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Meditative music for late night solace

Hannah Peel presents a sparkling and immersive soundtrack of music for the nights before Christmas, from Ice music to festive folk, and electronics to medieval carols.

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1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 19 Dec 202522:00
BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Gordon Lightfoot

    Song For A Winter’s Night

    • SUNSET RECORDS.

  • Golden Brown

    Mammoth Star

    • Inner Islands.

  • Alex Baranowski

    Musica universalis

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Chié Peters. Performer: Jacques Ammon. Orchestra: Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin.
    • DG.

  • Wintergatan

    Music Box, Harp Hammered Dulcimer

    • Self release.

  • Matthew Shaw

    Those that sparkle in the sky

    • Texlahoma.

  • Franz Liszt

    Chasse neige (Etudes execution transcendante S.139)

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • Ambroisie.

  • Kate Rusby

    Bleak Mid-Winter

    • PURE RECORDS.

  • Seán Mac Erlaine

    Winter Flat Map

    • ERGODOS.

  • Maria Skranes & Terje Isungset

    Snowflake

    • ALL ICE RECORDS.

  • Sven Helbig

    Bell Sound Falling Like Snow

    Ensemble: Fauré Quartett. Orchestra: MDR Sinfonieorchester. Conductor: Kristjan Järvi.
    • DG.

  • Belliseum

    Solstice

    • Firefly.

  • Rebekka Karijord

    Winter I. The Ice (Songs of Earth)

    Performer: Rebekka Karijord. Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra.
    • Oona Records.

  • Franz Schubert

    Der Leiermann (Winterreise D.911)

    Music Arranger: Hans Zender. Singer: Julian Prégardien. Orchestra: German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Reimer.
    • Alpha.

  • Brian Eno & Roger Eno

    Wintergreen

    • DG.

  • Voyou & Alban Claudin

    Il neige

    • SONY.

  • Gabriela Montero

    Beyond Bach

    Music Arranger: Ksenija Sidorova. Music Arranger: George Morton. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova.
    • Alpha.

  • Terje Isungset

    Ice Talks

    • ALL ICE RECORDS.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Un soir de neige

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Domenique Dumont

    La Bataille de Neige

    • ANTINOTE.

  • Norah Jones

    Wintertime

    • CAPITOL RECORDS.

  • Neil Foster

    Still Here

  • Charlie James

    Shadow's Song

  • Elliott Jack Sansom

    Winter Light (Christmas Morning version)

    • Decca Records.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 23 Dec 202422:00
    BBC Radio 3 & BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 7 Dec 202522:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Fri 19 Dec 202522:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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