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Radio 3,02 Mar 2026,360 mins

Esmé Quartet: Papa Haydn

Through the Night

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The young ensemble performs string quartets by Haydn, Kui Dong and Schumann in this concert from Barcelona. The programme includes Haydn's famously humorous quartet 'The Joke.' Penny Gore presents. 12:31 AM Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) String Quartet no 30 in E flat, Op 33 no 2 'The Joke' Esmé Quartet, Wonhee Bae (violin), Yuna Ha (violin), Dimitri Murrath (viola), Yeeun Heo (cello) 12:48 AM b. 1966 Spring Esmé Quartet 12:55 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) String Quartet no 3 in A, op 41 no 3 Esmé Quartet 01:27 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Io ti lascio, K245 Bryn Terfel (bass baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano) 01:32 AM Christopher Simpson (c.1605-1669) The Four Seasons - Spring Les Voix Humaines, Arparla 01:50 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Symphony No 4 in E minor, Op 98 Sinfonia Varsovia, Robert Treviño (conductor) 02:31 AM Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) Quartet for flute, viola and continuo in A minor, Wq 93, H537 Les Adieux, Andreas Staier (pianoforte), Wilbert Hazelzet (flute), Hajo Bäß (viola) 02:48 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Cantata: Ich habe genug, BWV.82a Raphael Höhn (tenor), Café Zimmermann 03:11 AM Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Metamorphosen Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Lovro von Matačić (conductor) 03:42 AM Doreen Carwithen (1922-2003) Sonatina for cello and piano Andrei Ioniță (cello), Lilit Grigoryan (piano) 03:53 AM Anonymous,Nicola Matteis (c. 1650-after 1713) Passages in Imitation of the Trumpet; 5 Marches from Playford's New Tunes Pedro Memelsdorff (recorder), Andreas Staier (harpsichord) 04:03 AM Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521) La deploration de Johan Okeghem Netherlands Chamber Choir, Paul Van Nevel (conductor) 04:08 AM Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942) Introduzione (Yankee Doodle Dandy) - No.1 from 2 Movements for string quartet Escher Quartet 04:15 AM Uuno Klami (1900-1961) Serenades joyeuses Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jussi Jalas (conductor) 04:22 AM Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) 4 Studies, Op 7 Nikita Magaloff (piano) 04:31 AM George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) 'Agrippina'; overture Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd (conductor) 04:38 AM Leonel Power (1370-1445) Salve Regina Hilliard Ensemble 04:45 AM Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) Saxophone Concerto, Op 109 Valentine Michaud (saxophone), CHAARTS Chamber Artists, Maximilian Hornung (conductor) 04:58 AM Larisa Vrhunc (b.1967) Between the Fingers Sound of Image ll RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Rossen Milanov (conductor) 05:08 AM Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) Psalm 116, from 'Angst der Hellen und Friede der Seelen' Cardinal Complex, Jonas Gassmann (conductor) 05:32 AM Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Piano Sonata in D major, H.XVI.33 Bart van Oort (fortepiano) 05:46 AM Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) Concerto for violin and horn in A major Agata Raatz (violin), Zora Slokar (horn), Berner Kammerorchester, Graziella Contratto (conductor) 06:15 AM Santiago de Murcia (1673-1739) 2 pieces from 'Codex de Saldívar' Xavier Díaz-Latorre (guitar), Pedro Estevan (percussion) 06:23 AM Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Last Spring, Op 33 no 2 Camerata Bern, Thomas Furi (leader)

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    Artist
  2. 1.
    String Quartet no 30 in E flat, Op 33 no 2 'The Joke'
    String Quartet no 30 in E flat, Op 33 no 2 'The Joke'
    Joseph Haydn
  3. 2.
    Spring
    Spring
    Kui Dong
  4. 3.
    String Quartet no 3 in A, op 41 no 3
    String Quartet no 3 in A, op 41 no 3
    Robert Schumann