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Music for the darkling hour

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, 30 minutes

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Saturday22:00
BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Aqua

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • Opus.
    • Milan.

  • Arve Henriksen, Mats Eilertsen, Audun Kleive, Svante Henryson, Gjermund Larsen & Nils Okland

    Hambopolskan

    • The Nature of Connections.
    • Rune Grammofon.

  • Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft

    Truth

    • Out Here. In There.
    • Jazzland Recordings.

  • Louis Couperin

    Suite F major (Sarabande)

    Performer: Jean Rondeau. Performer: Anna Lachegyi. Performer: Lucile Boulanger. Performer: Philippe Pierlot. Performer: Thibaut Roussel. Music Arranger: Philippe Pierlot.
    • Louis Couperin: The Complete Works, Vol.II.
    • Erato.
    • 26.

  • Peteris Vasks

    Angele Dei

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava.
    • Songs of my Heart.
    • Ondine.

  • Nils Frahm

    Ambre

    • Wintermusik.
    • Erased Tapes.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne

    Composer: Lili Boulanger. Performer: Sarah Nemtanu. Performer: Sarah Nemtanu. Performer: Anne de Fornel. Performer: Anne de Fornel.
    • Nadia & Lili Boulanger: The Complete Songs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Fields We Found

    Landscape 06 (extract)

    • Landscape.
    • Self release.

  • Arooj Aftab

    Aey Nehin

    • Night Reign.
    • Verve.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    'Moonlight' Sonata (1st mvt)

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas.
    • Sony.

  • Julianna Barwick

    Forever

    • Nepenthe.
    • Dead Oceans.

  • Marin Marais

    Le Badinage (Suitte d'un gout etranger [Book 4 part 2 no.7])

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Rolf Lislevand.
    • Tous les matins du monde (Original Soundtrack).
    • Alia Vox.

  • Tim Hecker

    Sars Requiem

    • Shards.
    • Kranky.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in G major Op.76 no.1 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op.76.
    • Erato.

  • Stars of the Lid

    Requiem for Dying Mothers (Part 2)

    • The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid.
    • Kranky.

  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    Stars

    Choir: The Pacific Lutheran Choir Of The West. Conductor: Richard Nance. Conductor: Richard Nance.
    • There Will Come Soft Rains.
    • Signum.

  • Pat Metheny & Charlie Haden

    The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

    • Beyond The Missouri Sky (Short Stories).
    • Verve.

  • Lisa O’Neill, Ruth O'Mahony-Brady & Joseph Doyle

    Goodnight World

    • All of This Is Chance.
    • Rough Trade.

  • Daniel Ward & Aiden Appleton

    The Last Nomad

Broadcasts

  • Tue 28 Jul 202622:00
    BBC Radio 3 & BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Saturday22:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind