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The American String Quartet

The Calidore String Quartet celebrates eight decades of the American string quartet, from Barber to Caroline Shaw, plus Charles Washington and Wynton Marsallis

The Calidore String Quartet celebrates eight decades of the American string quartet, from Barber's Adagio, to Caroline Shaw's Three Essays, including music by Charles Washington and Wynton Marsallis. Penny Gore presents.

12:31 AM
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
String Quartet no 1, Op 11
Calidore String Quartet

12:48 AM
Caroline Shaw (b.1982)
Three Essays
Calidore String Quartet

01:06 AM
Charles Washington (1965-)
Midnight Child
Calidore String Quartet

01:14 AM
Wynton Marsalis (b.1961)
String Quartet no 1, 'At the Octoroon Balls' - excerpts
Calidore String Quartet

01:36 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Andante from String Quartet no 3, Op 67
Calidore String Quartet

01:44 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op 95 'From the New World'
±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

02:26 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Unknown (orchestrator)
Waltz no 11 in B minor & Waltz no 12 in E major
Camerata Bern, Thomas Furi (conductor)

02:31 AM
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594)
Missa in duplicibus minoribus II
Maitrise de Garcons de Colmar, Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Ensemble Cantus Figuratus der Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Dominique Vellard (director)

03:05 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Gammelnorsk Romance met Variasjoner, Op 51
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor)

03:29 AM
Dario Castello (fl.1621-1629)
Sonata IV, for 2 violins and continuo
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (director)

03:38 AM
Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960)
North American square dance - suite for orchestra
Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor)

03:50 AM
Dora Pejacevic (1885-1923), Rainer Maria Rilke (lyricist)
Mädchengestalten, Op 42
Franziska Heinzen (soprano), Benjamin Mead (piano)

04:00 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Concerto in E flat major H.7e.1 for trumpet and orchestra
Gabor Boldoczki (trumpet), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor)

04:14 AM
Marcel Grandjany (1891-1975)
Rhapsodie pour la harpe (1921)
Rita Costanzi (harp)

04:24 AM
Selim Palmgren (1878-1951)
Exotic March
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, George de Godzinsky (conductor)

04:31 AM
Bernardo Storace (1637-1707)
Ciaccona
United Continuo Ensemble

04:37 AM
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
2 Finnlandische Volksweisen (Finnish folksong arrangements) for 2 pianos, Op 27
Erik T. Tawaststjerna (piano), Hui-Ying Liu (piano)

04:49 AM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Suite Champetre Op 98b
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Hannu Koivula (conductor)

04:56 AM
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Madrigal: "Altri canti d'Amor" à 6
Suzie Le Blanc (soprano), Kristina Nilsson (soprano), Daniel Taylor (counter tenor), Rodrigo del Pozo (tenor), Josep Cabre (baritone), Bernard Deletre (bass), Tragicomedia, Stephen Stubbs (conductor), Concerto Palatino, Bruce Dickey (conductor)

05:06 AM
Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)
Krakowiak
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jan Krenz (conductor)

05:11 AM
Gabriel Faure (1845 - 1924)
Nocturne no 1 in E flat minor, Op 33 No 1
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

05:19 AM
Hans Gal (1890-1987)
Serenade for string orchestra, Op 46
Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner (conductor)

05:35 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Quartet in E flat major, K.493
Paul Lewis (piano), Antje Weithaas (violin), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Patrick Demanga (cello)

06:03 AM
Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
Concerto for two violins and orchestra in B minor, Op 88
Igor Ozim (violin), Primoz Novsak (violin), RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Samo Hubad (conductor)

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6 hours

Broadcast

  • Friday 00:30

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