We’re descending into the winter soundscape with MAX RICHTER’s “recomposed” version of “Winter” from Vivaldi’s Baroque masterpiece “The Four Seasons.” It introduces a program of new “atmospheric classical” and electronic music from Europe, featuring the superb Polish pianist, composer, and singer HANIA RANI.
Full disclosure here……we missed Hania Rani’s debut album in 2019 and never caught up. Since then, she’s created an enormously impressive body of work—11 solo albums, 25 singles and collaborations, and a dozen film soundtracks, including her infinitely subtle music for Norwegian director JOACHIM TRIER’S film “Sentimental Value”—winner of the 2025 Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
On this transmission of HEARTS of SPACE…an atmospheric classical journey to the quiet heart of winter, on a program called “FROZEN TIME 3.” Big Thanks to listeners DAVID S. FAY, FRED STRILEY, and BILL G. from Atlanta for their tactful reminders, and we’re finally on to HANIA RANI six years late—with a great supporting cast including MAX RICHTER, EYEDÍS EVENSEN, ÓLAFUR ARNALDS & TALOS, ELDBJØRG HEMSING, HILDUR GOdNADÓTTIR, GABRIEL ÓLAFS, FEDERICO ALBANESE, and LUDOVICO EINAUDI.