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The St Gallen Symphony Orchestra is joined by violinist Henning Kraggerud for a concert of Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic music. Presented by Jonathan Swain. 12:31 AM Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817-1890) Echoes of Ossian, Op 1 St Gallen Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrėnas (conductor) 12:45 AM Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Henning Kraggerud (arranger), Bernt Simen Lund (arranger) Violin Sonata no 3 in C minor, Op 45 arr for violin and orchestra Henning Kraggerud (violin), St Gallen Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrėnas (conductor) 01:09 AM Henning Kraggerud (b.1973) Improvisation Henning Kraggerud (violin) 01:14 AM Anna Þorvaldsdóttir (b.1977) Aeriality St Gallen Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrėnas (conductor) 01:28 AM Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817-1890) Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op 5 'On Sjølund’s Beautiful Plains' St Gallen Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrėnas (conductor) 02:01 AM Franz Berwald (1796-1868) Septet in B flat major Niklas Andersson (clarinet), Henrik Blixt (bassoon), Hans Larsson (horn), Jannica Gustafsson (violin), Håkan Olsson (viola), Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello), Maria Johansson (double bass) 02:25 AM Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935) Triumphal Entry of the Boyars Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor) 02:31 AM Johannes Ockeghem (1410-1497) Missa prolationum Hilliard Ensemble, Paul Hillier (director) 03:05 AM Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859 - 1935) Caucasian Sketches - orchestral suite, Op 10 Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor) 03:27 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Variations in E major on a German National Air (op posth) Ludmil Angelov (piano) 03:35 AM Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Orpheus - symphonic poem S.98 for orchestra Hungarian State Orchestra, János Ferencsik (conductor) 03:47 AM Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704) Violin Sonata no 6 in C minor Daniel Sepec (violin), Hille Perl (viola da gamba), Lee Santana (theorbo), Michael Behringer (organ) 04:00 AM Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis for double string orchestra BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor) 04:18 AM Francesco Corbetta (1615-1681) Folias Simone Vallerotonda (guitar) 04:25 AM Stanisław Moniuszko (1819-1872) Mazurka from the opera 'Halka' Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Szymon Kawalla (conductor) 04:31 AM Antonio Soler (1729-1783) Fandango Fredrik From (violin), Benjamin Scherer Quesada (violin), Teodoro Baù (viola d'arco), Hager Hanana (cello), Joanna Boślak-Górniok (harpsichord), Dagmara Kapczyńska (harpsichord), Gwennaëlle Alibert (harpsichord), Bolette Roed (recorder), Komalé Akakpo (dulcimer) 04:38 AM Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) Quartet for flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon no 6 in F major Vojtech Samec (flute), Jozef Luptacik (clarinet), Jozef Illéš (french horn), Frantisek Machats (bassoon) 04:49 AM Dora Pejačević (1885-1923), Rainer Maria Rilke (author) Liebeslied, Op 39 Katia Markotich (mezzo soprano), HRT Symphony Orchestra, Mladen Tarbuk (conductor) 04:55 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Concerto for violin and string orchestra no 1 in A minor, BWV.1041 Sigiswald Kuijken (violin), La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken (director) 05:09 AM Nicolas Gombert (c.1495-c.1560) Media vita in morte sumus a6 BBC Singers, Bo Holten (conductor) 05:16 AM Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) Lyric poem in D flat major, Op 12 West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Verbitsky (conductor) 05:27 AM Guillaume Tessier (fl.1550-1600) In a grove most rich of shade - from "A Musicall Banquet" Paul Agnew (tenor), Christopher Wilson (lute) 05:30 AM Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Piano Concerto, Op 13 Robert Leonardy (piano), Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, Stanisław Skrowaczewski (conductor) 06:03 AM Valborg Aulin (1860-1928) String Quartet in F major Tale String Quartet

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