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Orlando di Lasso: The song of the Sibyls

Ensemble Irini explore the mystical through Lasso's astonishingly chromatic Prophecies of the Sibyllines and Byzantine pieces dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

Ensemble Irini explore the mystical through Lasso's astonishingly chromatic Prophecies of the Sibyllines and Byzantine pieces dedicated to the Virgin Mary. They performed in the Church of Santes Creus, Catalunya, on the Feast of the Assumption. Jonathan Swain presents.

12:31 AM
Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Audi benigne conditor

12:36 AM
John Koukouzeles
Chaire Nimphi

12:40 AM
Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Excerpts from Prophetiae Sibyllarum

12:47 AM
Anonymous, arr. Lila Hajosi
Cheruvikon, himne dels querubins

12:53 AM
Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Excerpts from Prophetiae Sibyllarum

01:01 AM
Nectarios of Aegina (1846-1920), arr. Lila Hajosi
Agni Parthene - O Virgin Pure

01:06 AM
Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Excerpts from Prophetiae Sibyllarum

01:12 AM
Anonymous, arr. Lila Hajosi
Gnosin agnoston gnonai from the Akathist

01:16 AM
Anonymous, arr. Lila Hajosi
Polyeleos - Psalms 134 & 135

01:21 AM
Anonymous, arr. Lila Hajosi
Fragment of the Polyeleos

Ensemble Irini, Lila Hajosi (conductor)

01:23 AM
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Overture - Nabucco
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Alun Francis (conductor)

01:32 AM
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Va Pensiero chorus from Nabucco
Canadian Opera Company Chorus, Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw (conductor)

01:37 AM
Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722)
Biblical sonata for keyboard no 2 in G minor "Saul cured by David through music"
Luc Beausejour (harpsichord)

01:52 AM
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594)
Stabat Mater for 8 voices
Silvia Piccollo (soprano), Teresa Nesci (soprano), Marco Beasley (tenor), Furio Zanasi (bass), Paolo Crivellaro (organ), Alberto Rasi (viola da gamba), Theatrum Instrumentorum, Chorus of Swiss Radio, Lugano, Diego Fasolis (conductor)

01:58 AM
Mel Bonis (1858-1937)
Salome Op 100
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba (conductor)

02:03 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome, Op 54
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender (conductor)

02:13 AM
Mathurin Forestier (fl.1500-1535)
Agnus Dei (Missa 'Baises moy')
Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel (conductor)

02:18 AM
Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016)
A Requiem in our Time, Op 3
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska (conductor)

02:31 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Double Concerto in A minor for Violin and Cello, Op 102
Solve Sigerland (violin), Ellen Margrete Flesjo (cello), Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Per Kristian Skalstad (conductor)

03:06 AM
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
Noches en los jardines de Espana
Philip Pavlov (piano), Sofia Symphony Orchestra, Ivan Marinov (conductor)

03:29 AM
John Wilbye (1574-1638)
Draw on, sweet night (the second set of madrigals)
Ensemble Daedalus, Roberto Festa (director)

03:34 AM
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Trio sonata for flute, violin and continuo in B minor, Wq.143
Les Coucous Benevoles

03:44 AM
Gabriel Faure (1845 - 1924)
Nocturne in E minor, Op 107
Stefan Lindgren (piano)

03:51 AM
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Two Pieces for String Octet, Op 11
Helena Winkelman (violin), Camerata Variabile Basel

04:01 AM
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
El Sal贸n M茅xico
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

04:13 AM
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Silence and Music - madrigal for chorus
大象传媒 Singers, Bo Holten (conductor)

04:19 AM
Frederick Jacobi (1891-1952)
Fantasy for viola and piano
Cathy Basrak (viola), William Koehler (piano)

04:31 AM
Otto Nicolai (1810-1849)
Overture, The Merry Wives of Windsor
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)

04:40 AM
Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Scherzo in D minor, Op 10 no 1
Angela Cheng (piano)

04:45 AM
Ester Magi (1922-2021)
Duo rahvatoonis
Jaan 脮un (flute), Ulrika Kristian (violin)

04:48 AM
Ester Magi (1922-2021)
Bucolic
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Volmer (conductor)

04:57 AM
Lou Harrison (1917-2003)
Harp Suite
David Tannenbaum (guitar), William Winant (percussion), Scott Evans (percussion), Joel Davel (drums)

05:13 AM
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-c.1678)
O quam bonus es: motet for 2 voices
Cappella Artemisia

05:23 AM
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Cello Concerto no 1 in A minor, Op 33
Luka 艩uli膰 (cello), Slovenian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Shuntaro Sato (conductor)

05:44 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Sonata for flute, viola and harp
Felix Renggli (flute), Jurg Dahler (viola), Sarah O'Brien (harp)

06:02 AM
Francois Couperin (1668-1733)
Treizieme concert 脿 deux violes
Violes Esgales (duo)

06:12 AM
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op 34
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra, Dalia Stasevska (conductor)

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