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The Sound of the North

The St Gallen Symphony Orchestra is joined by violinist Henning Kraggerud for a concert of Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic music. Presented by Jonathan Swain.

The St Gallen Symphony Orchestra is joined by violinist Henning Kraggerud for a concert of Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic music. Presented by Jonathan Swain.

12:31 AM
Niels Gade (1817-1890)
Echoes of Ossian, Op 1
St Gallen Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrenas (conductor)

12:45 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), arr. Henning Kraggerud and Bernt Simen Lund
Violin Sonata no 3 in C minor, Op 45 arr for violin and orchestra
Henning Kraggerud (violin), St Gallen Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrenas (conductor)

01:09 AM
Henning Kraggerud (b.1973)
Improvisation
Henning Kraggerud (violin)

01:14 AM
Anna Thorvaldsdottir (b.1977)
Aeriality
St Gallen Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrenas (conductor)

01:28 AM
Niels Gade (1817-1890)
Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op 5 'On Sj酶lund鈥檚 Beautiful Plains'
St Gallen Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrenas (conductor)

02:01 AM
Franz Berwald (1796-1868)
Septet in B flat major
Niklas Andersson (clarinet), Henrik Blixt (bassoon), Hans Larsson (horn), Jannica Gustafsson (violin), Hakan Olsson (viola), Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello), Maria Johansson (double bass)

02:25 AM
Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935)
Triumphal Entry of the Boyars
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor)

02:31 AM
Johannes Ockeghem (1410-1497)
Missa prolationum
Hilliard Ensemble, Paul Hillier (director)

03:05 AM
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)
Caucasian Sketches - orchestral suite, Op 10
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor)

03:27 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Variations in E major on a German National Air
Ludmil Angelov (piano)

03:35 AM
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Orpheus - symphonic poem S.98 for orchestra
Hungarian State Orchestra, Janos Ferencsik (conductor)

03:47 AM
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
Violin Sonata no 6 in C minor
Daniel Sepec (violin), Hille Perl (viola da gamba), Lee Santana (theorbo), Michael Behringer (organ)

04:00 AM
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis for double string orchestra
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)

04:18 AM
Francesco Corbetta (1615-1681)
Folias
Simone Vallerotonda (guitar)

04:25 AM
Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872)
Mazurka from the opera 'Halka'
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Szymon Kawalla (conductor)

04:31 AM
Antonio Soler (1729-1783)
Fandango
Fredrik From (violin), Benjamin Scherer Questa (violin), Teodoro Bau (viola d'arco), Hager Hanana (cello), Joanna Boslak-Gorniok (harpsichord), Dagmara Kapczy艅ska (harpsichord), Gwennaelle Alibert (harpsichord), Bolette Roed (recorder), Komale Akakpo (dulcimer)

04:38 AM
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Quartet for flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon no 6 in F major
Vojtech Samec (flute), Jozef Luptacik (clarinet), Jozef Illes (french horn), Frantisek Machats (bassoon)

04:49 AM
Dora Pejacevic (1885-1923), Rainer Maria Rilke (author)
Liebeslied, Op 39
Katia Markotich (mezzo soprano), HRT Symphony Orchestra, Mladen Tarbuk (conductor)

04:55 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Concerto for violin and string orchestra no 1, BWV.1041, in A minor
Sigiswald Kuijken (violin), La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken (director)

05:09 AM
Nicolas Gombert (c.1495-c.1560)
Media vita in morte sumus a6
大象传媒 Singers, Bo Holten (conductor)

05:16 AM
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
Lyric poem in D flat major, Op 12
West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Verbitsky (conductor)

05:27 AM
Guillaume Tessier (fl.1550-1600)
In a grove most rich of shade - from "A Musicall Banquet"
Paul Agnew (tenor), Christopher Wilson (lute)

05:30 AM
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Piano Concerto, Op 13
Robert Leonardy (piano), Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (conductor)

06:03 AM
Valborg Aulin (1860-1928)
Quartet for strings in F major
Tale String Quartet

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