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Around midnight

Let your ears do the thinking with an immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an immersive playlist for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between. Tonight's programme features Alice Sara Ott playing Debussy, music for strings and electronics by Icelandic composer Mar铆a Huld Markan Sigf煤sd贸ttir, Malian musical partners Ali Farka Tour茅 and Toumani Diabat茅, and a breathtaking lament by Jean-Philippe Rameau.

Night Tracks is Radio 3鈥檚 new late-night show, fronted by 大象传媒 Radio 3 presenter Sara Mohr-Pietsch, with regular episodes hosted by the award-winning composer and performer Hannah Peel. With classical music at its heart, the show takes listeners on an immersive sonic journey, with innovative sound design tailored for late-night listening.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 2 Oct 2019 23:00

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Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    Concord from Gloriana

    Performer: Matthew Barley. Music Arranger: Matthew Barley.
    • Matthew Barley.
    • Signum.
    • 5.
  • Claude Debussy

    Reverie

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Debussy.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Jacob van Eyck

    Pale blue evenings

    Performer: Genevieve Lacey. Music Arranger: Genevieve Lacey.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    'Kyrie' from Missa a cappella

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Director: Sigvards K募ava.
    • Rautavaara.
    • Onedine.
    • 1.
  • Jakob Bro

    Lyskaster

    Performer: Jakob Bro. Performer: Palle Mikkelborg. Performer: Thomas Morgan. Performer: Jon Christensen.
  • George Frideric Handel

    'Polonaise' from Concerto grosso, op.6 no.3 in E minor, HWV 321

    Orchestra: Slovensk谩 filharm贸nia. Conductor: Oliver von Dohn谩nyi.
  • Manuel de Falla

    'Nana' from suite populaire Espagnole

    Performer: Jian Wang. Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher. Music Arranger: Llobet.
  • Veljo Tormis

    'Kutse jaanitulele I' from Jaanilaulud

    Choir: Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor. Director: Paul Hillier.
  • Steven Snowden

    Appalachian polaroids

    Ensemble: Aeolus Quartet.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder ohne worte, Op.19, no.1

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    Quartet for the end of time

    Ensemble: Fibonacci Sequence.
  • Ali Farka Tour茅

    Hawa Dolo

    Performer: Ali Farka Tour茅. Performer: Toumani Diabat茅.
  • Mar铆a Huld Markan Sigf煤sd贸ttir

    Clockworking

    Ensemble: Nordic Affect.
  • Anon. St Martial

    Resonemus hoc natali

    Ensemble: Theatre of Voices. Director: Paul Hillier.
  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra

    Performer: John Williams.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Castor Et Pollux, Act 1, Scene 3 "Tristes Apprets"

    Singer: Nadine Koutcher. Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Sony Classical 88843082572.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 18.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Nocturne

    Performer: Evelyn Chang.
  • Yannis Kyriakides

    Vamvakaris

    Composer: Andy Moor. Performer: Yannis Kyriakides. Performer: Andy Moor.
  • Trad.

    Deep River

    Performer: Joanna MacGregor. Performer: Andy Sheppard. Music Arranger: Joanna MacGregor.

Broadcast

  • Wed 2 Oct 2019 23:00

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