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Night music

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening. Tonight's musical constellation includes traditional solo instruments from Armenia and Azerbaijan, a nature symphony from Bill Frisell, a dazzling blend of Persian tradition and New York avant-garde, and classical guitar alongside the gospel blues guitar of Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Producer: Sam Hickling

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 29 Mar 202223:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Augustus Pablo, Lloyd "Tinleg" Adams, Aston “Family Man” Barrett, Carlton "Charlie" Barrett, Clive Chin, Ansel Collins, Carlton "Santa" Davis, George Fullwood, Bertram "Ranchie" McLean, Lloyd Parks, Earl “Chinna” Smith & Errol Thompson

    Jah Rock

    • This is Augustus Pablo.
    • VP.
    • 11.

  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Violin Sonata in A minor Op.2 no.3 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sophie Rosa. Performer: Ian Buckle.
    • RUBICON.

  • Agnes Obel

    Camera's Rolling

    • Myopia.
    • DG.
    • 1.

  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Peccantem me quotidie

    Choir: The Marian Consort. Conductor: Rory McCleery.
    • DELPHIAN.

  • Djivan Gasparyan

    A cool wind is blowing

    • I will not be sad in this world.
    • Hannibal Records.
    • 1.

  • Gillian Whitehead

    Lullaby for Matthew

    Performer: Dan Poynton.
    • Dan Poynton – You Hit Him He Cry Out.
    • Rattle Records.
    • 10.

  • Bill Frisell, Viktor Krauss & Jim Keltner

    Nature's Symphony

    • Gone, just like a train.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 7.

  • Meredith Monk

    Spaceship (The Games)

    Music Arranger: Michael Gordon. Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars.
    • Memory Game.
    • Cantaloupe.
    • 1.

  • Sussan Deyhim & Richard Horowitz

    Desert Equations [for Brion Gysin]

    • Desert Equations: Azax Attra.
    • Crammed Discs.

  • To Rococo Rot

    Sol

    • Hotel Morgen.
    • Domino.
    • 6.

  • Pascal Schumacher

    Nostalgia

    • Luna.
    • Neue Meister.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Author of Peace (Saul)

    Singer: Simone Kermes. Orchestra: Amici Veneziani.
    • Mio caro Handel.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.

  • Papa M

    Roadrunner

    • Live from a Shark Cage.
    • Drag City.
    • 2.

  • Traditional Azerbaijan

    Mugham Dilkesh

    Performer: Elnur Mikayilov.
    • Mugham Ensemble ‘Turan’ – Music from Azerbaijan.
    • Bird Walk Records.
    • 4.

  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Piano Quintet in C minor Op.1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin. Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • HYPERION.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Berceuse

    Performer: John Williams.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe

    Take My Hand, Precious Lord

    • VERVE.

Broadcast

  • Tue 29 Mar 202223:00
    BBC Radio 3

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