Music after dark
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. As the nights draw in, Sara invites us to explore with her the musical dimensions of a room. She starts with Alvin Lucier's ground-breaking recording, 'I am sitting in a room', which reappears throughout the programme. She moves from the small, intimate rooms of Durante, in his Concerto in G minor for 2 violins and viola, and the close sound of Nakamura's piano recordings, through John Luther Adams' 'In a Room' to the large, cavernous sound of Terje Isungset's 'Essence of Stone 6', which was recorded in the amazing Emanuel Vigeland Mausoleum-Oslo with its extreme 12 second long reverb. As Joan Sutherland sings 'I Dreamt I dwelt in the marble halls', Brian and Roger Eno play from Music for the Marble Palace, the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. At midnight we enter the inner sanctum of Solesmes Abbey with its cathedral-like acoustic, the bells toll the hour and the monks sing Gregorian chant. After hearing the reverberant climax of Alvin Lucier's 'I'm sitting in a Room', we return to the intimate quartet writing of Stenhammar and then end looking out of the room as Joan Baez sings Go 'way from my Window.
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Alvin Lucier
I am sitting in a Room (opening extract)
Performer: Simone Conforti. Singer: Alvin Lucier.- MODE.
- 295.
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Francesco Durante
Largo affettuoso, from Concerto in G minor
Performer: Marco Bianchi. Performer: Enrico Onofri. Performer: Duilio Galfetti. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.- Teldec.
- 4509931576.
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Haruka Nakamura
Sometime
Performer: Haruka Nakamura.- Toudai.
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Sasha Siem
Silence
Performer: Andrew Power. Performer: Borgar Magnason. Singer: Sasha Siem.- BLUE PLUM RECORDS.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Larghetto (4 Romantic Pieces, Op.75)
Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Pavel Gililov.- Deutsche Grammophon.
- DG 4777465.
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Alvin Lucier
I am sitting in a Room (final extract)
Performer: Simone Conforti. Singer: Alvin Lucier.- MODE.
- 295.
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John Luther Adams
In a Room
Performer: John Luther Adams.- Cold Blue Music.
- CB0032.
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Frater Petrus
Ave Maria
Ensemble: Doulce M茅moire. Director: Denis Raisin-Dadre.- Alpha.
- 456.
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Terje Isungset
Essence of Stone 6
Performer: Terje Isungset.- All Ice.
- 1820.
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Richard Strauss
Romanze for clarinet and orchestra
Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra.- Chandos.
- CHAN 20034.
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Roger Eno
Marble
Composer: Brian Eno. Performer: Roger Eno. Performer: Brian Eno.- Deutsche Grammophon.
- DG 4837771.
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Alvin Lucier
I am sitting in a Room (final extract)
Performer: Simone Conforti. Singer: Alvin Lucier.- MODE.
- 295.
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Michael William Balfe
The Boheiman Girl Act 2: I Dreamt I dwelt in the marble halls
Performer: Joan Sutherland. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.- Decca.
- 4766276.
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Julia Wolfe
LAD: The Slow Melody and The Fast Melody
Performer: Sean Shibe.- Delphian.
- DCD 34213.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Ave Maria Stella (Vespers, 1610)
Singer: Grace Davidson. Singer: Charlotte Mobbs. Singer: Simon Berridge. Singer: Jeremy Budd. Singer: Mark Dobell. Singer: Ben Davies. Singer: Eamonn Dougan. Ensemble: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.- Coro.
- COR 16126.
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Spiro
The Lost Heart
Performer: Jon Hunt. Performer: Jason Sparkes. Performer: Alex Vann. Performer: Jane Harbour.- Real World.
- CDRW 172.
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Alvin Lucier
I am sitting in a Room (final extract)
Performer: Simone Conforti. Singer: Alvin Lucier.- MODE.
- 295.
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Lars鈥怑rik Larsson
Adagio (Intimate Miniatures, Op.20)
Ensemble: Stenhammar Quartet.- Daphne.
- 1035.
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John Jacob Niles
Go 'way From My Window
Singer: Joan Baez.- Vanguard.
Broadcasts
- Wed 4 Nov 2020 23:00成人快手 Radio 3
- Wed 31 Mar 2021 23:00成人快手 Radio 3