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Music for the still of night

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

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Music Played

  • Nicola Matteis, Jr

    Alia Fantasia in A minor

    Performer: Alon Sariel. Music Arranger: Alon Sariel.
    • Plucked Bach III.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 10.

  • Christina Vantzou

    Anna Mae

    • Kranky.

  • John Woolrich

    Ulysses Awakes

    Performer: Jane Atkins. Orchestra: The Orchestra of St. John’s, Smith Square. Conductor: John Lubbock.
    • ASV.

  • Andrew Yee

    The Trees of Green-Wood

    Performer: Andrew Yee. Singer: Caroline Shaw.
    • The Whale.
    • PLATOON.

  • Franz Schubert

    Lied der Mignon (Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister D.877)

    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Daria Hovora.
    • Schubert – Songs without Words.
    • DG.
    • 5.

  • Jessie Montgomery

    In Color Suite (Purple)

    Ensemble: Third Coast Percussion.
    • Cedille.

  • Cyparissus

    Moose Moon (feat. Freddy Ruppert)

    • Tombeaux Infinis.
    • Dragon's Eye Recordings.
    • 7.

  • Arja Kastinen

    Soitimbo

    • Temps Oy.

  • Rolf Marbot

    Vorbei

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Ensemble: Salon Orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin. Conductor: Adam Benzwi.
    • BIS.

  • Cosmo Sheldrake

    Nightjar

    • Wake Up Calls.
    • Bandcamp.
    • 2.

  • Rebekka Karijord

    Fugue

    • Bella Union.

  • Georges Bizet

    Nocturne (Carmen suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • French Orchestral Favourites.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 16.

  • Jean-Baptiste Besard

    Ma belle, si ton âme [My beautiful one, if your soul]

    Ensemble: Ensemble NAYA.
    • Naxos.

  • William Grant Still

    Ennanga (II)

    Performer: Ashley Jackson. Ensemble: Harlem Chamber Players.
    • Bright Shiny Things.

  • Angelo De Augustine

    Empty Shell

    • Angel in Plainclothes.
    • ASTHMATIC KITTY.
    • 1.

  • Eivind Aarset

    Light on Sanzu River

    • Jazzland Recordings.

  • Ablaye Cissoko & Constantinople

    Estuaire

    • Estuaire.
    • Absilone.
    • 1.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Ochre (Siderite; Limonite)

    Performer: Daniel Schwartz. Choir: The Crossing. Conductor: Donald Nally.
    • Navona Records.

  • William Byrd

    Cunctis diebus

    Ensemble: The Queen’s Six.
    • Troubled Times – Music and Espionage in Renaissance England.
    • SIGNUM.
    • 4.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Do not sing, my beauty (6 Romances, Op.4)

    Performer: Clara Rockmore. Performer: Nadia Reisenberg. Music Arranger: Clara Rockmore.
    • The Art of the Theremin.
    • DELOS.
    • 2.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op.120 no.1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Roland Pöntinen.
    • BIS.

  • Hara Alonso

    Soft Wanderlust

    • Music of Many Nows.
    • FUU.
    • 3.

  • Ichiko Aoba, Orie Hirayama, Hiroaki Mizutani, Taro Umebayashi & Phonolite Strings

    Tower

    • Hermine.

  • Vardapet Komitas

    Ltsaq I barutyan Qo [We have been filled with thy goodness]

    Choir: Yerevan Holy Cross Choir. Conductor: Shahe Keshishian.
    • Chateau de Versailles Spectacles.

  • Emilie Levienaise Farrouch

    Opened (Open G 'She held a prism to the light')

    Performer: Clare O'Connell.
    • NMC.

  • Mieczyslaw Weinberg

    Aria Op.9

    Ensemble: Arcadia Quartet.
    • Mieczysław Weinberg: String Quartets, Vol. 6.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 13.

  • Atonauer

    A2

    • Ocean in A.
    • Future Sonant.
    • 2.

  • Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer

    Mean Solar Time

    • International Anthem.

  • Josienne Clarke

    Tiny Bird's Lament

    • Corduroy Punk Records.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in F sharp major Kk.318

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • BIS.

  • Celer

    Rich Telescopes

    • Capri (Remastered Deluxe Edition).
    • PLATOON.
    • 35.

  • Rebecca Dale

    Study II - Chaconne for after you left

    Performer: Fenella Humphreys. Singer: Rebecca Dale. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Rebecca Dale – Studies in Disappearing (Music for Screen).
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 2.

  • Campana Tibetana

    Bagno Sonoro

    • Raighes Factory.

  • Max Bruch

    Romance Op.85

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.

  • Alissa Firsova

    Stabat Mater Op.30

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.

  • Angel Olsen

    Tonight

    • Jagjaguwar.

  • Jacques Brel

    Ces petits riens

    Singer: Elina Duni.
    • Partir.
    • ECM.
    • 11.

  • Joe Sinha Semple

    Beginning to End Ending to Begin

    • Beginning to End Ending to Begin.

  • Steven Poole

    Softer Snows

    • Softer Snows.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 20 May 202622:00
    BBC Radio 3 & BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Last Sunday22:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind