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Kuhmo Chamber Music presents 'Christmas Dinner at the Brodskys' from Helsinki

Kuhmo Chamber Music recreate Christmas 1887 when Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Grieg dined together. Their chamber music is played together with arrangements of Finnish Christmas carols.

Kuhmo Chamber Music recreate Christmas 1887 when Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Grieg dined together. Their chamber music is played together with new arrangements of Finnish Christmas carols. Penny Gore presents.

12:31 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Vivace ma non troppo, from Violin Sonata no 1 in G major, Op 78
Minna Pensola (violin), Anna Laakso (piano)

12:42 AM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
En etsi valtaa loistoa - We ask for nothing rich or rare, Op 1 no 4
Beata Antikainen (cello), Anna Laakso (piano)

12:45 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Allegro agitato, from Cello Sonata in A minor, Op 36
Beata Antikainen (cello), Anna Laakso (piano)

12:55 AM
Lyyli Wartiovaara-Kallioniemi (1887-1970), arr. Minna Pensola
Tonttu - Tomten the House Gnome
Anna Laakso (narrator), Minna Pensola (violin)

12:58 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Variazione finale e coda from Piano Trio in A minor, Op 50
Antti Tikkanen (violin), Beata Antikainen (cello), Anna Laakso (piano)

01:06 AM
Traditional (Silesia), arr. Minna Pensola
Maa on niin kaunis (The earth is so beautiful)
Minna Pensola (violin), Antti Tikkanen (violin), Beata Antikainen (cello)

01:10 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Symphony no 1 in G minor, Op 13 'Winter daydreams'
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Pavel Semetov (conductor)

01:54 AM
Ilmari Hannikainen (1892-1955)
Ensilumi - First snow
Risto Kyro (piano)

01:58 AM
Boris Ord (1897-1961)
Adam lay ybounden - carol
Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir, John Rutter (conductor)

02:00 AM
Einar Englund (1916-1999)
The White Reindeer (Valkoinen puura), suite for orchestra
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Petri Sakari (conductor)

02:14 AM
Ivo Parac (1890-1954)
Andante amoroso for string quartet
Zagreb Quartet

02:21 AM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Finlandia, Op 26
大象传媒 Philharmonic, John Storgards (conductor)

02:31 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Act II of The Nutcracker, Op 71
大象传媒 Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

03:13 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
He shall feed his flock (Messiah)
Marita Kvarving Solberg (soprano), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ketil Haugsand (conductor)

03:20 AM
Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 7
Alice Burla (piano), Swiss National Youth Orchestra, Mario Venzago (conductor)

03:42 AM
Traditional German, arr. John Rutter
Still, still, still
Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir, John Rutter (conductor)

03:44 AM
Traditional
Three Carols (The Holly and the Ivy; Lord Jesus hath a Garden; Fantasy on "Come All Ye Shepherds")
Brass Consort Koln

03:53 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
2 Sonatinas WoO 43/1 and WoO 44/1
Avi Avital (mandolin), Shalev Ad-El (harpsichord)

04:01 AM
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-c.1678)
Laudate pueri - psalm
Cappella Artemisia, Maria Christina Cleary (harp), Francesca Torelli (theorbo), Bettini Hoffmann (gamba), Miranda Aureli (organ), Candace Smith (director)

04:10 AM
Petko Stainov (1896-1977)
A fir tree is bending
Vassil Arnaudov Sofia Chamber Choir, Theodora Pavlovitch (conductor)

04:13 AM
Josef Suk (1874-1935)
A Winter's tale, Op 9
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Vasata (conductor)

04:31 AM
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Hodie: A Christmas Cantata - Prologue
Hungarian Radio Choir, Hungarian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Tamas Vasary (conductor)

04:34 AM
Karl Goldmark (1830-1915)
Ein Wintermarchen (A winter's tale), Overture
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Ervin Lukacs (conductor)

04:44 AM
Anonymous
Jesu Cristes milde moder
Sequentia

04:50 AM
Traditional
Deck the Hall
Les chanteurs de Saint-Coeur-de-Marie, Richard Pare (harpsichord), Claude Gosselin (conductor)

04:52 AM
Dame Ethel Mary Smyth (1858-1944)
Concerto for Violin and Horn in A major: 1st mvt
Anna Agafia Egholm (violin), Tillmann Hofs (horn), Alice Burla (piano)

05:04 AM
Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709)
Concerto a quattro in forma Pastorale per il Santo Natale, Op 8 no 6
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

05:10 AM
Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
Introduction and variations on a Polish Noel
Michael Dudman (organ)

05:13 AM
Peter Cornelius (1824-1874), arr. Ivor Atkins
Three Kings
Russell Braun (baritone), Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir, John Rutter (conductor)

05:16 AM
Traditional
Noel Nouvelet
Zefiro Torna

05:19 AM
Vitazoslav Kubicka (b. 1953)
Winter Stories from the Forest, Op 251, symphonic suite
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Kokos (conductor)

05:33 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Piano Sonata no 2 in B flat minor, Op 35
Zheeyoung Moon (piano)

05:56 AM
Michael Haydn (1737-1806)
Cantata: Lauft, ihr Hirten allzugleich (Run ye shepherds, to the light)
Wolfgang Brunner (director), Salzburger Hofmusik

06:05 AM
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
A Ceremony of Carols, Op 28
Polyphonia, Ivelin Dimitrov (conductor), Ivelina Ivancheva (piano)

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