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) 06:06 AM Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) Piano Trio no 2 in A minor op 34 Sitkovetsky Trio

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Herr, unser Herrscher from St John Passion, BWV.245
    Herr, unser Herrscher from St John Passion, BWV.245
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  3. 2.
    Siciliano, from Flute sonata in G minor, BWV.1031
    Siciliano, from Flute sonata in G minor, BWV.1031
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. 3.
    Suite in A minor, BWV.818a
    Suite in A minor, BWV.818a
    Johann Sebastian Bach