As 2025 draws to a close, one broadcast is offering a uniquely immersive exploration of history, culture, and cuisine. The final programme of the year revisits a series of investigations spanning medieval worlds and culinary traditions-from the Nibelungs to the Baroque origins of the Linzer Torte. Featuring a diverse playlist ranging from orchestral pieces to a rap tribute to the famed pastry, the broadcast promises an eclectic and engaging listening experience. The full playlist is detailed below.
December 27, 2025, 1:00 PM
The year 2025 is drawing to a close, and it’s been a period of expansive thought and exploration. For weeks, audiences have been transported back to the Middle Ages, immersed in the worlds of the Nibelungs, the Babenbergers, and the Byzantines. And a significant seven hours were dedicated to the pleasures of the table. When it was finally realized that the famed “Linzer Torte” actually originated in the Baroque period, a new culinary quest began. The final broadcast of the year revisits these delicious investigations.
Playlist
Composer: Gerhard Rühm/born 1930
Source: Traditional
Source: Germany
Total Title: SPRECHQUARTETTE after German Folk Songs
Title: Baking a Cake – for Speaking Quartet
Performers: Ensemble Belcanto
Conductor: Dietburg Spohr
Length: 00:47 min
Label: Koch Schwann Aulos 314322
Composer: Texta
Composer: DJ Dandaman
Album: GEDIEGEN
Title: Linzer Torte
Performers: Texta /Rap w. Accompaniment
Performer: Waiszbrohd /Rap w. Accompaniment
Performer: CRB & Boomer /Rap.w.Accompaniment
Length: 05:38 min
Label: Geco HO 312
Composer: Romanus Weichlein/1652 – 1706
Album: ROMANUS WEICHLEIN: ENCAENIA MUSICES VOL.II
Title: Sonata X (from: Encaenia Musices 2)
* 17. Gigue, Tardo, Tremolo, Tardo – 1st Movement
* 18. Allegro, Adagio, Tardo, Gigue, Tardo – 2nd Movement
Performers: Ars Antiqua Austria
Soloist: Daniel Sepec /Violin
Conductor: Gunar Letzbor
Length: 06:50 min
Label: Symphonia SY 94 S 30
Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann/1681 – 1767
Album: MUSIC OF THE HAMBURG PEPPERSACKS
* Les Jeux – 5th Movement (00:01:01)
Title: Overture “L’Omphale” in e minor – for Orchestra
Orchestra: Elbipolis Baroque Orchestra Hamburg
Length: 01:00 min
Label: Raumklang RK 2703
Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann/1681 – 1767
Album: MUSIC OF THE HAMBURG PEPPERSACKS
* Les Magiciens – 6th Movement (00:03:24)
Title: Overture “L’Omphale” in e minor – for Orchestra
Orchestra: Elbipolis Baroque Orchestra Hamburg
Length: 03:24 min
Label: Raumklang RK 2703
Composer: Werner Dafeldecker/born 1964
Album: INSECTIONS
Title: Geography Cake (Excerpt)
Performers: Striped Roses /Instrumental
Performer: Werner Dafeldecker /Bass, Guitar
Performer: Christoph Cech /Piano
Performer: Franz Hautzinger /Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Performer: Herbert Reisinger /Drums
Performer: Helge Hinteregger /Tenorsaxophone, Baritonsaxophone, Melodica
Performer: Sascha Otto /Sopranosaxophone, Altsaxophone, Flute
Performer: Robert Radelmacher /Trombone
Performer: Hans Steiner /Bass Clarinet
Length: 03:00 min
Label: Extraplatte EX 2092
Composer: Anonymus
Composer: Pater Benedikt Lechler/1694 – 1659
Lyricist/Text Source: Hermann von Reichenau/1013 – 1054
Album: In Nativitate Domini – Festive Christmas Music
Title: Alma Redemptoris Mater/Marian Antiphon for two Sopranos, two Violas da Gamba and Basso Continuo
Alternative Title: Venerable Mother of the Redeemer
