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Nocturnal music to bewitch the senses

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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Mon 24 Nov 202522:00
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Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Schwanengesang S.560: no.7; Standchen (Leise flehen)

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
    • Romantic Piano Masters.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Jean Françaix

    Petit Quatour pour saxophones: II Cantilene

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Ernst Ottensamer.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Jean Françaix

    Petit Quatour pour saxophones: II Cantilene

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Daniel Ottensamer. Performer: Ernst Ottensamer.
    • The Clarinotts.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Thalas

    Josefien

    • As It Comes.
    • Trad Records.
    • 9.

  • Thorkell Sigurbjörnsson

    Heyr himna smiður (Hear us in the heavens)

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Infinity.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Valgeir Sigurðsson

    Ghosts

    Ensemble: Crash Ensemble.
    • Ghosts.
    • Bedroom Community.
    • 2.

  • Henry Purcell

    Music for a while

    Performer: Brandon J. Acker. Performer: Douglas Balliett. Singer: Reginald Mobley.
    • Solitude.
    • Alpha.
    • 2.

  • Dustin O’Halloran

    Constellation No. 2

    Composer: Gyoa Valtysdottir. Performer: Dustin O’Halloran. Performer: Gyoa Valtysdottir.
    • Silfur.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 15.

  • Chris Watson

    Vatnajökull

    • The Weather Report.
    • Touch Records.
    • 3.

  • Edward Elgar

    Sea Pictures: IV The land where corals lie

    Performer: Yvonne Minton. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Sea Pictures & In the South Overture.
    • Sony.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006: I - Preludio

    Performer: Chris Thile.
    • Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 2.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 10.

  • Craven Faults

    Severals

    • Standers.
    • The Leaf Label.
    • 2.

  • Mhairi Hall & David De La Haye

    Garten II

    • Underwater Cairngorns.
    • Hudson Records.
    • 2.

  • Laura Snowden

    The Unknown

    • This Changing Sky.
    • https://laurasnowden.bandcamp.com/album/this-changing-sky.
    • 6.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante molto in F Minor for Cello & Piano

    Performer: Folke Gräsbeck. Performer: Torleif Thedéen.
    • The Sibelius Edition Volume 9 - Chamber Music II.
    • BIS.
    • 4.

  • Philip Glass

    String Quartet No. 3 'Mishima': VI. Mishima / Closing

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Music Arranger: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • First Light: Muhly & Glass.
    • Pentatone.
    • 10.

  • Tanya Tagaq

    Ilunikavi (We are blood / we are animals)

    • Sinaa.
    • Jericho Beach Music.
    • 8.

  • Jan Bang, Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen & Eivind Aarset

    Traces 1

    • Atmosphères.
    • ECM.
    • 1.

  • Message to Bears

    You are a memory

    • Maps.
    • https://messagetobears.bandcamp.com/album/maps.
    • 6.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47: III. Andante cantabile

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Schumann: Piano Quartet & Piano Quintet.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.

  • Joan Baez

    The Wild Mountain Thyme

    • Farewell, Angelina.
    • Fontana.
    • 4.

  • Thomas Walters

    Petrichor

    • Petrichor.

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