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Radio 3,21 Apr 2026,360 mins

Symphonic Fairy Tales from Switzerland

Through the Night

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The St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra performs Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade suite, alongside Dohnányi's Symphonic Minutes and Gyula Dávid's Viola Concerto with soloist Dana Zemtsov. Penny Gore presents. 12:31 AM Ernö Dohnányi (1877-1960) Symphonic Minutes, Op 36 St Gallen Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrėnas (conductor) 12:46 AM Gyula Dávid (1913-1977) Viola Concerto Dana Zemtsov (viola), St Gallen Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrėnas (conductor) 01:11 AM Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) Scheherazade, Op 35, symphonic suite St Gallen Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrėnas (conductor) 01:59 AM Fazil Say (b.1970) Ruşen Güneş Anısına Dana Zemtsov (viola) 02:11 AM Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909) Recuerdos de la Alhambra Dana Zemtsov (viola) 02:14 AM Emmerich Imre Kalman (1882-1953) Aria: 'Two lovely eyes' (from the operetta "The Circus Princess") Gyõrgy Korondy (tenor), Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Tamas Brody (conductor) 02:20 AM Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Transcendental study no 11 in D flat major Jenõ Jandó (piano) 02:31 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Non sa che sia dolore - cantata, BWV.209 Robin Johannsen (soprano), Leonard Schelb (flute), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Raphael Alpermann (harpsichord), Bernhard Forck (conductor) 02:52 AM Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) String Quartet no 5 in E flat major, Op 44 no 3 Consone Quartet 03:24 AM Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Pavane pour une infante defunte Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester (conductor) 03:31 AM Georges Hüe (1858-1948) Phantasy vers. flute and piano Iveta Kundrátová (flute), Inna Aslamasova (piano) 03:39 AM Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846-1916) Ideale Kathryn Rudge (mezzo soprano), Sholto Kynoch (piano) 03:43 AM Karol Józef Lipinski (1790-1861) Overture in D major Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Krakow, Szymon Kawalla (conductor) 03:52 AM Michael Haydn (1737-1806) Cantata: Lauft, ihr Hirten allzugleich (Run ye shepherds, to the light) Salzburger Hofmusik, Wolfgang Brunner (director) 04:01 AM Arvo Pärt (b.1935) Fratres Tobias Feldmann (violin), Marianna Shirinyan (piano) 04:13 AM Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) Rondo in B minor, Op 109 Stefan Lindgren (piano) 04:22 AM Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Traumerei am Kamin: Symphonic interlude no.2 from Intermezzo, Op 72 Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor) 04:31 AM Sebastian Bodinus (c.1700-1759) Trio for oboe and 2 bassoons in G major Hildebrand'sche Hoboïsten Compagnie 04:40 AM Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909), Andrés Segovia (arr.) Asturias - Suite española, Op 47 Xavier Díaz-Latorre (guitar) 04:47 AM Erik Satie (1866-1925), Claude Debussy (orch.) Gymnopédies no 3 and no 1 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Alexander Humala (conductor) 04:53 AM Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) 4 Italian madrigals for female chorus Jutland Chamber Choir, Mogens Dahl (director) 05:05 AM Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) In the Mists David Kadouch (piano) 05:21 AM Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) Sonata in D major for viola da gamba and continuo, Wq.137 Friederike Heumann (viola da gamba), Dirk Börner (harpsichord) 05:38 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Piano Concerto no 21 in C major, K.467 Håvard Gimse (piano), Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki (conductor) 06:05 AM Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) String Quartet no 63 in B flat major, Op 76 no 4, Hob.III:78 'Sunrise' Pacific Quartet Vienna

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Symphonic Minutes, Op 36
    Symphonic Minutes, Op 36
    Erno Dohnanyi
  3. 2.
    Viola Concerto
    Viola Concerto
    Gyula David
  4. 3.
    Scheherazade, Op 35, symphonic suite
    Scheherazade, Op 35, symphonic suite
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov