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Nocturnal music to bewitch the senses

Hannah Peel presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.

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Music Played

  • Angus MacRae

    And Forever

    Composer: Angus MacRae. Performer: Angus MacRae. Performer: Angus MacRae.
    • DG.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de Nuit, Op.15 No.1

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Pinchas Zukerman.
    • DECCA.

  • Irene Papas

    Neranzoula (Le Petit Oranger)

    Composer: Irene Papas. Performer: Vangelis. Performer: Vangelis. Singer: Irene Papas. Singer: Irene Papas.
    • Odes.
    • POLYDOR.
    • 2.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Chiquilin de Bachin

    Performer: Daniel Binelli. Performer: César Angeleri.
    • Re-Encuentro.
    • ACQUA RECORDS.
    • 2.

  • Gabríel Ólafs

    Birta

    Composer: Gabríel Ólafs.
    • Piano Works.
    • bandcamp.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Nocturne for cello and orchestra (from The Gadfly)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla.
    • DECCA.

  • Helios

    Seeming

    Composer: Helios. Ensemble: Helios. Ensemble: Helios.
    • Seeming.
    • GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL.
    • 1.

  • Max Bruch

    Quintet in E flat major for strings: III. Andante con moto

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.

  • Mariam Wallentin

    Wide

    Composer: Vestnorsk Jazzensemble. Singer: Mariam Wallentin. Ensemble: Vestnorsk Jazzensemble.
    • Spring Flood.
    • Hubro.

  • Tobias Hume

    Sweet Musicke

    Composer: Tobias Hume. Ensemble: Les inAttendus. Ensemble: Les inAttendus.
    • Poetical Humors.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 10.

  • Daniel Avery

    Pure Life

    • Love + Life.
    • 12.

  • Reinhold Moritzevich Glière

    Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra, Op.82: I. Andante

    Singer: Joan Sutherland. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • DECCA.

  • Michael Hix

    Conversation

    Ensemble: Nashville Ambient Ensemble.
    • Cerulean.
    • CENTRIPETAL FORCE.
    • 4.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in G Minor

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • MERCURY.

  • Graham Fitkin

    Uist (closing extract)

    Composer: Graham Fitkin. Ensemble: FitkinWall. Ensemble: FitkinWall.
    • NXN.

  • Nico Muhly

    Shower

    Composer: Nico Muhly.
    • Mothertongue.
    • bandcamp.

  • George Gershwin

    Summertime

    Performer: Louis Armstrong. Singer: Ella Fitzgerald. Conductor: Russell Garcia.
    • VERVE RECORDS.

  • Jim Perkins

    The North Wind (Daigo Hanada Rework)

    • Bigo & Twigetti.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 20 Aug 2026 22:00
    BBC Radio 3 & BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Next Saturday 22:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind