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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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Sat 21 Mar 202622:00
BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Laura Cannell

    The otter swims at night

    Performer: Laura Cannell.
    • A Compendium of Beasts.
    • BRAWL RECORDS.
    • BANDCAMP.
    • 7.

  • Sergei Rachmaninov

    10 Preludes Op.23 for piano: no.4 in D major

    Performer: Alessio Bax.
    • SIGNUM.
    • SIGCD264.
    • 4.

  • Tomo Katsurada

    Dream of the egg

    Performer: Tomo Katsurada. Performer: Jonny Nash.
    • Future Days Shop.
    • FDS01.
    • 5.

  • Will Oldham

    When thy song

    Music Arranger: Lisa Kaplan. Performer: Bonnie “Prince” Billy. Ensemble: eighth blackbird.
    • NONE.
    • 37d03d.
    • 6.

  • Valentina Goncharova

    Om

    Performer: Valentina Goncharova.
    • Hidden Harmony Recordings.
    • HHLTS01.
    • 10.

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Su le sponde del Tebro: Infelici miei lumi

    Performer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Ensemble: Armonico Consort. Director: Christopher Monks.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • SIGCD289.
    • 14.

  • Florence Price

    Snapshots: Moon behind a cloud

    Performer: Samantha Ege.
    • LORELT.
    • LNT144.
    • 8.

  • Tristan Perich

    Open symmetry: Section 4

    Performer: Tristan Perich. Ensemble: Ensemble ö!.
    • ERASED TAPES.
    • ERATP166.
    • 4.

  • D'en haut

    Mainadona

    Ensemble: D'en haut.
    • FACETTE.
    • PAG045 | FCT003.
    • 10.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Song to the Moon (Rusalka)

    Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
    • 9029660797.
    • 1.

  • Kara‐Lis Coverdale

    Flickers in the air of night

    Performer: Kara‐Lis Coverdale.
    • Smalltown Supersound.
    • STS420LP.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations: no.13

    Music Arranger: Chad Kelly. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque. Director: Rachel Podger.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
    • CCSSA44923.
    • 14.

  • Tomoko Sauvage

    In Some Brighter Sphere

    Performer: Tomoko Sauvage.
    • BAND CAMP.
    • BAND CAMP.

  • Luciano Berio

    6 Encores for Piano: III. Wasserklavier

    Performer: Andreas Haefliger.
    • AVIE.
    • AV2293.
    • 5.

  • Friðrik Margrétar-Guðmundsson

    Fikta

    Performer: Jón Ásgeir Ásgeirsson.
    • Dacapo (4).
    • 8.226720.
    • 5.

  • Prins Emanuel

    I skyn

    Performer: Prins Emanuel.
    • Music For Dreams.
    • zzzcd0159.
    • 4.

  • William Byrd

    Ave verum Corpus

    Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • HYPERION.
    • CDA68416.
    • 1.

  • Harold Budd

    An echo of night (2005 remaster)

    Composer: Brian Eno. Performer: Harold Budd. Performer: Brian Eno.
    • EMI.
    • ENOCDX 13.
    • 10.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 24 Feb 202622:00
    BBC Radio 3 & BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 21 Mar 202622:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind