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Radio 3,12 Jun 2026,360 mins

Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto from China

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Zee Zee is the pianist performing with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and conductor Long Yu. Violinist Liu Ming joins the orchestra for an arrangement of Bernstein's West Side Story Suite, and the concert opens with Zhou Tian’s 'Metropolis'. Jonathan Swain presents. 12:31 AM Tian Zhou (b.1981) Metropolis Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Long Yu (conductor) 12:40 AM Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), William David Brohn (arr.) West Side Story Suite Liu Ming (violin), Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Long Yu (conductor) 01:00 AM Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Piano Concerto no 3 in D minor, Op 30 Zee Zee (piano), Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Long Yu (conductor) 01:42 AM Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 19 Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Tom Poster (piano) 02:20 AM Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Aleko's Cavatina (Aleko) Allan Monk (baritone), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor) 02:25 AM Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Prelude in C sharp minor (Bells) Sergei Terentjev (piano) 02:31 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Violin Concerto no 5 in A major, K.219 "Turkish" Pinchas Zukerman (violin), National Arts Centre Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman (director) 03:01 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Heinrich Heine (lyricist) Dichterliebe for voice and piano, Op 48 Ian Bostridge (tenor), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) 03:30 AM John Blow (1649-1708) Venus and Adonis (dance extracts) Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley (director) 03:37 AM Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594) Sicut cervus - Like as the hart Chorus of Swiss Radio, Lugano, Lorenzo Ghielmi (organ), Alberto Rasi (viola da gamba), Diego Fasolis (conductor) 03:41 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Duncan Craig (arr.) Romance in F major, Op 50 (arr. Craig for viola and piano) Gyözö Máté (viola), Balázs Szokolay (piano) 03:50 AM Wawrzyniec Zulawski (1916-1957) Suite in the Old Style National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Miroslaw Blaszczyk (conductor) 04:01 AM Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847) Four Lieder for Piano, Op 8 Giorgi Gigashvili (piano) 04:13 AM Marcel Grandjany (1891-1975) Rhapsodie pour la harpe (1921) Rita Costanzi (harp) 04:23 AM Luka Sorkočević (1734-1789) Sinfonie in D major Salzburger Hofmusik, Wolfgang Brunner (organ), Wolfgang Brunner (director) 04:31 AM Mönch von Salzburg (c.1340-c.1392) In aller werlt mein liebster hort Ensemble für Frühe Musik Augsburg 04:37 AM Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) Sonata in F minor, Kk.466 Louis Schwizgebel (piano) 04:45 AM Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) An der schonen, blauen Donau (The Blue Danube) - waltz, Op 314 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor) 04:56 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Seven Variations on 'Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen', WoO.46 Benedict Klöckner (cello), José Gallardo (piano) 05:06 AM Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), Lennox Berkeley (orchestrator) Flute Sonata Emmanuel Pahud (flute), L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Enrique Garcia-Asensio (conductor) 05:20 AM Camilla de Rossi (fl.1707-1710) Duol sofferto per Amore' (excerpt Sant'Alessio ) Martin Oro (counter tenor), Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci (director) 05:26 AM Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) Concerto for String Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Dohnányi (conductor) 05:41 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Piano sonata no 19 in C minor, D.958 Schaghajegh Nosrati (piano) 06:12 AM Marcin Mielczewski (c.1600-1651) Missa super O Gloriosa Domina Il Canto

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Metropolis
    Metropolis
    Tian Zhou
  3. 2.
    West Side Story Suite
    West Side Story Suite
    Leonard Bernstein
  4. 3.
    Piano Concerto no 3 in D minor, Op 30
    Piano Concerto no 3 in D minor, Op 30
    Sergey Rachmaninov