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Sublime sounds for nightfall

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

1 hour, 30 minutes

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Fri 9 May 202522:00
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Music Played

  • Jennifer Higdon

    Summer shimmers across the glass of green ponds (Scenes from the poet's dreams)

    Performer: Gary Graffman. Ensemble: Lark Quartet.
    • Bridge.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony no.9 in E flat major Op.70 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Naxos.

  • Elizabeth Parker

    Glass Tower

    • Cavendish Music.

  • ZRI

    Gnossienne no.1

    Music Arranger: ZRI.
    • NAXOS.

  • Ganavya Doraiswamy

    Forgive me my

    • Native Rebel Recordings.

  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Cantus Arcticus Op. 61 (The Bog)

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • Ondine.

  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Piano Sonata in A Minor Op.2 no.3 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Nicolas Horvath.
    • Grand Piano.

  • Lisa Hannigan & Damien Rice

    I remember

    • Philips.

  • Richard Wagner

    Siegfried-Idyll

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Philips.

  • Shabaka Hutchings

    Black Meditation

    • Impulse!.

  • Evelyn Glennie

    Light In Darkness

    • BMG.

  • Jenny Sturgeon

    The Plateau

    • Hudson Records.

  • Huw Watkins

    Partita for solo violin. 4th movement, Comodo

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova.
    • NMC.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Infinite Shining Heavens (Songs of Travel)

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • Naxos.

  • Patricia Wolf

    Psychic Sweeping

    • Balmat.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quintet in E flat major Op.44 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Dora Schwarzberg. Performer: Lucia Hall. Performer: Nobuko Imai. Performer: Mischa Maisky.
    • EMI.

  • Tõnu Kõrvits

    To The Moonlight (I)

    Orchestra: Estonian Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Brian Eno

    Under the Moon

    • UMC.

  • Richard Strauss

    Mondlichtmusik (Daphne)

    Singer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Decca.

  • Efterklang & South Denmark Girls' Choir

    Hænder der åbner sig

    • 4AD.

  • Simon Rackham

    A Nice Grey Day

    Performer: Simon Rackham.
    • A Nice Grey Day.

  • Dylan John Sparkes

    Butterfly

Broadcasts

  • Mon 14 Apr 202522:00
    BBC Radio 3 & BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Fri 9 May 202522:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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