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Flautist Emmanuel Pahud joins the Orchestre National de France and conductor Fabien Gabel in the premiere of Samy Moussa's Flute Concerto, commissioned by Radio France. The orchestra also plays works by Pierné, Saint-Saëns, Mussorgsky and Strauss. Jonathan Swain presents. 12:31 AM Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937) Cydalise et le Chèvre-pied, Suite no 2 Orchestre National de France, Fabien Gabel (conductor) 12:47 AM Samy Moussa (b.1984) Flute Concerto Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Orchestre National de France, Fabien Gabel (conductor) 01:09 AM Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Romance, Op 37 Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Orchestre National de France, Fabien Gabel (conductor) 01:17 AM Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) Night on Bald Mountain Orchestre National de France, Fabien Gabel (conductor) 01:31 AM Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Die Frau ohne Schatten, symphonic fantasy Orchestre National de France, Fabien Gabel (conductor) 01:53 AM Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Valse Mignonne in E flat (Op.104) Camille Saint-Saëns (piano) 01:56 AM Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) String Quartet no 1 in E minor, Op 112 Amar Quartet 02:31 AM Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) L'Apotheose de la Danse - orchestral suite of dance music by Rameau Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski (conductor) 03:09 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Etudes en formes de variations Op.13 for piano Zhang Zuo (piano) 03:39 AM Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975) Festive Overture, Op 96 Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor) 03:45 AM Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) Kantate no 5 Ad Pectus - Sicut modo geniti La Cetra Vocalensemble Basel, La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Carlos Federico Sepúlveda (conductor) 03:54 AM George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Susser Blumen Ambraflocken (HWV.204) - No. 3 from Deutsche Arien Hélène Plouffe (violin), Louise Pellerin (oboe), Dom André Laberge (organ) 04:00 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Air from Suite for orchestra no.3 in D major (BWV.1068) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares (conductor) 04:05 AM David Popper (1843-1913) Hungarian rhapsody, Op 68 Shauna Rolston (cello), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor) 04:14 AM Albertus Groneman (c.1710-1778) Sonata for 2 flutes in G major Jed Wentz (flute), Marion Moonen (flute) 04:22 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Sonata for violin and keyboard in B flat major, K.15 Les Ambassadeurs 04:31 AM Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) Concerto Grosso no 1 in F minor Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor) 04:39 AM Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) Prelude and fugue in C sharp minor Jerzy Godziszewski (piano) 04:47 AM Bernat Vivancos (b.1973) Nigra sum Latvijas Radio Koris, Sigvards Kļava (conductor) 04:56 AM Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Prelude a l'après-midi d'un faune BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor) 05:05 AM George Enescu (1881-1955) Konzertstuck in F major for viola and piano (1906) Gyözö Máté (viola), Balázs Szokolay (piano) 05:15 AM Sebastian Bodinus (c.1700-1759) Trio for oboe and 2 bassoons in G major Hildebrand'sche Hoboïsten Compagnie 05:24 AM Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935) Symphony no 2 in D minor, Op 67 Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård (conductor) 05:54 AM Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) O Padre Nostro Chamber Choir AVE, Andraž Hauptman (conductor) 06:02 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Sonata for cello and piano no 2 in F major, Op 99 Christian Poltéra (cello), Martin Helmchen (piano)

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