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Radio 3,04 Mar 2026,360 mins

Haydn and Beethoven from the Takács Quartet

Through the Night

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Haydn's 'Sunrise' Quartet and Beethoven's 'Razumovsky' Op 59 no 1 Quartet performed by one of the world's most enduring quartets at the Barcelona String Quartet Biennale. Penny Gore presents. 12:31 AM Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) String Quartet no 63 in B flat major, Op 76 no 4, Hob III:78 'Sunrise' Takács Quartet 12:51 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) String Quartet no 7 in F major, Op 59 no 1 'Razumovsky' Takács Quartet 01:29 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Vivace, from 'String Quartet no 16 in F major, Op 135' Takács Quartet 01:33 AM Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Symphony no 6 in D, Hob. I:6 'Le matin' Soundeum Chamber Ensemble, Yacin Elbay (conductor) 01:56 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Adagio in E flat (WoO.43 No.2) for mandolin and piano Lajos Mayer (mandolin), Imre Rohmann (piano) 02:02 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Sonata for cello and piano no 2 in F major, Op 99 Christian Poltéra (cello), Martin Helmchen (piano) 02:31 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Cantata no 35 BWV.35 "Geist und Seele wird verwirret" Jadwiga Rappé (alto), Concerto Avenna, Andrzej Mysinski (conductor) 02:55 AM Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Harmonies poetiques et religieuses - 10 pieces for piano (excerpts) Steven Osborne (piano) 03:25 AM Joel Martinson (b.1960) Aria on a Chaconne for organ Jan Bokszczanin (organ) 03:29 AM Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Gigues - from Images for Orchestra BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor) 03:37 AM François Dufault (1604-1672), Honoré d'Ambruys (c. C17th) Pièce pour harpe (Dufaut); Air de cour “Le doux silence de nos bois" (d'Ambruys) Angélique Mauillon (harp), Marc Mauillon (tenor), Étienne Galletier (theorbo) 03:44 AM Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805-1900) 4 Caprices, Op 18:I (1835) Nina Gade (piano) 03:55 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Ah! perfido, Op 65 Rosamund Illing (soprano), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Esser (conductor) 04:08 AM Anonymous Folias de Espana Komalé Akakpo (cimbalom) 04:16 AM Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908) Concert fantasy on Carmen for violin and orchestra, Op 25 Julia Fischer (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green (conductor) 04:31 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Hungarian Melody in B minor, D.817 Schaghajegh Nosrati (piano) 04:35 AM Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Quartet in D minor, TWV.43:d2 Ensemble of the Eighteenth Century, Susanne Regel (conductor) 04:45 AM Victor Young (1899-1956) My foolish heart - song Gwilym Simcock (piano) 04:55 AM Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) In Nature's Realm (Overture), Op 91 Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd (conductor) 05:10 AM Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) 6 Metamorphoses after Ovid Owen Dennis (oboe) 05:23 AM Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909), arr. Ruggiero Ricci Recuerdos de la Alhambra Kerson Leong (violin) 05:28 AM Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) Antar - symphonic suite, Op 9 National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz (conductor) 06:00 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Quintet in E flat major K.452 for piano, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Kari Kriikku (clarinet), Per Hannisdahl (bassoon), Jonathan Williams (horn) 06:23 AM Jacobus Clemens non Papa (c.1510-1556) Carole magnus eras Netherlands Chamber Choir, Paul Van Nevel (conductor)

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    Artist
  2. 1.
    String Quartet no 63 in B flat major, Op 76 no 4, Hob III:78 'Sunrise'
    String Quartet no 63 in B flat major, Op 76 no 4, Hob III:78 'Sunrise'
    Joseph Haydn
  3. 2.
    String Quartet no 7 in F major, Op 59 no 1 'Razumovsky'
    String Quartet no 7 in F major, Op 59 no 1 'Razumovsky'
    Ludwig van Beethoven
  4. 3.
    Vivace, from 'String Quartet no 16 in F major, Op 135'
    Vivace, from 'String Quartet no 16 in F major, Op 135'
    Ludwig van Beethoven