Blue of the Night Tuesday 9 September 2025

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Blue of the Night Tuesday 9 September 2025

Episode • 3 Hr 0 Mins • 09 SEP • The Blue of the Night with Bernard Clarke ADVERTISEMENT PLAYING…

The Blue of the Night connects different musical landscapes - bringing you through centuries, genres and soundscapes.

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The Blue of the Night connects different musical landscapes - bringing you through centuries, genres and soundscapes.

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21:04

Title: Eileen

Composer: Bergmuller, David / Orlowsky, David

Performer(s): David Bergmuller (lute)

Album: Calm Classics

Duration: 3:51

21:14

Title: Jesus De Nazareth

Composer: Castaneda, Edmar

Performer(s): Edmar Castaneda (Harp);

Album: Entre Cuerdas

Duration: 6:16

21:22

Title: No Message

Composer: Mozdzer, Leszek

Performer(s): Leszek Mozdzer

Album: Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic 1

Duration: 5:28

21:27

Title: Three Little Words

Composer: Kalmar, B./Ruby, H.

Performer(s): Art Tatum (Piano)

Album: Ken Burns - Jazz - The Story of America's Music

Duration: 2:27

21:29

Title: Delalê (My Beauty)

Composer: Trad Kurdish arr Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Salman Gambarov, Cemîl Qoçgirî

Performer(s): Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Salman Gambarov, Cemîl Qoçgirî

Album: Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Salman Gambarov, Cemîl Qoçgirî – Hawniyaz

Duration: 15:54

21:46

Title: Find Me in Your Dreams

Composer: Metheny, Pat

Performer(s): Pat Metheny (guitar)

Album: Metheny Mehldau

Duration: 6:07

21:52

Title: Rio Grande

Composer: O'Sullivan, Conor

Performer(s): Conor O'Sullivan (Vocals, Guitars, Banjo, Mandolin)

Album: Good day Senor

Duration: 4:45

21:58

Title: Prelude No. XL11 in G sharp minor 'Musette'

Composer: Stanford, Charles Villiers

Performer(s): Sam Haywood (piano)

Album: Stanford Preludes Sam Haywood

Duration: 1:05

22:01

Title: Something's Gotta Give

Composer: Mercer, Johnny

Performer(s): Jonah Jones (Trumpet)

Album: Jonah Jones At The Embers

Duration: 2:38

22:04

Title: Forest Ballad

Composer: Kalma, Ariel/Tinti, Richard

Performer(s): Ariel Kalma /Richard Tinti

Album: Osmose

Duration: 4:18

22:09

Title: My Wild Irish Rose

Composer: Traditional

Performer(s): Keith Jarrett (piano)

Album: The Melody At Night With You

Duration: 5:21

22:14

Title: Starless

Composer: Cross/Fripp/Wetton/Palmer-James

Performer(s): Rachel Unthank (Vocals)

Album: The Unthanks: Last

Duration: 6:00

22:20

Title: The Highest One

Composer: Virelles, David

Performer(s): David Virelles (piano)

Album: Mbóko

Duration: 6:16

22:28

Title: Tenesse - Idleness

Composer: Goumour Almoctar

Performer(s): Bombino

Album: Bombino – Deran

Duration: 5:26

22:33

Title: Dance Shimmer

Composer: Fukakusa, Aki

Performer(s): Aki Fukakusa

Album: Aki Fukakusa – Silk Strings Enchanting

Duration: 6:37

22:40

Title: The Great Deceiver

Composer: Fripp/Wetton/Palmer-James

Performer(s): Delta Saxophone Quartet

Album: Crimson

Duration: 4:48

22:46

Title: All the Things You Are

Composer: Kern,Jerome/Hammerstein II, Oscar

Performer(s): Stella Bass (vocals)

Album: Too Darn Hot

Duration: 4:06

22:50

Title: Vareda

Composer: Almara Ensemble & Lisa Pawelke

Performer(s): Almara Ensemble

Album: Almara - Outros Amores

Duration: 1:39

22:52

Title: Por Qué Llorax Blanca Niña

Composer: Traditional Sephardic arr Almara Ensemble & Lisa Pawelke

Performer(s): Almara Ensemble

Album: Almara - Outros Amores

Duration: 7:16

23:00

Title: Rosa Das Rosas

Composer: Almara Ensemble & Lisa Pawelke

Performer(s): Almara Ensemble

Album: Almara - Outros Amores

Duration: 3:36

23:09

Title: A Foggy Day

Composer: Gershwin, George/Gershwin, Ira

Performer(s): Stéphane Grappelli & Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)

Album: Stéphane Grappelli, Yehudi Menuhin - Menuhin & Grappelli Play...

Duration: 3:49

23:13

Title: Winter Moon

Composer: Almeida Laurindo

Performer(s): Stan Getz (saxophone)

Album: Stan Getz Bossa Nova (Recordno: 5299042)

Duration: 5:19

23:19

Title: Xidire min” (Oh My Khidir)

Composer: Trad Kurdish arr Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Salman Gambarov, Cemîl Qoçgirî

Performer(s): Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Salman Gambarov, Cemîl Qoçgirî

Album: Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Salman Gambarov, Cemîl Qoçgirî – Hawniyaz

Duration: 10:48

23:30

Title: Malan Barkir – Bêrîvanê” (Exile – Diary of a Chambermaid)

Composer: Trad Kurdish arr Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Salman Gambarov, Cemîl Qoçgirî

Performer(s): Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Salman Gambarov, Cemîl Qoçgirî

Album: Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Salman Gambarov, Cemîl Qoçgirî – Hawniyaz

Duration: 9:36

23:43

Title: Pregadoria

Composer:

Performer(s): Elena Ledda (voice)

Album: Sonos 'E Memoria

Duration: 5:18

23:48

Title: Wanderlust

Composer: Paolo Fresu

Performer(s): Paolo Fresu (trumpet/flugel)

Album: Sonos 'E Memoria

Duration: 4:26

23:54

Title: Psalm 121

Composer: Psalm Book 1640

Performer(s): Ensemble eX

Album: Possessed

Duration: 2:11

23:56

Title: Dallas Rag

Composer: Baker, Don

Performer(s): Patrick Collins (violin), Don Baker (guitar)

Album: My Songs, My Friends (Recordno: DB124)

Duration: 2:32