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Radio 3,22 Feb 2026,360 mins

Brahms Symphony No 3 at the BBC Proms

Through the Night

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BBC Proms performance from 2024 that includes Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Ryan Wigglesworth. Leading international mezzo-soprano Alice Coote lends her glowing voice to Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder, after a symphony by Brahms that is both menacing and mellifluous. John Shea presents. 12:31 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Symphony no 3 in F major, Op 90 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor) 01:07 AM Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) Op 4 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor) 01:35 AM Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Kindertotenlieder Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor) 02:00 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Impromptu No 2 in E Flat, D899 Rudolf Buchbinder (piano) 02:05 AM Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) String Quartet in G minor, Op 20, No 3 Quatuor Mosaïques 02:24 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 12 Ecossaises (D.299) Ralf Gothoni (piano) 02:31 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Mass in C major, K.317 'Coronation' Arianna Venditelli (soprano), Emilie Renard (mezzo-soprano), Rupert Charlesworth (tenor), Marcell Bakonyi (bass), Coro Maghini, Claudio Chiavazza (director), Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro De Marchi (conductor) 02:58 AM Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Piano Trio No 1 in D minor, Op 49 Tori Trio, Jin-kyong Jee (cello), Kyon-min Kim (violin), Sook-hyon Cho (piano) 03:29 AM Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594) Tu es Petrus - motet for 6 voices Silvia Piccollo (soprano), Emanuela Galli (soprano), Fabian Schofrin (alto), Marco Beasley (tenor), Daniele Carnovich (bass), Emanuela Galli (soloist), Diego Fasolis (conductor) 03:35 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto in C minor for treble recorder (RV.441) Michael Schneider (recorder), Camerata Köln 03:46 AM Max Bruch (1838-1920) Kol Nidrei, Op 47 Shauna Rolston (cello), Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor) 03:58 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Pastorella in F (BWV.590) Hans van Nieuwkoop (organ) 04:09 AM Flor Alpaerts (1876-1954) Romanza for Violin and Orchestra Guido De Neve (violin), Vlaams Radio Orkest [Flemish Radio Orchestra], Michel Tabachnik (conductor) 04:16 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 9 Variations on 'Quant' e piu bello' by Paisiello for piano (WoO.69) Theo Bruins (piano) 04:22 AM Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Sonata no 9 for 2 violins and continuo in F major (Z.810) Simon Standage (violin), Agata Sapiecha (violin), Marcin Zalewski (viola da gamba), Lilianna Stawarz (harpsichord) 04:31 AM Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) Overture to L'Italiana in Algeri (Italian Girl in Algiers) Capella Coloniensis, Gabriele Ferro (conductor) 04:39 AM Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Sonata for cello and piano in D minor Ola Karlsson (cello), Lars David Nilsson (piano) 04:51 AM Leokadiya Kashperova (1872-1940) Night BBC Singers, Hilary Campbell (conductor) 04:54 AM Albert Moeschinger (1897-1985) Quintet on Swiss folksongs for wind, Op 53 La Strimpellata Bern 05:14 AM Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) 'Sabato' from 'Pyrmonter Kurwoche', TWV 42:g3 Albrecht Rau (violin), Heinrich Rau (viola), Clemens Malich (cello), Wolfgang Hochstein (harpsichord) 05:22 AM Gertrude van den Bergh (1793-1840) Rondeau, Op 3 Frans van Ruth (piano) 05:29 AM Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704) Six Rosary Sonatas Daniel Sepec (violin), Hille Perl (viola da gamba), Michael Behringer (harpsichord), Michael Behringer (organ), Lee Santana (theorbo) 06:09 AM Dag Wiren (1905-1986) String Quartet no.2, Op.9 Saulesco Quartet

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Symphony no 3 in F major, Op 90
    Symphony no 3 in F major, Op 90
    Johannes Brahms
  3. 2.
    Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) Op 4
    Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) Op 4
    Arnold Schoenberg
  4. 3.
    Kindertotenlieder
    Kindertotenlieder
    Gustav Mahler