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Music for the still of night

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

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1 hour, 29 minutes

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Fri 23 Jan 202622:00
BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Nico Muhly, Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner & James McAlister

    In The Beginning

    • 4AD.

  • James Heather

    Beginnings

    • AHEAD OF OUR TIME.

  • Rued Langgaard

    Skumrende Landskab [Landscape in Twilight] (String Quartet no.2)

    Ensemble: Nightingale String Quartet.
    • DaCapo.

  • Tomás Méndez

    Cucurrucú paloma

    Singer: Nicholas Mulroy. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Performer: Toby Carr.
    • LINN.

  • Aaron Copland

    Paisaje Mexico (3 Latin American Sketches)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • NAXOS.

  • Manuel Ponce

    Scherzino Mexicano

    Performer: John Williams.
    • Sony.

  • Ballaké Sissoko & Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch

    Theme

    • Ornithology.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet in G minor K.516 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Graham Fitkin

    I HO Ro

    Ensemble: FitkinWall.
    • NXN Recordings.

  • Trad.

    Soay

    Performer: Matthew Sharp. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Voces8.

  • James MacMillan

    From Galloway

    Performer: Amy Dickson.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Robohands

    Thermae

    • Bastard Jazz Recordings.

  • John Dowland

    Flow My Tears (Lachrimae)

    Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • James Newton Howard

    Flow like Water

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • SONY.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Sicut lilium inter spinas II

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Brian Eno

    An Ending (Ascent)

    • EMI.

  • Konstantia Gourzi

    shimmering light (wind whispers Op.85)

    Performer: Nils Mönkemeyer. Performer: William Youn. Performer: Konstantia Gourzi.
    • Sony.

  • Huang Ruo

    Wind Blows

    Performer: Arash Amini. Performer: Huang Ruo.
    • INNOVA.

  • Kjell Sonksen & Jonathan L'Esperance

    Whispers in the woods

    • ENJOU.

  • Trad.

    The Parting Glass

    Music Arranger: Caroline Shaw. Singer: Caroline Shaw. Ensemble: Sō Percussion.
    • Nonesuch.

  • S. Salter

    Second Sleep

  • Jim Perkins

    The North Wind (Daigo Hanada Rework)

    • Bigo & Twigetti.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 10 Dec 202422:00
    BBC Radio 3 & BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 4 Jan 202522:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Mon 29 Dec 202522:00
    BBC Radio 3 & BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Fri 23 Jan 202622:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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