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Radio 3,15 Jan 2026,360 mins

Mozart's Last Symphonies

Through the Night

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The WDR Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ádám Fischer, presents symphonies 39, 40 and 41 one after the other in this concert, performed in Cologne. The result is a brilliant dramatic arc of captivating fascination and power. John Shea presents. 12:31 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Symphony no 39 in E flat major, K.543 WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Ádám Fischer (conductor) 01:01 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Symphony no 40 in G minor, K.550 WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Ádám Fischer (conductor) 01:34 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Symphony no 41 in C major, K.551 'Jupiter' WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Ádám Fischer (conductor) 02:14 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), transc. Joseph Petric Adagio and rondo for glass harmonica/accordion, flute, oboe, vla & vcl, K617 Joseph Petric (accordion), Moshe Hammer (violin), Marie Bérard (violin), Douglas Perry (viola), David Hetherington (cello) 02:24 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Aria: 'O wie angstlich, o wie feurig' - from 'Die Entführung aus dem Serail' Michael Schade (tenor), Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw (conductor) 02:31 AM Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975) Cello Sonata in D minor, Op 40 Li-Wei (cello), Gretel Dowdeswell (piano) 03:02 AM Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) Symphony no 3, Op 27 'Song of the Night' Andrzej Lampert (tenor), Bavarian Radio Chorus, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Alexander Liebreich (conductor) 03:28 AM Giovanni Battista Bovicelli (c.1550-1597) Diminutionen on Palestrina's 'Io son ferito' for cornet and basso continuo Le Concert, William Dongois (director) 03:34 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Violin Concerto, Op 8 no 12, RV.178 Fabio Biondi (violin), Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director) 03:44 AM Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805-1900) 2 pieces caracteristiques, Op 25 Nina Gade (piano) 03:57 AM Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Pelléas et Mélisande - incidental music, Op 46 (excerpts) Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Kolbjørn Holthe (conductor) 04:08 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Fantasia in G major BWV.572 for organ Tomás Thon (organ) 04:16 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), arr. Duncan Craig Romance in F major, Op 50 (arr. Craig for viola and piano) Gyözö Máté (viola), Balázs Szokolay (piano) 04:24 AM Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) "Caro nome" Gilda's aria from Act 1, scene 2 of 'Rigoletto' Inese Galante (soprano), Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Aleksandrs Vilumanis (conductor) 04:31 AM Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594) Fundamenta ejus - motet for 4 voices Chorus of Swiss Radio, Lugano, Lorenzo Ghielmi (organ), Diego Fasolis (conductor) 04:36 AM Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Clair de lune (no 3 from Suite bergamasque for piano) Jane Coop (piano) 04:41 AM Claude Debussy (1862-1918) L'Isle joyeuse Jane Coop (piano) 04:47 AM Eivind Groven (1901-1977) Hjalarljod Overture, Op 38 WDR Funkhausorchester, Rasmus Baumann (conductor) 04:54 AM Arvo Pärt (b.1935) Fratres Tobias Feldmann (violin), Marianna Shirinyan (piano) 05:06 AM Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) White-flowering days (A Garland for the Queen), Op 37 no 8 BBC Singers, Bo Holten (conductor) 05:10 AM Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) Quartet for flute, viola and continuo in D major Les Adieux 05:27 AM Gerónimo Giménez (1854-1923) La Boda de Luis Alonso Tornado Guitar Duo (duo) 05:33 AM Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Holberg Suite, Op 40 Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Eivind Aadland (conductor) 05:55 AM Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Sonata for oboe and piano Roger Cole (oboe), Linda Lee Thomas (piano) 06:09 AM John Thomas (1826-1913) Grand Duet for two harps in E flat minor Myong-ja Kwan (harp), Hyon-son La (harp) 06:23 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Intermezzo in E flat major, Op 117 no 1 "Schlummerlied" Khatia Buniatishvili (piano)

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    Symphony no 39 in E flat major, K.543
    Symphony no 39 in E flat major, K.543
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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    Symphony no 40 in G minor, K.550
    Symphony no 40 in G minor, K.550
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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    Symphony no 41 in C major, K.551 'Jupiter'
    Symphony no 41 in C major, K.551 'Jupiter'
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart