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Radio 3,24 Feb 2026,360 mins

Mark Padmore and Julius Drake in Madrid

Through the Night

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The forest is a common motif in the work of Romantics: both as a beautiful idyll and as a frightening, mysterious place. Forests, and nature more generally, form the inspiration for this song recital from Madrid. John Shea presents. 12:31 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Im Frühling, D.882 Mark Padmore (tenor), Julius Drake (piano) 12:35 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) In der Fremde, Op 39 no 1 12:37 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Erstes Grün, from 12 Gedichte, Op 35 12:39 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Lust der Sturmnacht, from 12 Gedichte Op 35 12:41 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Der Lindenbaum, from Winterreise 12:46 AM Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Ich atmet' einen linden Duft, from Rückert-Lieder 12:49 AM Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Nature, the Gentlest Mother, from 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson 12:53 AM George Butterworth (1885-1916) Loveliest of trees, from 6 Songs from a Shropshire Lad 12:56 AM Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) At Day-Close in November, from Winter Words, Op 52 12:58 AM Tansy Davies (b.1973) Destroying Beauty Mark Padmore (tenor), Julius Drake (piano) 01:01 AM Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947) Le rossignol des lilas 01:03 AM Claude Debussy (1862-1918) L´ombre des arbres, from Ariettes oubliées 01:05 AM Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) The Auld Aik, from Who are These Children? Op 84 01:08 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Die Mutter Erde, D.788 01:11 AM Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Silent Noon, from The House of Life 01:15 AM Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979) The Tiger Mark Padmore (tenor), Julius Drake (piano) 01:19 AM Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) Prison, Op 83 no 1 01:21 AM Sally Beamish (b.1956) Hoopoe, from 4 Songs from Hafez 01:27 AM Clara Schumann (1819-1896) Am Strande 01:29 AM Charles Ives (1874-1954) The Housatonic at Stockbridge, from 114 Songs 01:33 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Die Mainacht, op 43 no 2 01:37 AM Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Betelgeuse, from 12 Humbert Wolfe Songs, Op 48 01:40 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Frühlingsglaube, D.686 Mark Padmore (tenor), Julius Drake (piano) 01:44 AM Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Klid (Silent woods), B182 Shauna Rolston (cello), Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor) 01:51 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Cantata no. 51 BWV.51 (Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen) Maria Keohane (soprano), Sebastian Philpott (trumpet), European Union Baroque Orchestra, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor) 02:07 AM Clara Schumann (1819-1896) Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 7 Alice Burla (piano), Swiss National Youth Orchestra, Mario Venzago (conductor) 02:31 AM Edward Rushton (b.1972) Comfort & Courage Hexagon Ensemble 02:46 AM Grace Williams (1906-1977) Symphony no 2 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) 03:27 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Piano Sonata no 12 in F major, K.332 Annie Fischer (piano) 03:42 AM Zygmunt Noskowski (1846-1909) The Steppe, Op 66 - symphonic poem Santander Orchestra, Lawrence Foster (conductor) 04:01 AM Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Funeral Sentences Grace Davidson (soprano), Alex Potter (countertenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass), Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe (director) 04:16 AM Louis Andriessen (1939-2021) Le voile du bonheur Vera Beths (violin), Vera Beths (vocalist), Reinbert de Leeuw (piano) 04:24 AM Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) 'L'Eraclito amoroso' for Soprano and continuo Musica Fiorita, Susanne Ryden (soprano), Rebeka Rusó (viola da gamba), Rafael Bonavita (theorbo), Daniela Dolci (harpsichord), Daniela Dolci (director) 04:31 AM Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847) Overture in C major Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Lionel Bringuier (conductor) 04:41 AM Felipe Lluch (c.1700-c.1750) Flute Sonata in D major La Guirlande 04:54 AM Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Gaspard de la nuit (Scarbo) Plamena Mangova (piano) 05:05 AM Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) Scheherazade - symphonic suite, Op 35 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares (conductor) 05:53 AM Marin Marais (1656-1728) Deuxieme Suite de Pieces en Trio in G minor La Petite Bande 06:15 AM Gustav Holst (1874-1934) St Paul's Suite, Op 29 no 2 Seoul Chamber Orchestra, Yong-Yun Kim (conductor)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Im Frühling, D.882
    Im Frühling, D.882
    Franz Schubert
  3. 2.
    In der Fremde, Op 39 no 1
    In der Fremde, Op 39 no 1
    Robert Schumann
  4. 3.
    Erstes Grün, from 12 Gedichte, Op 35
    Erstes Grün, from 12 Gedichte, Op 35
    Robert Schumann