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The constant harmony machine

Sara Mohr-Pietsch guides us through an immersive, late-night soundtrack, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.

1 hour, 30 minutes

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Tue 22 Oct 201923:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Menuet I-II from Prologue, Les Indes Galantes

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Director: Frans Brüggen.
    • Les Indes Galantes (Suite).
    • Philips.
    • 8.

  • Neil Martin

    Ely's Shuffle/The Vagabond

    Composer: Seamus McGuire. Ensemble: West Ocean String Quartet.
    • An Indigo Sky.
    • West Ocean Records.
    • 2.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in A major D.959 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D959, etc..
    • EMI.
    • 3.

  • Franghiz Ali-Zadeh

    Fantasie

    Performer: Zsófia Boros.
    • Zsófia Boros: Local Objects.
    • ECM.
    • 9.

  • Anon.

    Benedicta es caelorum

    Ensemble: Trio Mediæval.
    • Soir, dit elle.
    • ECM.
    • 7.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Tanzlied des Pierrot

    Performer: Joseph Lin. Performer: Benjamin Loeb.
    • Violin Recital: Joseph Lin.
    • NAXOS.
    • 11.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Turangalila-symphonie (Jardin du sommeil d'amour)

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet. Performer: Takashi Harada. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Messiaen - Turangalîla-Symphonie.
    • DECCA.
    • 6.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and Fugue No 23 in F major

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues for piano (24), Op. 87.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 45.

  • 3MA

    Anfaz

    • ANAROUZ.
    • Six Degrees Records.
    • 3.

  • The Oscar Peterson Trio

    Fly me to the moon

    • Oscar Peterson ‎– Fly Me To The Moon.
    • Verve.
    • 4.

  • Karol Szymanowski

    Stabat Mater, Op. 53 (6th mvt)

    Singer: Elżbieta Szmytka. Singer: Florence Quivar. Singer: John Connell. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Szymanowski - Choral Works.
    • EMI.
    • 6.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2

    Performer: Dinu Lipatti.
    • EMI CDC7473902.
    • EMI.
    • 16.

  • Laura Ortman

    Spring

    • The Hired Hands, a tribute to Bruce Langhorn.
    • SCISSOR TAIL RECORDS.
    • 7.

  • Trad.

    Unst Boat Song

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Last Leaf.
    • ECM.
    • 12.

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Diamond on the March Snow

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter.
    • Sibelius - Songs, Volume 1.
    • BIS.
    • 15.

  • Trad. Scottish

    Hard is my Fate

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence‐King.
    • The Celtic Viol I.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 9.

  • John Dowland

    Away with these self-loving lads

    Performer: Mara Carlyle. Music Arranger: Mara Carlyle.
    • Floreat.
    • ANCIENT & MODERN.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Tue 22 Oct 201923:00
    BBC Radio 3

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