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Radio 3,13 Jul 2026,360 mins

Louise Farrenc, Maria Herz and Ina Boyle

Through the Night

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From Essen in Germany, the her:voice Festival focuses on three extraordinary women composers. Louise Farrenc's second symphony and Maria Herz's Cello Concerto feature alongside Ina Boyle's 'The Magic Harp'. Penny Gore presents. 12:31 AM Ina Boyle (1889-1967) The Magic Harp Essen Philharmonic Orchestra, Nil Venditti (conductor) 12:41 AM Maria Herz (1878-1950) Cello Concerto, Op 10 Raphaela Gromes (cello), Essen Philharmonic Orchestra, Nil Venditti (conductor) 01:01 AM Hanna Havrylets (1958-2022), Julian Riem (arranger) Tropar, Prayer to the Holy Mother of God Raphaela Gromes (cello), Essen Philharmonic Orchestra, Nil Venditti (conductor) 01:06 AM Louise Dumont Farrenc (1804-1875) Symphony no 2 in D major, Op 35 Essen Philharmonic Orchestra, Nil Venditti (conductor) 01:36 AM Leokadiya Kashperova (1872-1940) Piano Trio in A minor, Op posth Gould Piano Trio 02:04 AM Dora Pejačević (1885-1923) Life of Flowers, Op 19 Ida Gamulin (piano) 02:25 AM Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) Folk sketches for small orchestral ensemble Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jan Krenz (conductor) 02:31 AM George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Agrippina condotta a morire: Dunque sara pur vero, HWV.110 Johanna Koslowsky (soprano), Musica Alta Ripa 02:55 AM Claude Debussy (1862-1918) 3 Images for orchestra Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) 03:30 AM Max Bruch (1838-1920), Unknown (arranger) Allegro vivace ma non troppo in C major, Op 83 no 7 Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William Tritt (piano) 03:34 AM Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) Overture (Die Fledermaus) BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) 03:43 AM Clara Schumann (1819-1896) 4 Pieces Fugitives for piano, Op 15 Angela Cheng (piano) 03:56 AM Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Dante (author) Pater noster for chorus Choeur de Radio France, Donald Palumbo (conductor) 04:05 AM Pieter Hellendaal (1721-1799) Solo (sonata) for cello and continuo in G major, Op 5 no 1 (1780) Jaap ter Linden (cello), Ageet Zweistra (cello), Ton Koopman (harpsichord) 04:13 AM Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) Lyric poem in D flat major, Op 12 West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Verbitsky (conductor) 04:24 AM Joseph Francis Lamb (1887-1960) Ragtime Nightingale Donna Coleman (piano) 04:31 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto in D minor, RV.128 Arte dei Suonatori, Eduardo Lopez Banzo (conductor) 04:37 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Intermezzo in E flat major, Op 117 no 1 "Schlummerlied" Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) 04:43 AM Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967), Sándor Weöres (lyricist) Oregek (The Aged) Hungarian Radio Choir, János Ferencsik (conductor) 04:51 AM Eric Ewazen (b.1954) Andante from Concerto for Marimba and Strings Heigo Rosin (percussion), Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Risto Joost (conductor) 05:02 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Constanze's aria "Martern aller Arten" from 'Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail Act 2 Cyndia Sieden (soprano), Prima La Musica, Dirk Vermeulen (conductor) 05:11 AM Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) Pieces for viola da gamba Rainer Zipperling (viola da gamba) 05:27 AM Ernst Linko (1889-1960) Piano Concerto no 2, Op 10 Raija Kerppo (piano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor) 05:46 AM Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927) String Quartet no 2 in C minor, Op 14 Yggdrasil String Quartet 06:17 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) 2 Nocturnes for piano, Op 62 Yulianna Avdeeva (piano)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    The Magic Harp
    The Magic Harp
    Ina Boyle
  3. 2.
    Cello Concerto, Op 10
    Cello Concerto, Op 10
    Maria Herz
  4. 3.
    Tropar, Prayer to the Holy Mother of God
    Tropar, Prayer to the Holy Mother of God
    Hanna Havrylets