Jörg Widmann's Babylon Suite and Schumann's Second Symphony

A concert from Cologne by the WDR Symphony Orchestra featuring the "Babylon Suite" conducted by the composer. Robert Schumann's Second Symphony follows, a work in which fiery verve merges with whispering elegance. Penny Gore presents.

12:31 AM
Jörg Widmann (b.1973)
Babylon Suite
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Jörg Widmann (conductor)

01:09 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Symphony no 2 in C major, Op 61
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Jörg Widmann (conductor)

01:47 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Piano Trio no 1 in D minor, Op 63
Atos Trio

02:21 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Romanze for Oboe and Piano, Op 94 no 1
Eva Steinaa (oboe), Galya Kolarova (piano)

02:24 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Fantasiestück in A flat, Op 111 no 2
Diana Ketler (piano)

02:31 AM
Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
Missa brevis (... tempore belli)
Pécsi Kamarakórus, Alice Komároni (soprano), Anikó Kopjár (soloist), Éva Nagy (soloist), Ágnes Tumpekné Kuti (soprano), Tímea Tillai (soloist), János Szerekován (soloist), Jószef Moldvay (soloist), István Ella (organ), Aurél Tillai (conductor)

03:05 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Suite for solo cello no 3 in C major, BWV.1009
Guy Fouquet (cello)

03:30 AM
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Marin Alsop (conductor)

03:35 AM
Sigismond Thalberg (1812-1871)
Variations on 'Home, sweet home' for piano, Op 72
Dennis Hennig (piano)

03:41 AM
Albertus Groneman (c.1710-1778)
Flute Sonata in E minor
Jed Wentz (flute), Balázs Máté (cello), Marcelo Bussi (harpsichord)

03:53 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Rosamunde, D.644 (Overture)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Heinz Holliger (conductor)

04:03 AM
Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840)
Duetto amoroso for violin and guitar
Tomaž Lorenz (violin), Jerko Novak (guitar)

04:13 AM
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Dalila's aria: 'Mon coeur s'ouvre' (from "Samson et Dalila", Act 2 Scene 3)
Heljä Angervo (soprano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ulf Söderblom (conductor)

04:20 AM
Frederick Delius (1862-1934)
La Calinda
BBC Concert Orchestra, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

04:24 AM
Nicola Matteis (c. 1650-after 1713)
Passagio rotto - Fantasia for violin
Anaïs Chen (violin)

04:31 AM
Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950)
2 Nocturnes for piano
Viniciu Moroianu (piano)

04:38 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Adagio and fugue for strings in C minor, K.546
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Andrew Manze (conductor)

04:46 AM
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594)
Stabat Mater
Ars Nova Copenhagen, Sofi Jeannin (director)

04:54 AM
Lili Boulanger (1893-1918)
Deux Morceaux
Geneva Lewis (violin), Sam Armstrong (piano)

04:59 AM
Antoine Dauvergne (1713-1797)
Ballet music from "Les Troqueurs"
Capella Coloniensis, William Christie (conductor)

05:15 AM
Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Konzertsatz in F minor for piano and orchestra
Can Çakmur (piano), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Laurence Equilbey (conductor)

05:28 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet in B flat major, Op 71 no 1 (Hob III:69)
Tátrai Quartet

05:51 AM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Fantasia in F minor for piano duet, D.940
Leon Fleisher (piano), Katherine Jacobson Fleisher (piano)

06:10 AM
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Vespro della Beata Vergine (excerpts)
Elisabetta Tiso (soprano), Monica Piccinini (soprano), Lia Serafini (soprano), Carlos Mena (counter tenor), Lambert Climent (tenor), Lluís Vilamajó (tenor), Francesc Garrigosa (tenor), Furio Zanasi (baritone), Antonio Abete (bass), Daniele Carnovich (bass), Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall (conductor), La Capella Reial de Catalunya