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Classical melodies to inspire calmness and clarity

A collection of soothing classical harmonies to help you find calm in your day.

A selection of soothing classical harmonies to help you find calm in your day.

With a relaxing selection of music by Antonín Dvořák, Léo Delibes and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, along with performances from VOCES8, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Anna Lapwood.

Produced by Katie Hill.
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind. MM.

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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33: Moderato assai quasi Andante - Thema

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Serse, HWV 40: Ombra mai fu

    Singer: Malena Ernman.
    • Roxy Recordings.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Trio: III. Moderato

    Performer: Angela Gassenhuber. Performer: Friedemann Kupsa. Performer: Renate Eggebrecht.
    • Troubadisc.

  • John Tavener

    Mother Of God, Here I Stand

    Lyricist: John Tavener. Lyricist: Mikhail Lermontov. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Pau Casals

    El cant dels ocells (for Cello & Orchestra)

    Performer: Harriet Krijgh. Conductor: Gustavo Gimeno. Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz.
    • CapriccioNR.

  • Phil Cunningham

    The Gentle Light That Wakes Me

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Aly Bain. Performer: Phil Cunningham.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Michael Nyman

    The Heart Asks Pleasure First (From "The Piano")

    Performer: Ksenia Bashmet.
    • Quartz Music.

  • William Byrd

    Peccantem me quotidie a 5, T. 6 (Cantiones Sacrae, 1575)

    Lyricist: Anon.. Conductor: Owain Park. Choir: The Gesualdo Six.
    • Hyperion.

  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No 1 (Afro-American) - 2nd mvt

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

    Conductor: Adrian Boult. Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London.
    • Violet Hill Records.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Variations Concertantes Sur Une Mélodie Suisse, Op. 20: Andante Sostenuto

    Performer: Daniele Orlando. Performer: Linda di Carlo.
    • Brilliant Classics Licensing BV.

  • Rebecca Dale

    There Will Come Soft Rains

    Composer: Sara Teasdale. Conductor: Nigel Short. Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Signum Records.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 97 'The American': III. Larghetto

    Conductor: Krzysztof Chorzelski. Ensemble: Skampa Quartet.
    • Champs Hill Records.

  • Karen Tanaka

    Children of Light: Crested Ibis

    Performer: Signe Bakke.
    • 2L.

  • Howard Shore

    The Shire

    Conductor: Howard Shore. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Voices.
    • Rhino/Warner Records.

  • Léo Delibes

    Lakmé / Act 1: "Sous le dôme épais" (Flower Duet)

    Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    The Offering - IV. Tranquillo

    Performer: Benjamin Martin. Ensemble: Flinders Quartet.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Isle of Beauty

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.
    • Delphian Records.

  • Olivia Belli

    Grain Moon

    Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • Sony Classical.

  • John Ireland

    A Downland Suite: III. Minuet Allegretto grazioso (Version for String Orchestra)

    Conductor: Julian Lloyd Webber. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Walk With Us (For Black Lives Matter)

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: I. Allegro moderato

    Ensemble: Budapest Haydn Quartet.
    • Naxos.

  • Jóhann Jóhannsson

    They Being Dead Yet Speaketh (from Miners' Hymns), Part 1

    Conductor: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Platoon.

  • Erik Satie

    Prélude de la porte héroïque du ciel

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Karl Jenkins

    The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace: XII. Benedictus

    Performer: Guy Johnston. Conductor: Karl Jenkins. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: National Youth Choir. Conductor: Mike Brewer.
    • Universal Music Operations Ltd.

  • Yiruma

    Kiss the Rain

    Performer: Martin Jacoby.
    • Silent Star Music.

  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring - 1945 Suite - 1. Very slowly

    Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • John Pickard

    3 Latin Motets: No. 1, O nata lux

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep May Safely Graze

    Performer: Leon Fleisher.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Max Richter

    Infra 4

    Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: Natalia Bonner. Performer: Nick Barr. Performer: Ian Burdge. Performer: Chris Worsey.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante festivo, JS 34b

    Conductor: Osmo Vänskä. Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Oboe Concerto, Op. 20: II. Andante

    Performer: Juliana Koch. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Gabríel Ólafs

    Filma Solo

    • One Little Independent Records.

  • Frederick Delius

    3 Small Tone Poems: No. 3, Spring Morning

    Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Joanna Marsh

    Arabesques: III. Fading

    Conductor: Owain Park. Ensemble: BBC Singers.
    • Signum Records.

  • Ulysses Kay

    Eight Inventions for Piano: II. Moderato

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Albany Records.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Banquet Music In 3 Parts: Concerto In A Major, I. Largo

    Conductor: Reinhard Goebel. Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln.
    • Archiv Produktion.

  • Joseph Parry

    Myfanwy

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Decca Records.

  • Marianna Martines

    Concerto per Cembalo in G Major: II. Adagio

    Performer: Nicoleta Paraschivescu. Orchestra: La Floridiana.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    Irish Melody (Emer's Farewell to Cucullain - "Londonderry Air")

    Performer: Vinciane Béranger. Performer: David Louwerse.
    • Aparté.

  • Jónsi

    Fljótavík (Arr. Lawson for Ensemble)

    Composer: Georg Hólm. Composer: Kjartan Sveinsson. Composer: Orri Páll Dýrason. Lyricist: Jónsi. Lyricist: Georg Hólm. Lyricist: Kjartan Sveinsson. Lyricist: Orri Páll Dýrason. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

Broadcasts

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