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Radio 3,20 Feb 2026,360 mins

Handel from Budapest

Through the Night

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Handel's Dixit Dominus, Nisi Dominus and Salve Regina performed by soloists with the Hungarian Radio Chorus and Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in the Matthias Church, Budapest. John Shea presents. 12:31 AM George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Nisi Dominus, HWV.238 Nóra Ducza (soprano), Alíz Ballabás (soprano), József Csapó (counter tenor), Attila Sebők (tenor), Szabolcs Hámori (bass), Hungarian Radio Chorus, Budapest, Zoltán Pad (director), Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest, Václav Luks (conductor) 12:43 AM George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Salve Regina, HWV.241 Nóra Ducza (soprano), Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest, Václav Luks (conductor) 12:55 AM George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Dixit Dominus in G minor, HWV.232 Nóra Ducza (soprano), Alíz Ballabás (soprano), József Csapó (counter tenor), Attila Sebők (tenor), Szabolcs Hámori (bass), Hungarian Radio Chorus, Budapest, Zoltán Pad (director), Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest, Václav Luks (conductor) 01:28 AM George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), arr. Federico Colli Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa, from 'Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno' Federico Colli (piano) 01:31 AM George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Flute Sonata in B minor, HWV 367b Sharon Bezaly (flute), Terence Charlston (harpsichord), Charles Medlam (viola da gamba) 01:45 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Partita for keyboard no 6 in E minor, BWV.830 Ilze Graubina (piano) 02:17 AM Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Georg Muffat (1653-1704) Trio Sonata no 12 'Ciacona' (Corelli) & Passacaglia from Sonata no 5 (Muffat) Stockholm Antiqua 02:31 AM Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) Symphonie Fantastique, Op 14 Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Eggen (conductor) 03:24 AM Alec Wilder (1907-1978) Suite no 1 for tuba and piano 'Effie Suite' Saruschan Aghamiri (tuba), Shih-Yu Tang (piano) 03:31 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Quartet for flute and strings in A major, K.298 Joanna G'froerer (flute), Martin Beaver (violin), Pinchas Zukerman (viola), Amanda Forsyth (cello) 03:42 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Friedrich Schiller (author) Die Gotter Griechenlands, D.677b Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (pianoforte) 03:47 AM Fini Henriques (1867-1940) Air for string orchestra Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Børge Wagner (conductor) 03:54 AM Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c.1620-1680) Suite no 2 in D major Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin), Rosanne Hunt (cello), Linda Kent (harpsichord) 04:00 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) 2 Nocturnes for piano, Op 62 Yulianna Avdeeva (piano) 04:13 AM Johan Svendsen (1840-1911) Romance for violin & orchestra Op 26 in G major arr. for violin & choir Borisas Traubas (violin), Polifonija (Lithuanian State Chamber Choir), Sigitas Vaiciulionis (conductor) 04:22 AM Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806-1826) Los Esclavos Felices - overture Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor) 04:31 AM Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) Magnificat BuxWV Anh. I Marieke Steenhoek (soprano), Miriam Meyer (soprano), Bogna Bartosz (contralto), Marco van de Klundert (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Amsterdam Baroque Chorus, Ton Koopman (conductor) 04:38 AM Charles Gounod (1818-1893) Overture to Mireille Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Dohnányi (conductor) 04:46 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 12 Variations on 'Ein Madchen oder Weibchen for cello and piano', Op 66 Antonio Meneses (cello), Menahem Pressler (piano) 04:56 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV.1048 Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (artistic director) 05:10 AM Jan Sandström (b.1954) Surge, aquilo for 16 voices Erik Westberg Vocal Ensemble 05:17 AM Lepo Sumera (1950-2000) Pala aastast 1981 (A Piece from 1981) Kadri-Ann Sumera (piano) 05:25 AM Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Gammelnorsk Romance met Variasjoner, Op 51 Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor) 05:50 AM Antoine Reicha (1770-1836) Oboe Quintet in F major, Op 107 Les Adieux 06:18 AM Ruth Gipps (1921-1999) Jane Grey Fantasy, Op 15 Scott Dickinson (viola), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Teresa Riveiro Bohm (conductor)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Nisi Dominus, HWV.238
    Nisi Dominus, HWV.238
    George Frideric Handel
  3. 2.
    Salve Regina, HWV.241
    Salve Regina, HWV.241
    George Frideric Handel
  4. 3.
    Dixit Dominus in G minor, HWV.232
    Dixit Dominus in G minor, HWV.232
    George Frideric Handel