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Night Music

As our nights grow longer and our days shorter, Jamie shares music inspired by the night

As our nights grow longer and our days shorter, Jamie shares music inspired by the night. Mendelssohn and Daniel Kidane explore dreams, we hear Nocturnes by John Field, Khachaturian and Dobrinka Tabakova and Jamaica-born UK based composer Eleanor Alberga dances with shadows. Plus Gareth Williams’ latest Future Classic features the night-inspired music of Thea Musgrave.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sun 11 Oct 2020 21:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland except Extra

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Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op 61 (Scherzo)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.

  • Eleanor Alberga

    Dancing With The Shadow (Quintet)

    Ensemble: Lontano. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major, K 525, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    2 Nocturnes Op.55 (no.2 in E flat major)

    Performer: Maria JoΓ£o Pires.

  • John Field

    Nocturne no. 2 in C minor

    Performer: Michael McHale. Music Arranger: Michael McHale. Orchestra: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Courtney Lewis.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Nights in the Gardens of Spain (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mari Kodame. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.

  • Ennio Morricone

    Gabriel's Oboe (The Theme From The Mission)

    • Ennio Morricone - Film Music 1966-198.
    • Virgin.

  • Thea Musgrave

    Night Windows

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Huw Watkins.
    • Thea Musgrave: Chamber Works for Oboe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade Suite (Nocturn)

    Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Scarbo (Gaspard de la nuit)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Water Night

    Choir: Elora Festival Singers. Conductor: Noel Edison.

  • Benjamin Britten

    SoirΓ©es musicales, Op 9 (March and Canzonetta)

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.

  • Daniel Kidane

    Kidane: Dream Song (Extract)

    Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.. Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Choir: Chineke! Chorus. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Nocturne

    Performer: Andrew Matthews-Owen.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Song to the Moon (Rusalka)

    Singer: Kate Royal. Orchestra: Orchestra of English National Opera. Conductor: Edward Gardner.

  • Claude Debussy

    Nuages (Nocturnes)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.

  • Trad.

    All Through the Night

    Singer: Paul Robeson. Orchestra: Orchestra.

  • John Dowland

    Mr. Dowland's Midnight

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg.

  • Andrew Lloyd Webber

    The Music Of The Night (Phantom of the Opera)

    Author: Richard Stilgoe. Author: Charles Hart. Singer: Rolando VillazΓ³n. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Daniele Callegari.

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Verklarte Nacht

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Anne Katharina Schreiber. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Danusha Waskiewicz. Performer: Christian PoltΓ©ra. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras.

  • Amy Beach

    Arctic Night (Eskimos, Op.64)

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 11 Oct 2020 21:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland except Extra
  • Sun 11 Oct 2020 22:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland Extra