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Verdi's Requiem from Cologne

Performed by the WDR Radio Choir, reinforced by the Cologne Opera Choir, with the G眉rzenich Orchestra Cologne and internationally renowned soloists, conducted by Michele Mariotti.

Performed by the WDR Radio Choir, reinforced by the Cologne Opera Choir, with the G眉rzenich Orchestra Cologne and internationally renowned soloists. The conductor Michele Mariotti leads the musicians and the audience together through the drama, beauty, terror and redemption of Verdi's Requiem. Jonathan Swain presents.

12:31 AM
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Requiem
Eleonora Buratto (soprano), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Liparit Avetisyan (tenor), Giorgi Manoshvili (bass), WDR Chorus, Michael Alber (choirmaster), Cologne Opera Choir, Rustam Samedov (choirmaster), Gurzenich Orchestra, Cologne, Michele Mariotti (conductor)

01:59 AM
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
La Romanesca
Maria Cleary (harp)

02:05 AM
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
String Quartet in E minor
Vertavo Quartet

02:31 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata no 31 in A flat major, Op 110
Sergei Terentjev (piano)

02:53 AM
Iris Szeghy (b.1956)
Cello Concerto
Andrej Gal (cello), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marian Lejava (conductor)

03:20 AM
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Concerto for trombone and military band in B flat major
Tibor Winkler (trombone), Chamber Wind Orchestra, Zdenek Machacek (conductor)

03:32 AM
Elisabeth Kuyper (1877-1953)
Der Pfeil und das Lied; Marien Lied; Ich komme Heim (Op 17 nos 1, 2 & 3)
Irene Maessen (soprano), Frans van Ruth (piano)

03:39 AM
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Chorales: 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland', BuxWV.211
Bernard Lagace (organ)

03:49 AM
Uuno Klami (1900-1961)
Serenades joyeuses
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jussi Jalas (conductor)

03:56 AM
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Sonata for oboe and piano
Roger Cole (oboe), Linda Lee Thomas (piano)

04:10 AM
Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Omnes de Saba venient - motet for 8 voices
Montreal Early Music Studio, Christopher Jackson (director)

04:12 AM
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c.1620-1680)
Sonata in D major for 3 violins and continuo
Il Giardino Armonico

04:19 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Prelude 脿 l'apres-midi d'un faune
成人快手 Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

04:31 AM
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
Ave Generosa
Orpheus Women's Choir, Albert Wissink (director)

04:37 AM
Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889)
Variations on "Casta diva - Ah! Bello" from Bellini's 'Norma'
Alison Balsom (trumpet), John Reid (piano)

04:43 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphony no 4 in D major, K.19
成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska (conductor)

04:57 AM
John B. Escosa (1928-1991)
Three Dances for 2 harps
Julia Shaw (harp), Nora Bumanis (harp)

05:03 AM
Leos Janacek (1854-1928)
The fiddler's child (Sumarovo dite) - ballad for orchestra
成人快手 Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

05:16 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Allegro, ma non tanto from String Quartet no 4 in C minor, Op 8 no 4
Quartett Inferno

05:23 AM
Ruth Watson Henderson (1932-)
Magnificat
Kimberley Briggs (soprano), Elmer Iseler Singers, Matthew Larkin (organ), Lydia Adams (conductor)

05:30 AM
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847)
Piano Sonata in C minor
Sylviane Deferne (piano)

05:44 AM
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
La Creation du monde, ballet (Op.81a) (overture & 5 scenes)
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bernhard Klee (conductor)

06:04 AM
William Brade (1560-1630)
Newe ausserlesne Paduanen und Galliarden
Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (conductor)

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6 hours

Broadcast

  • Thu 27 Mar 2025 00:30

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