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Mountains

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with a nocturnal mix of music inspired by mountains, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with a nocturnal mix of music inspired by mountains, from classical to contemporary and everything in between. Featuring music by Ellen Arkbro, John Luther Adams, santoor virtuoso Shiv Kumar Sharma, and a song from a manuscript housed in the mountain monastery of Montserrat, outside Barcelona.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 27 Jun 202323:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Chloe

    Suspended Range

    • La Montagne (Original Soundtrack).
    • Lumière Noire Records.

  • Anonymous

    Polorum regina omnium nostra (Llibre Vermell de Montserrat)

    Choir: Atelier vocal du Centre d'Abbaye aux Dames. Choir: Navarra Boys' Choir. Ensemble: Atelier instrumental du Centre d'Abbaye aux Dames. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Erato.

  • Philip Glass

    Life in the Mountains (The Illusionist Suite)

    Performer: Bruce Levingston. Music Arranger: Bruce Levingston.
    • Dorian Sono Luminus.

  • Shivkumar Sharma & Ensemble

    Mountain Love Song

    • Music of the Mountains.
    • Music Today.
    • 5.

  • John Luther Adams

    Down the Mountain (Lines Made by Walking)

    Ensemble: JACK Quartet.
    • Cold Blue Music.

  • Benedicte Maurseth

    Reinsdyrbjoller

    • Hárr.
    • Hubro.
    • 3.

  • Judith Weir

    Mountain Airs (no.3)

    Performer: James Turnbull. Ensemble: Ensemble Perpetuo.
    • Champs Hill Records.

  • Traditional Armenian

    Hov Arek Sarer Jan [Cool Me, Dear Mountains]

    Ensemble: National Duduk Ensemble of Armenia.
    • Traditional Crossroads.

  • Passepartout Duo

    Plainness

    • Daylighting.
    • AnyOne.
    • 1.

  • Alan Hovhaness

    Symphony no.2 'Mysterious Mountain' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • SONY.

  • Wu Man, Stuart Dempster & Abel Domingues

    Crescent Moon Over The Mountain

    • From a Distance - Pipa Music.
    • Naxos.

  • Kodály Zoltán

    Mountain Nights (no.1)

    Choir: Choeur de Jeunes Filles. Conductor: Loïc Pierre.
    • Mikrokosmos.
    • Triton.
    • 5.

  • Mammal Hands

    Deep within the Mountains

    • Gondwana Records.

  • Martin Hayes

    Maghera Mountain

    Performer: Martin Hayes. Music Arranger: Kyle Sanna. Ensemble: Brooklyn Rider.
    • The Butterfly.
    • 251 Records.
    • 1.

  • Sarah Louise

    R Mountain

    • Nighttime Birds And Morning Stars.
    • Thrill Jockey Records.
    • 2.

  • Arnold Bax

    A Mountain Mood

    Performer: Ashley Wass.
    • Naxos.

  • Ellen Arkbro

    Mountain of Air

    Performer: Elena Kakaliagou. Performer: Johan Graden. Performer: Hilary Jeffery. Performer: Robin Hayward.
    • For Organ and Brass.
    • Subtext.
    • 3.

  • Ola Belle Reed

    High on a Mountain

    • Smithsonian Folkways.

Broadcast

  • Tue 27 Jun 202323:00
    BBC Radio 3

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