Main content
This programme will be available shortly after broadcast

Barber's Violin Concerto and Shostakovich's Sixth Symphony

The German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin plays Barber's Violin Concerto with the American violinist Randall Goosby. Shostakovich's intriguing sixth symphony completes the programme.

The German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin plays Barber's Violin Concerto with the American violinist Randall Goosby. Ryan Bancroft leads the orchestra in a piece by Gabriella Smith inspired by the Californian coast. Shostakovich's intriguing and unconventionally formed sixth symphony completes the programme. John Shea presents.

12:31 AM
Gabriella Smith (b.1991)
Tumblebird Contrails
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ryan Bancroft (conductor)

12:43 AM
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Violin Concerto, Op 14
Randall Goosby (violin), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ryan Bancroft (conductor)

01:07 AM
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004)
Louisiana Blues Strut (encore)
Randall Goosby (violin)

01:10 AM
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op 54
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ryan Bancroft (conductor)

01:43 AM
Cyrillus Kreek (1889-1962)
Taaveti laul (David's psalm), "Onnis on inimene"
Tallinn Music High School Chamber Choir, Evi Eespere (director)

01:46 AM
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
La Notte (no 2 from 3 Odes funèbres)
Jos Van Immerseel (piano)

01:57 AM
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Variations on an original theme ('Enigma') Op 36 for orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)

02:31 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Litaniae Lauretanae, K.195
Dita Paegle (soprano), Antra Bigaca (mezzo soprano), Martins Klisans (tenor), Janis Markovs (bass), Choir of Latvian Radio, Riga Chamber Players, Sigvards Kļava (conductor)

02:57 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
String Quartet in F major
Spirea Quartet

03:26 AM
Ethel Smyth (1858-1944)
Concerto for violin and horn in A major
Agata Raatz (violin), Zora Slokar (horn), Berner Kammerorchester, Graziella Contratto (conductor)

03:55 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Partita no 1 in B flat major, BWV.825
Zhang Zuo (piano)

04:08 AM
Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
Glory to Thee, My God, This Night
Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh (director)

04:11 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Trio no 6 from Essercizii Musici
Camerata Köln, Sabine Bauer (organ)

04:19 AM
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Overture to La Gazza ladra (The thieving magpie)
RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Günter Pichler (conductor)

04:31 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Alan Civil (arr.)
Suite for Brass Quintet
Brass Consort Köln

04:41 AM
Michael Haydn (1737-1806)
Cantata: Lauft, ihr Hirten allzugleich (Run ye shepherds, to the light)
Salzburger Hofmusik, Wolfgang Brunner (director)

04:51 AM
Jay Capperauld (b.1989)
Circadian Refrains (172 Days Until Dawn)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Alpesh Chauhan (conductor)

05:01 AM
František Jiránek (1698-1778)
Bassoon Concerto in G minor
Sergio Azzolini (bassoon), Collegium Marianum

05:15 AM
Ester Mägi (1922-2021)
Ballad 'Tuule Tuba' (House of Wind)
Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli Akadeemiline Meeskoor [Academic Male Choir of Tallinn T, Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Volmer (conductor)

05:24 AM
Susan Spain-Dunk (1880-1962)
Stonehenge
BBC Concert Orchestra, Anna-Maria Helsing (conductor)

05:43 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Sonata in A minor D.821 for arpeggione (or viola or cello) and piano
Lise Berthaud (viola), Francois Pinel (piano)

06:08 AM
Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758)
13 pieces from 'Drottningholmsmusiquen' (for the Swedish Royal Wedding of 1744)
Concerto Köln

Release date:

6 hours

Broadcast

  • Mon 18 May 202600:30