Soloist: Emma Kirkby /Soprano
Soloist: Susanne Ryden /Soprano
Performers: Bell’Arte Salzburg :
Soloist: Rebeka Ruso /Viola da gamba
Soloist: Arno Jochem /Viola da gamba
Soloist: Margit Schultheiß /Organ
Length: 03:50 min
Label: CD Berlin classics 0016242BC
Lyricist/Text Source: Gerhard Rühm
Composer: Gerhard Rühm
Album: ATTERSEE AND HIS FRIENDS – RUTHLESS ENTERTAINMENT (II) : CONCERT JUNE 22, 1986, Brucknerhaus Linz, PART 2
Title: Tickle Between Cheese and Cake, a Feast (with 20 Glasses) (with Applause 5.04) (00:04:38)
Text Beginning: Why torture yourself in barracks, better to chew in casinos, crouch before cascades, buy the Caspian Sea, bowl with Cassandra’s cries
Total Title: Tickle Between Cheese and Cake – Feasts, Songs, Spoken Texts (2 Spoken Texts and 2 Songs)
Soloist: Gerhard Rühm /spoken (Cut 1 & 4)
Soloist: Gerhard Rühm /Vocals, Piano (Cut 2 & 3)
Length: 05:04 min
Label: orlando rec. OR0001 (4 CD-Box without DVD) / OR00013
Composer: Ferdinand Fischer
Album: Ferdinand Fischer: From Heaven on Earth. Lute Music from the Stift Kremsmünster – Hubert Hoffmann
* Menuette – 4th Movement
Title: Partita in C Major – for Lute
From Heaven on Earth
Lute Music from Kremsmünster Abbey; Abbey
Soloist: Hubert Hoffmann /Lute
Length: 00:41 min
Label: Challenge Classics CC72740
Composer: Ferdinand Fischer
Album: Ferdinand Fischer: From Heaven on Earth. Lute Music from the Stift Kremsmünster – Hubert Hoffmann
* (Courante) – 3rd Movement
Title: Partita in c minor – for Lute
From Heaven on Earth
Lute Music from Kremsmünster Abbey; Abbey
Soloist: Hubert Hoffmann /Lute
Length: 01:56 min
Label: Challenge Classics CC72740
Composer: Andrea Sodomka/born 1961
Album: THE WELL-TEMPERED KITCHEN – 13 RECIPES FROM THE ACOUSTIC KITCHEN
Title: Café concrète – Sound Object by Andrea Sodomka, 2004
Performers: alien productions
Length: 01:32 min
Label: Pumpkin Records PUMP102004
Composer: Ferdinand Fischer
Album: Ferdinand Fischer: From Heaven on Earth. Lute Music from the Stift Kremsmünster – Hubert Hoffmann
* (Gigue) – 8th Movement
Title: Partita in d minor – for Lute
From Heaven on Earth
Lute Music from Kremsmünster Abbey; Abbey
Soloist: Hubert Hoffmann /Lute
Length: 01:51 min
Label: Challenge Classics CC72740
The broadcast features a diverse playlist, ranging from traditional folk songs reimagined by Gerhard Rühm, to a rap track dedicated to the Linzer Torte by Texta, DJ Dandaman, Waiszbrohd, CRB & Boomer. The program also includes works by Romanus Weichlein, Georg Philipp Telemann, Werner Dafeldecker, Pater Benedikt Lechler, Hermann von Reichenau, and Ferdinand Fischer.
Musical selections include Gerhard Rühm’s “Kuchenbacken (Baking a Cake)” performed by Ensemble Belcanto, and Texta’s “Linzer Torte” featuring accompanying rap verses. Listeners can also expect to hear excerpts from Telemann’s “L’Omphale” performed by the Elbipolis Baroque Orchestra Hamburg, and a piece titled “Geographietorte (Geography Cake)” by Werner Dafeldecker and Striped Roses.
The program’s playlist further showcases compositions by Andrea Sodomka and selections from “In Nativitate Domini – Festive Christmas Music,” featuring Emma Kirkby and Susanne Ryden. This eclectic mix of music promises a unique and engaging listening experience as the year comes to a close. The broadcast highlights the enduring appeal of classical music and its surprising connections to everyday life, like the beloved Linzer Torte.
