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Blissful sounds for after-hours

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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Sat 29 Aug 202622:00
BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Johann Michael Nicolai

    Sonata & Suites a3 in D major: Sarabanda

    Performer: François Joubert‐Caillet. Ensemble: L’Achéron.
    • RICERCAR.

  • Dominika Jurczuk-Gondek

    Luminous Re-attention

    Singer: Zara Lumenza.
    • Return to Alrtness.
    • DORA RECORDS.
    • 10.

  • Caroline Shaw

    and the Swallow

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

  • Tokyo Bedroom Orchestra

    Yoko

    • Tsuioku [recollection].
    • CD/MC KITCHEN. LABEL.
    • 11.

  • Percy Grainger

    Dreamery

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Max Richter

    Luminous

    • Perfect Sense (original film soundtrack).
    • 21.

  • Guillaume Lekeu

    3 Poemes: No.3, Nocturne (arr. for soprano, piano & string quartet)

    Performer: Wolfram Rieger. Singer: Juliane Banse. Ensemble: Petersen Quartet.
    • CAPRICCIO.

  • Lynn Wright

    El Cabanyal

    • Before the Sinking Plains.
    • Miasmah.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in C Minor, Hob. XVI:20: II. Andante con moto

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • WARNER.

  • Brady Cohan

    Reverie

    • Everything that Matters.
    • DL OLC RECORDINGS 002.
    • 4.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Suite, Op.54: III. Notturno. Andante

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • DG.

  • Eivind Aarset

    Porcupine Night Walk

    Performer: Eivind Aarset. Performer: Ingebrigt Håker Flaten. Performer: Anders Engen.
    • Electronique Noire.
    • JAZZLAND RECORDINGS.
    • 9.

  • Javi Lobe

    Low Light

    • Silent Songs.
    • PLATOON.

  • James MacMillan

    The Strathclyde Motets: Lux Aeterna

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • George Crumb

    Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale): Sea-Nocturne [ ... For the end of time]

    Ensemble: Trio O3.
    • echos de la terre.
    • CYPRES.
    • 14.

  • Emanuele Barbella

    Concerto in D major for mandolin and strings: II. Andantino

    Performer: Avi Avital. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • DG.

  • Sergey Akhunov

    Sketch III

    Performer: Ksenija Sidorova.
    • Crossroads.
    • ALPHA.
    • 4.

  • Kate Bush

    And Dream of Sheep (arr. for String Quartet)

    Music Arranger: William Newell. Ensemble: Solem Quartet.
    • ORCHID CLASSICS.

  • Harold Arlen

    This Time the Dream's on Me

    Composer: Johnny Mercer. Singer: Ella Fitzgerald.
    • Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book.
    • VERVE REISSUES.
    • 7.

  • Mark W. Griffiths

    Fly Away

Broadcasts

  • Tue 4 Aug 202622:00
    BBC Radio 3 & BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 29 Aug 202622:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind