Blissful sounds for night owls
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.
Tonight we journey north, with music from or inspired by northern Europe, including Scandinavia and the Baltic states. Iceland's star pianist Vikingur Ólafsson, Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek, and Sweden-based composer Shida Shahabi all feature, as well as the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Kremerata Baltica, all playing a captivating mix of music for the dark hours.
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Caroline Shaw
Plan & Elevation: The Ellipse
Conductor: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.- Willows.
- Platoon.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Aria)
Performer: Radek Baborák. Performer: Dalibor Karvay. Performer: Andrei Pushkarev. Performer: Petr Valášek.- Animal Music.
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Anna Lapwood
Arise, Shine
Performer: Sophia Membery. Choir: Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge.- Sony Classical.
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Jon Hopkins
Immunity - Remaster 2023
- Domino Recording Co.
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Anna McLuckie
A Man With No Tide
Performer: Anna McLuckie. Performer: Awen Blandford. Performer: Sean Rogan.- The Little Winters.
- Hudson Records.
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Sigvaldi Kaldalóns
Ave Maria (arr. Vikingur Ólafsson) - Grand Piano
Composer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Benjamin Britten
Interlude 5 'Evening' (from 'Peter Grimes', Op 33a, Act 3)
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- CHANDOS.
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Peter Sandberg
Motion
Performer: Peter Sandberg.- Motion.
- Believe International.
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Cristóbal de Morales
Parce Mihi Domine
Performer: Jan Garbarek. Performer: Jan Garbarek. Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble.- Officium.
- ECM.
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Georgs Pelēcis
Fiori Musicali: Vientuļā kalla
Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica.- PPP.
- SKANI.
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Jónsi & Alex
Cherry Blossom Pink Ink (from 'Rental Family')
- Rental Family (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Hollywood Records.
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Arvo Pärt
Fratres (version for strings and percussion)
Ensemble: I Fiamminghi. Conductor: Rudolf Werthen.- TELARC.
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Carl Allerfeldt
The Goyle
Ensemble: The Gathering Quartet.- The Gathering Quartet.
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múm
We Have A Map Of The Piano
Performer: múm.- Finally We Are No One.
- FATCAT RECORDS.
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Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No 2, Op 55 (Solveig's Song)
Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.- NAXOS.
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The Desert Natures
partly seen, unseen
Performer: Autumn Richardson. Performer: Richard Skelton.- EP: Rays (2026).
- The Desert Natures.
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Shida Shahabi
All in Circles
- Shifts (2019).
- FatCat Records.
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Elliott Jack Sansom
Send An Arrow
- Send An Arrow.
Broadcast
- Last Thursday 22:00BBC Radio 3 & BBC Radio 3 Unwind