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Grieg, Schumann and Mendelssohn from Switzerland

Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes is the soloist in Grieg's Piano Concerto, performed alongside Schumann's 2nd symphony and Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture.

Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes is the soloist in Grieg's Piano Concerto, performed with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä. Schumann's 2nd symphony and Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture complete the programme. Jonathan Swain presents.

12:31 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
The Hebrides - overture in B minor, Op 26 'Fingal's Cave'
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Klaus Makela (conductor)

12:41 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Klaus Makela (conductor)

01:10 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Norwegian, no 2 from 'Lyric Pieces', Op 54
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

01:14 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Symphony no 2 in C major, Op 61
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Klaus Makela (conductor)

01:52 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
The Last Spring, from 'Two Elegiac Melodies', Op 34
Eldbjorg Hemsing (violin)

01:56 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Piano Trio in C minor
Gilles Vonsattel (piano), Irene Abrigo (violin), Jurg Dahler (viola)

02:13 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sextet in E flat for wind, Op 71
Markus Weidmann (bassoon), Alexander Bader (clarinet), Stefan de Leval Jezierski (horn), Carlotta Brendel (bassoon), Astrid den Daas (clarinet), Pauline Zahno (horn)

02:31 AM
Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758)
Overture à due chori in B flat
Cappella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde (conductor)

02:55 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Six Epigraphes Antiques
Wyneke Jordans (piano), Leo van Doeselaar (piano)

03:11 AM
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
The Lark Ascending
Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Basel Symphony Orchestra, Ivor Bolton (conductor)

03:27 AM
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927)
Florez and Blanzeflor, Op 3
Peter Mattei (baritone), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor)

03:35 AM
Arcangelo Califano (fl.1700-1750)
Sonata for 2 oboes, bassoon and keyboard in C major
Ensemble Zefiro

03:45 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Piano Sonata in E minor, H.16.34
Ingrid Fliter (piano)

03:56 AM
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Gloria in excelsis Deo, SV.258
Collegium Vocale 1704, Collegium 1704, Vaclav Luks (conductor)

04:08 AM
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
The Perfect Fool, Op 39, ballet music
Argovia Philharmonic, Douglas Bostock (conductor)

04:20 AM
Anonymous
Greensleeves, to a Ground with Divisions
Elizabeth Wallfisch (baroque violin), Linda Kent (harpsichord), Rosanne Hunt (cello)

04:25 AM
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
The Blue Bird (from 8 Partsongs, Op 119 no 3)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

04:31 AM
Tadeusz Baird (1928-1981)
Giocoso Overture
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra Katowice, Jerzy Swoboda (conductor)

04:37 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
2 pieces for cello & piano, Op 2
Monika Leskovar (cello), Ivana Svarc-Grenda (piano)

04:46 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Oboe Concerto in G minor
Hans-Peter Westermann (oboe), Camerata Koln

04:56 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata in D major, K311
Mateusz Borowiak (piano)

05:06 AM
Alexis Contant (1858-1918)
L'Aurore - Symphonic Poem (1912)
Orchestre Metropolitaine, Gilles Auger (conductor)

05:19 AM
Arvo Part (1935-)
Fratres
Petr Nouzovsky (cello), Yukie Ichimura (piano)

05:32 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Nine songs with orchestra:
Romanze (no 3b), from Rosamunde, D.797; Die Forelle, D.550 (orch. Benjamin Britten); Gretchen am Spinnrade, D.118 (orch. Max Reger); Du bist die Ruh’, D.776 (orch. Anton Webern); An Silvia, D.891 (orch. Robert Schollum); Nacht und Träume, D.827 (orch. Max Reger); Im Abendrot, D.799 (orch. Max Reger); Erlkönig, D.328 (orch. Max Reger); An die Musik, D.547 (orch. Max Reger)
Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo soprano), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Kolbjorn Holthe (conductor)

06:05 AM
Antonio Rosetti (c.1750-1792)
Horn Concerto in D minor, C 38
Radek Baborak (french horn), Prague Chamber Orchestra, Antonin Hradil (conductor)

06:27 AM
Bosse Nordin (b.1971)
Schottische
Young Danish String Quartet

6 hours

Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides - overture in B minor, Op 26 'Fingal's Cave'

    Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
    • CHSRF.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
    • CHSRF.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian, no 2 from 'Lyric Pieces, Op 54'

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • CHSRF.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony no 2 in C major, Op 61

    Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
    • CHSRF.
  • Edvard Grieg

    The Last Spring, from 'Two Elegiac Melodies, Op 34'

    Performer: Eldbjorg Hemsing.
    • CHSRF.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio in C minor

    Performer: Irene Abrigo. Performer: Jürg Dähler. Performer: Gilles Vonsattel.
    • CHSRF.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sextet in E flat for wind, Op 71

    Performer: Markus Weidmann. Performer: Alexander Bader. Performer: Stefan de Leval Jezierski. Performer: Carlotta Brendel. Performer: Astrid den Daas. Performer: Pauline Zahno.
    • CHSRF.
  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Overture à due chori in B flat

    Ensemble: Cappella Coloniensis. Conductor: Hans-Martin Linde.
    • DEWDR.
  • Claude Debussy

    Six Epigraphes Antiques

    Performer: Wyneke Jordans. Performer: Leo van Doeselaar.
    • NLNOS.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra Basel. Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra Basel. Conductor: Ivor Bolton. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.
    • CHSRF.
  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Florez and Blanzeflor, Op 3

    Singer: Peter Mattei. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • SESR.
  • Arcangelo Califano

    Sonata for 2 oboes, bassoon and keyboard in C major

    Ensemble: Ensemble Zefiro.
    • DEWDR.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in E minor, H.16.34

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter.
    • GB´óÏó´«Ã½.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Gloria in excelsis Deo

    Choir: Collegium Vocale 1704. Orchestra: Collegium 1704. Conductor: Václav Luks.
    • PLPR.
  • Gustav Holst

    The Perfect Fool, Op 39, ballet music

    Orchestra: Argovia Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Douglas Bostock.
    • CHSRF.
  • Anon.

    Greensleeves, to a Ground with Divisions

    Performer: Elizabeth Wallfisch. Performer: Linda Kent. Performer: Rosanne Hunt.
    • AUABC.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Blue Bird

    Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • GB´óÏó´«Ã½.
  • Tadeusz Baird

    Giocoso Overture

    Orchestra: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Swoboda.
    • PLPR.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    2 pieces for cello & piano, Op 2

    Performer: Monika Leskovar. Performer: Ivana Svarc-Grenda.
    • HRHRT.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Oboe Concerto in G minor

    Performer: Hans-Peter Westermann. Ensemble: Camerata Köln.
    • DEWDR.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in D major, K311

    Performer: Mateusz Borowiak.
    • SKRTVS.
  • Alexis Contant

    L'Aurore - Symphonic Poem (1912)

    Orchestra: Orchestre Metropolitaine. Conductor: Gilles Auger.
    • CACBC.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Fratres

    Performer: Petr Nouzovský. Performer: Yukie Ichimura.
    • SKSR.
  • Franz Schubert

    Nine songs with orchestra

    Singer: Marianne Beate Kielland. Orchestra: Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Kolbjørn Holthe.
    • NONRK.
  • Antonio Rosetti

    Horn Concerto in D minor, C 38

    Performer: Radek Baborák. Orchestra: Prague Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Antonín Hradil.
    • CZCR.
  • Bosse Nordin

    Schottische

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • DKDR.

Broadcast

  • Thu 9 Jan 2025 00:30

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