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Immersive music for late night listening

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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Christmas Eve 202522:00
BBC Radio 3 & BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Anonymous 4

    Lullay: I Saw A Swete Semly Syght

    • On Yoolis Night.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 9.

  • Anon.

    Lullaby, lullow (I saw a swete semly syght)

    Performer: Andrew Lawrence‐King.
    • Christmas Carols.
    • ERATO.
    • 24.

  • Han-Kun Sha

    Shepherd's Song arr. for string quartet

    Performer: The Shanghai Quartet.
    • China Song.
    • Delos.
    • 9.

  • Will Hammond

    The Unthanks

    • In Winter.
    • RabbleRouser Music.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nutcracker Suite: Coffee (Arabian dance)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker.
    • EMI.
    • 14.

  • Maddie Prior & The Carnival Band

    Away in a manger

    • Carols and capers.
    • Park Records.
    • 2.

  • Sary Moussa

    Everywhere at Once

    • wind, again.
    • Other people.
    • 2.

  • Colleen

    The Long Wait - movement 1

    • Le jour et la nuit du réel.
    • Thrill jockey.

  • Michael Praetorius

    Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen

    Performer: Anthony Gray. Ensemble: Ensemble Pro Victoria. Conductor: Toby Ward.
    • Nowel.
    • Delphinian.
    • 32.

  • Brigid Chaimbeul

    A'chailleach

    • sunwise.
    • glitterbeat ( bandcamp).
    • 2.

  • Tino Rossi

    Petit Papa Noel

    • Petit Papa Noël à 50 Ans.
    • EMI Music France.
    • 16.

  • Mattia Vlad Morleo

    Birds, lullaby

    • the quiet beauty of familiar places.
    • Warner digital.

  • Anonymous (Catalonia)

    Cançó De Bressol: La Mare De Déu

    Performer: Montserrat Figueras. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI.
    • Ninna Nanna.
    • Alia vox.

  • Franz Liszt

    Weihnachtsbaum, S. 186: IX. Abendglocken

    Performer: Rhondda Gillespie.
    • Liszt: Weihnachtsbaum & Ballades Nos. 1 & 2.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 9.

  • Alessandro Stradella

    Cantata per la Notte di Natale: 1b. Andante

    Orchestra: Capriccio Barockorchester. Conductor: Dominik Kiefer.
    • Gregori: 10 Concerti Grossi.
    • TUDOR.
    • 8.

  • Adrienne Lenker

    My angel

    • Songs and instrumentals.
    • NFI.

  • Sarah Davachi

    Gold upon white

    • cantus, descant.
    • Late music.
    • 12.

  • Arvo Pärt

    7 Magnificat antiphons for chorus no.5; O Morgenstern

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava.
    • Arvo Pärt: Da Pacem Domine.
    • Ondine.

  • Širom

    Hope in an all-sufficient space of calm

    • In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper.
    • glitterbeat.
    • 4.

  • Low

    Silent Night

    • Christmas.
    • Tugboat records.
    • 6.

  • Elliott Jack Sansom

    Winter Light (Christmas Morning version)

    • Decca Records.

Broadcast

  • Christmas Eve 202522:00
    BBC Radio 3 & BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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