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Radio 3,27 Jan 2026,360 mins

Mystery: Bruckner's Eighth Symphony

Through the Night

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The WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne performs Bruckner's Eighth Symphony that the composer himself described as a 'mystery'. Penny Gore presents. 12:31 AM Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) Symphony no 8 in C minor WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Philippe Jordan (conductor) 01:50 AM Richard Wagner (1813-1883) 'Mogst du, mein kind' (Daland's aria from Act II Die Fliegende Hollander) Martti Talvela (bass), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jussi Jalas (conductor) 01:56 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Symphony no 41 in C major, K551, 'Jupiter' Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs (conductor) 02:31 AM Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) The Soldier's tale - suite arranged for clarinet, violin and piano Kaja Danczowska (violin), Michel Lethiec (clarinet), Yeol Eum Son (piano) 02:46 AM Max Reger (1873-1916) Variations and fugue on a theme of Mozart, Op 132 Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Philippe Bach (conductor) 03:18 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Symphony no 8 in F major, Op 93 BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) 03:44 AM Helena Winkelman (b.1974) Concerto for Two Recorders and Strings Camerata Variabile Basel, Helena Winkelman (conductor) 04:00 AM Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), orch. Jon Washburn Messe Basse Henriette Schellenberg (soprano), Vancouver Chamber Choir, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Jon Washburn (conductor) 04:10 AM Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715-1777) Concerto for trombone and orchestra in E flat major Warwick Tyrrell (trombone), Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor) 04:20 AM Dorothy Howell (1898-1982) Two Pieces for Muted Strings BBC Symphony Orchestra, Michael Collins (conductor) 04:31 AM Pierre de la Rue (1452-1518) Missa Sancto Job: Kyrie Orlando Consort 04:36 AM Gediminas Gelgotas (b.1986) Never Ignore the Cosmic Ocean Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic, Kristjan Järvi (conductor) 04:42 AM Georges Hüe (1858-1948) Phantasy vers. flute and piano Iveta Kundrátová (flute), Inna Aslamasova (piano) 04:50 AM Traditional, arr. Michael Hurst Ten Thousand Miles Away West Australian Symphony Orchestra, David Measham (conductor) 04:56 AM Henk Badings (1907-1987) Canamus, amici, canamus; Finnigan's wake Netherlands Chamber Choir, Uwe Gronostay (conductor) 05:04 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Rondo in C major for Two Pianos, Op 73 Soós-Haag Piano Duo (piano duo) 05:15 AM Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) Music for strings, trumpets and percussion Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Witold Rowicki (conductor) 05:34 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Piano Concerto no 1 in D minor, Op 15 Kasparas Uinskas (piano), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mário Košik (conductor) 06:23 AM Susan Spain-Dunk (1880-1962) Two Scottish Pieces for orchestra, Op 54 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Bell (conductor)

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    Artist
  2. 1.
    Symphony no 8 in C minor
    Symphony no 8 in C minor
    Anton Bruckner
  3. 2.
    "Mogst du, mein kind" (Daland's aria from Act II Die Fliegende Hollander)
    "Mogst du, mein kind" (Daland's aria from Act II Die Fliegende Hollander)
    Richard Wagner
  4. 3.
    Symphony No 41 in C, 'Jupiter'
    Symphony No 41 in C, 'Jupiter'
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart