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Radio 3,19 Jun 2026,360 mins

Bach, Beethoven, Brad Mehldau and improvisations from Berlin

Through the Night

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The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Clark Rundell and pianist Brad Mehldau perform music by Bach and Beethoven and Mehldau's Piano Concerto dedicated to Herbie Hancock. Jonathan Swain presents. 12:31 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Igor Stravinsky (arr.) Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 855; Improvisation Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Brad Mehldau (piano), Clark Rundell (conductor) 12:38 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Anton Webern (orchestrator) Ricercar a 6, from 'The Musical Offering, BWV.1079'; Improvisation Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Clark Rundell (conductor), Brad Mehldau (piano) 12:50 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Clark Rundell (orchestrator) Contrapunctus XIX from 'the Art of Fugue', BWV.1080; Improvisation Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Clark Rundell (conductor), Brad Mehldau (piano) 01:04 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Interlude from Sanctus of the 'Missa solemnis in D major op. 123'; Improvisation Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Clark Rundell (conductor), Brad Mehldau (piano) 01:10 AM Brad Mehldau (b. 1970) Piano Concerto - dedicated to Herbie Hancock Brad Mehldau (piano), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Clark Rundell (conductor) 01:51 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Improvisation on Goldberg Variations Brad Mehldau (piano) 01:56 AM Nick Drake (1948-1974) Improvisation on Nick Drake's 'Things behind the Sun' Brad Mehldau (piano) 02:01 AM Brad Mehldau (b. 1970) Improvisation Waltz for J.B. Brad Mehldau (piano) 02:07 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Serenade Op 8 Trio AnPaPié 02:12 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Cantata 'Christ lag in Todesbanden', BWV.4 Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Pythagoras-Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor) 02:31 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Piano Quintet in A major 'The Trout', Op 114 (D.667) John Harding (violin), Ferdinand Erblich (viola), Stefan Metz (cello), Henk Guldemond (double bass), Menahem Pressler (piano) 03:05 AM Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Quintet for wind, Op 43 Cinque Venti 03:30 AM Dmytro Bortniansky (1751-1825) Choral concerto no 6 'What God is Greater' Platon Maiborada Academic Choir, Viktor Skoromny (conductor) 03:38 AM Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) The Fountain of Arethusa from Myths for violin and piano, Op 30 Hyun-Mi Kim (violin), Seung-Hye Choi (piano) 03:44 AM Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (c.1739-1799) Overture to the opera "L'amant anonyme" Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor) 03:52 AM Henricus Albicastro (fl.1700-06) Coelestes angelici chori - cantata Guy de Mey (tenor), Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini (conductor) 04:06 AM Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) Elegie, Op 24 arr. for cello and orchestra Shauna Rolston (cello), Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor) 04:13 AM Franz Liszt (1811-1886) La Lugubre gondola S.200 Yulianna Avdeeva (piano) 04:21 AM John Ansell (1874-1948) Nautical Overture West Australian Symphony Orchestra, David Measham (conductor) 04:31 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto in F major for treble recorder, RV.442 Michael Schneider (recorder), Camerata Köln 04:39 AM Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Hungarian Rhapsody no 2 in C sharp minor Ladislav Fantzowitz (piano) 04:49 AM Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) "Lagrime mie" - Lament for Soprano and continuo from 'Diporti di Euterpe' Susanne Ryden (soprano), Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci (director) 04:57 AM Ludwik Grossman (1835-1915) Csardas from the comic opera Duch wojewody (The Ghost of Voyvode) (1875) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Miroslaw Blaszczyk (conductor) 05:07 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 12 Variations on 'Ein Madchen oder Weibchen' for cello and piano, Op 66 Miklós Perényi (cello), Dezső Ránki (piano) 05:17 AM Louis Spohr (1784-1859) Fantasia and Variations on a theme of Franz Danzi in B flat major, Op 81 László Horvath (clarinet), New Budapest Quartet 05:25 AM Blagoje Bersa (1873-1934) Spectres and Sunny Fields Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra, Enrico Dindo (conductor) 05:57 AM William Byrd (1543-1623), Elgar Howarth (arr.) The Earle of Oxford's March (MB.28 No.93) Tallinn Brass, Tarmo Leinatamm (conductor) 06:01 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) String Quartet in C major, K.465, "Dissonance" Casals Quartet, Jonathan Brown (viola), Vera Martínez-Mehner (violin), Abel Tomàs (violin), Arnau Tomàs (cello)

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    Artist
  2. 1.
    Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 855; Improvisation
    Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 855; Improvisation
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  3. 2.
    Contrapunctus XIX from 'the Art of Fugue', BWV.1080; Improvisation
    Contrapunctus XIX from 'the Art of Fugue', BWV.1080; Improvisation
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. 3.
    Interlude from Sanctus of the 'Missa solemnis in D major op. 123'; Improvisation
    Interlude from Sanctus of the 'Missa solemnis in D major op. 123'; Improvisation
    Ludwig van Beethoven