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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.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 31 Mar 2021 23:00

Music Played

  • Alvin Lucier

    I am sitting in a Room (opening extract)

    Performer: Simone Conforti. Singer: Alvin Lucier.
    • MODE.
    • 295.
  • 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.
  • Haruka Nakamura

    Sometime

    Performer: Haruka Nakamura.
    • Toudai.
  • Sasha Siem

    Silence

    Performer: Andrew Power. Performer: Borgar Magnason. Singer: Sasha Siem.
    • BLUE PLUM RECORDS.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Larghetto (4 Romantic Pieces, Op.75)

    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Pavel Gililov.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • DG 4777465.
  • Alvin Lucier

    I am sitting in a Room (final extract)

    Performer: Simone Conforti. Singer: Alvin Lucier.
    • MODE.
    • 295.
  • John Luther Adams

    In a Room

    Performer: John Luther Adams.
    • Cold Blue Music.
    • CB0032.
  • Frater Petrus

    Ave Maria

    Ensemble: Doulce M茅moire. Director: Denis Raisin-Dadre.
    • Alpha.
    • 456.
  • Terje Isungset

    Essence of Stone 6

    Performer: Terje Isungset.
    • All Ice.
    • 1820.
  • Richard Strauss

    Romanze for clarinet and orchestra

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
    • CHAN 20034.
  • Roger Eno

    Marble

    Composer: Brian Eno. Performer: Roger Eno. Performer: Brian Eno.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • DG 4837771.
  • Alvin Lucier

    I am sitting in a Room (final extract)

    Performer: Simone Conforti. Singer: Alvin Lucier.
    • MODE.
    • 295.
  • 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.
  • Julia Wolfe

    LAD: The Slow Melody and The Fast Melody

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Delphian.
    • DCD 34213.
  • 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.
  • Spiro

    The Lost Heart

    Performer: Jon Hunt. Performer: Jason Sparkes. Performer: Alex Vann. Performer: Jane Harbour.
    • Real World.
    • CDRW 172.
  • Alvin Lucier

    I am sitting in a Room (final extract)

    Performer: Simone Conforti. Singer: Alvin Lucier.
    • MODE.
    • 295.
  • Lars鈥怑rik Larsson

    Adagio (Intimate Miniatures, Op.20)

    Ensemble: Stenhammar Quartet.
    • Daphne.
    • 1035.
  • John Jacob Niles

    Go 'way From My Window

    Singer: Joan Baez.
    • Vanguard.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 4 Nov 2020 23:00
  • Wed 31 Mar 2021 23:00

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