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Christmas at Night

Hannah Peel with an immersive festive radio experience – the radio equivalent of a snowy night, a warm blanket and a glass of something Christmassy. Let Hannah be your guide as music and seasonal sounds combine to take you on a magical sonic journey through Christmas at night.

1 hour, 30 minutes

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Wed 20 Dec 202323:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Sufjan Stevens

    I'll be Home for Christmas

    • Asthmatic Kitty Records - AKR 610.

  • Jacobus Clemens non Papa

    Ego_flos_campi

    Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.
    • Sony.

  • Atte Elias Kantonen

    Isle of what

    • A path with a name.
    • Soda Gong.
    • 1.

  • Michael Praetorius

    Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Weihnachtsmusik for 2 violins, cello, harmonium and piano

    Ensemble: Taverner Consort.
    • Virgin.

  • Etta James

    O Holy Night

    • Private Music.

  • Terje Isungset & Lena Nymark

    Fading Sun

    • Winter Songs.
    • All Ice Records.
    • 1.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

    • Decca.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance for String Orchestra, op.11

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Decca.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Largo From Winter

    Performer: Lara Somogyi. Music Arranger: Lara Somogyi.
    • Decca.

  • Trad.

    The Salley Gardens

    Composer: Benjamin Britten. Singer: Mairi Campbell. Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia.
    • Delphian.

  • Yui Onodera & Takashi Kokubo

    Thousand Bells 4

    • Bandcamp.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Oratorio de Noel - Tecum principium

    Ensemble: Vocalensemble Rastatt. Ensemble: Les Favorites.
    • Carus.

  • Trad.

    The Wexford Carol

    Composer: Carducci String Quartet. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Carducci Classics.

  • AF13 & Suzanne Ciani

    Snow Ritual

    • Bandcamp.

  • Jean Mouton

    Nesciens mater virgo virum

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Signum.

  • Oscar Peterson

    O Christmas Tree

    • An Oscar Peterson Christmas.
    • Telarc Jazz.
    • 1.

  • Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein

    A memory within a memory

    • Lakeshore Records.

  • Belle Chen

    Carol of the Bells

    Composer: Mykola Leontovych. Performer: Belle Chen.
    • Eito.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    In the power of your sweet glances (Cypresses)

    Ensemble: Chilingirian Quartet.
    • Chandos.

  • Sufjan Stevens

    The Winter Solstice

    • Asthmatic Kitty.

  • Library Tapes

    Fragment II

    • Kning Disk.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    The Secret of Christmas

    • Verve Records.

Broadcast

  • Wed 20 Dec 202323:00
    BBC Radio 3

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