Music for Sleep
Episode m0000ky9, broadcast at Friday 5th October 2018, 7:00pm.
“In Tune's specially curated playlist: a sequence of music evoking sleep, including a Chopin Nocturne, an aria by Handel, and an excerpt from Max Richter's eight-hour epic 'Sleep'. Not forgetting, of course, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and the Brahms Lullaby.”
Track listing
- 0:12 – Nocturne in F sharp major, Op 15 No 2
- Composer Frédéric Chopin
- Performer Angela Hewitt
- 3:35 – He watching over Israel (Elijah)
- Composer Felix Mendelssohn
- Conductor Robert Shaw
- Choir Atlanta Symphony Chorus
- Orchestra Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
- 6:43 – Sospiri, Op.70
- Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
- Composer Edward Elgar
- Conductor John Barbirolli
- 11:48 – Sleep Part 2 (Path 5 'Delta') (track 2, Max Richter from Sleep)
- Composer Max Richter
- 16:06 – Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)
- Composer George Frideric Handel
- Singer Simone Kermes
- Orchestra La magnifica comunità
- Conductor Isabella Longo
- 21:46 – Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 'Moonlight': I. Adagio Sostenuto
- Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
- Performer Stephen Kovacevich
- 28:16 – Wiegenlied, Op 49 No 4 (track 22, Brahms: Lieder: Anne-Sofie von Otter)
- Composer Johannes Brahms
- Performer Bengt Forsberg
- Singer Anne Sofie von Otter