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Meditative music for night owls

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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Sun 17 May 2026 22:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Stuart MacRae

    The Captive: Prologue

    Singer: Lotte Betts-Dean. Ensemble: Sequoia.
    • Earth, thy cold is keen.
    • DELPHIAN.

  • Mica Levi

    Under the Skin OST: Love

    Performer: Mica Levi.
    • ROUGH TRADE.

  • Baldassare Galuppi

    Piano Sonata No 34 in C minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • DG.

  • Arianna Savall

    Preghiera

    • ALIA VOX.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in G major, Op 76 No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • ERATO.

  • Thomas Adès

    Forgotten Dances: II. Berceuse, The Paradise of Thebes

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Vesper.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Margaret Hermant

    Under

    Performer: Margaret Hermant.
    • DG.

  • Gary McFarland

    Gary's Theme

    Ensemble: Bill Evans Trio.
    • CRAFT RECORDINGS.

  • Anna Clyne

    Cello Concerto 'Dance' (1st mvt, 'when you're broken open')

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • AVIE.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fantasia in D minor, K.397 (fragment)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • EMI.

  • Christina Vantzou

    Reclining figures

    Performer: Christina Vantzou. Performer: John Also Bennett.
    • KRANKY.

  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    Adagio in D minor

    Performer: Anja Lechner.
    • ECM.

  • Franz Schubert

    Schäfers Klagelied, D121 (Goethe)

    Singer: Matthias Goerne. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Paradessence.
    • DG.

  • Visible Cloaks

    Intarsia

    Performer: Ioana Șelaru. Ensemble: Visible Cloaks.
    • Paradessence.
    • RVNG INTL..

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 3 (3rd mvt - excerpt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • BR-KLASSIK.

  • Esbjörn Svensson Trio

    Where we used to live

    Ensemble: Esbjörn Svensson Trio.
    • Tuesday Wonderland.
    • ACT.

  • Isabel Pine

    Fables

    Performer: Isabel Pine.
    • KRANKY.

  • Jonathan Dove

    Into thy hands

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Shara Nova

    Have you ever seen an Angel?

    Performer: Dimitris Soukaras. Music Arranger: Dimitris Soukaras. Singer: Lotte Betts-Dean.
    • Everything you’ve ever lived.
    • DELPHIAN.

Broadcast

  • Sun 17 May 2026 22:00
    BBC Radio 3