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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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Music Played

  • Caroline Shaw

    Plan & Elevation: The Ellipse

    Conductor: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Willows.
    • Platoon.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Aria)

    Performer: Radek Baborák. Performer: Dalibor Karvay. Performer: Andrei Pushkarev. Performer: Petr Valášek.
    • Animal Music.

  • Anna Lapwood

    Arise, Shine

    Performer: Sophia Membery. Choir: Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Jon Hopkins

    Immunity - Remaster 2023

    • Domino Recording Co.

  • Anna McLuckie

    A Man With No Tide

    Performer: Anna McLuckie. Performer: Awen Blandford. Performer: Sean Rogan.
    • The Little Winters.
    • Hudson Records.

  • Sigvaldi Kaldalóns

    Ave Maria (arr. Vikingur Ólafsson) - Grand Piano

    Composer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Interlude 5 'Evening' (from 'Peter Grimes', Op 33a, Act 3)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Peter Sandberg

    Motion

    Performer: Peter Sandberg.
    • Motion.
    • Believe International.

  • Cristóbal de Morales

    Parce Mihi Domine

    Performer: Jan Garbarek. Performer: Jan Garbarek. Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • Officium.
    • ECM.

  • Georgs Pelēcis

    Fiori Musicali: Vientuļā kalla

    Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica.
    • PPP.
    • SKANI.

  • Jónsi & Alex

    Cherry Blossom Pink Ink (from 'Rental Family')

    • Rental Family (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Hollywood Records.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Fratres (version for strings and percussion)

    Ensemble: I Fiamminghi. Conductor: Rudolf Werthen.
    • TELARC.

  • Carl Allerfeldt

    The Goyle

    Ensemble: The Gathering Quartet.
    • The Gathering Quartet.

  • múm

    We Have A Map Of The Piano

    Performer: múm.
    • Finally We Are No One.
    • FATCAT RECORDS.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No 2, Op 55 (Solveig's Song)

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.
    • NAXOS.

  • The Desert Natures

    partly seen, unseen

    Performer: Autumn Richardson. Performer: Richard Skelton.
    • EP: Rays (2026).
    • The Desert Natures.

  • Shida Shahabi

    All in Circles

    • Shifts (2019).
    • FatCat Records.

  • Elliott Jack Sansom

    Send An Arrow

    • Send An Arrow.

Broadcast

  • Last Thursday 22:00
    BBC Radio 3 & BBC Radio 3 Unwind