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Bewitching sounds for after dark

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

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1 hour, 29 minutes

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Thu 22 May 2025 22:00
BBC Radio 3 & BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Mulatu Astatke and his band & Tèsfa‐Maryam Kidané

    Tezeta (Nostalgia)

    • Buda Musique.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    Howl's Moving Castle: The Merry-Go-Round of Life

    Performer: Ray Chen. Performer: Julian Quentin. Music Arranger: Iain Farrington.
    • Decca.

  • The Henry Girls

    Clouds

    • A Time to Grow.
    • L Music.

  • François Couperin

    Les Barricades Mystérieuses

    Performer: Patricia Mabee.
    • I Want Candy.

  • James Whitbourn

    Castle of Diamonds (Luminosity)

    Performer: Levine Andrade. Performer: Henry Parkes. Performer: Steffan Jones. Performer: Andrew Ker. Choir: Commotio. Conductor: Matthew Berry.
    • Naxos.

  • Francisco Tárrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra

    Performer: John Williams.
    • Sony.

  • Rentaro Taki

    Moon Over the Ruined Castle

    Orchestra: RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander von Pitamic.
    • SLG.

  • F.S. Blumm, Anne Müller, Michael Thieke, Roderick Bell & Romy Pope

    Kurz vor weiter Ferne

    • Torre.
    • Leiter.
    • 6.

  • Trad.

    The Castle of Dromore

    Ensemble: The Corries.
    • Flower of Scotland.
    • Moidart.
    • 11.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    At the Old Castle (Poetic Tone Pictures), Op 85

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Poetic Tone Pictures.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Trad.

    Abergeldie Castle Strathspey

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Music Arranger: Dan R.MacDonald.
    • The Celtic Viol II.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 9.

  • Hekla

    Kyrro

    • Turnar.
    • Phantom Limb.
    • 3.

  • Florence Price

    Summer Moon

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Florence Price Piano Discoveries.
    • Flipside Music.
    • 8.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Mountains

    • Sony Classical.

  • King Henry VIII of England

    Pastime with Good Company

    Ensemble: Frottola.
    • The French Ambassadors: Music Based on Holbein's 'The Ambassadors'.
    • Meridian.
    • 5.

  • Chihei Hatakeyama

    Butterfly's Dream II

    • Late Spring.
    • Gearbox.
    • 9.

  • Lambert

    Time Out

    • Open.
    • Mercury KX.
    • 3.

  • Frederick Delius

    The Splendour Falls on Castle Walls

    Choir: The Carice Singers. Director: George Parris.
    • Choral Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 10.

  • Traditional Venezuelan

    El Castillo (The Castle)

    Music Arranger: Rumillajta. Ensemble: Rumillajta.
    • Urumpampa (Andean music from Bolivia).
    • Rumillajta Recordings.
    • 11.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Pavane

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: George Vass.
    • Shipping Forecast.
    • Dutton.
    • 4.

  • Esbe

    Mount Iwaki - Cherry Blossom at Hirosaki Castle

    • New Cat Music.

  • Lilja María Ásmundsdóttir

    A Glimpse of an Open Heart

    Performer: Daniel Pioro. Performer: Kat Tinker.
    • Saint Boy.
    • Platoon Music.
    • 7.

  • Federico Moreno Torroba

    Castillos de Espana: No 6, Torija

    Performer: John Oeth.
    • Castles of Spain.
    • John Oeth Self Released.
    • 14.

  • Poppy Ackroyd

    Hanover Birds

    • For the Birds: The Birdsong Project, Vol. III.
    • The Birdsong Project.
    • 4.

  • Trad.

    Castle by the Sea

    Performer: Eliza Carthy. Singer: Tim Eriksen.
    • Bottle.
    • Navigator.

Broadcast

  • Thu 22 May 2025 22:00
    BBC Radio 3 & BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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