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Peaceful classical pieces to lift your day

Embrace quiet moments with a selection of gentle classical pieces, filled with soft textures and reflective melodies to help settle the mind.

Embrace quiet moments with a selection of gentle classical pieces, filled with soft textures and reflective melodies to help settle the mind.

With reflective music by Olivia Belli, Alis Huws, and Paul Smith, and calming works by Erik Satie, Gabriel Fauré, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. This mix invites you to pause, breathe, and simply be.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind, MM

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri Op. 70

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Gordon Jacob

    Cradle Song

    Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson.
    • Marco-Polo.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Northern Lights

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Trad.

    Lisa Lan (arr. Alis Huws for harp)

    Performer: Alis Huws. Music Arranger: Alis Huws.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Joe Hisaishi

    HANA-BI

    Performer: Joe Hisaishi. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker.
    • Universal Music LLC.

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopédie No. 1. Lent et douloureux

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: José Gallardo.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Paul Smith

    Karitas, Pt. 1

    Composer: Hildegard von Bingen. Choir: VOCES8.
    • VOCES8 Records.

  • Giovanni Sollima

    L.B. Files: Igiul

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Ensemble: Manchester Collective.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125: XIII. Le cygne

    Performer: Mats Lidström. Performer: Leif Kaner‐Lidström.
    • Hyperion.

  • Sir George Dyson

    Woodland Suite: I. At Evening Bell

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O magnum mysterium

    Choir: Chamber Choir of Europe. Conductor: Nicol Matt.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    To Be Sun

    Performer: Ludovico Einaudi. Conductor: Robert Ames.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).

  • Rachel Portman

    Moment in Time

    Performer: Rachel Portman. Performer: Niklas Liepe.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Cipriani Potter

    Symphony in C Minor: II. Andante con moto

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • CPO.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Saxophone Concerto Op.59 'Cyber-bird' (Bird in the Wind)

    Performer: Nobuya Sugawa. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • Chandos.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Henriette Renié

    Harp Concerto in C Minor: II. Adagio

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Samuel Jean.
    • Believe International.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Enchantment (Beyond The Dream)

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • Navona.

  • Richard Addinsell

    The Isle of Apples

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn.
    • Marco-Polo.

  • Hayato Sumino

    Nocturne II - After Dawn

    Performer: Hayato Sumino.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • Chevalier J.J.O. de Meude-Monpas

    Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major: II. Adagio

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra.
    • Cedille.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sinfonietta, FP 141: III. Andante cantabile

    Performer: Bramwell Tovey. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • James MacMillan

    Scots Song

    Performer: James Pearson. Performer: Lizzie Ball. Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Pauline Viardot

    Hai Luli!, VWV 1106 (Arr. for Violin, Harp and String Quintet)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Ensemble: Esther Abrami.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Florence Maude Ewart

    Prelude no.3

    Performer: Jeanell Carrigan.
    • Wirripang.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 80: II. Andante

    Performer: Philippe Graffin. Orchestra: Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Hankinson.
    • AVIE Records.

  • Franz Liszt

    Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: Espressivo

    Performer: Lise de la Salle.
    • Believe International.

  • Grace Williams

    Hiraeth

    Performer: Alis Huws.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Amy Beach

    Romance Op.23

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Iyad Sughayer.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • John Addison

    Conversation Piece: Adagio

    Performer: Simon Callaghan. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: William Boughton.
    • Wyastone Estate Ltd t/a Nimbus Records.

  • Franz Schubert

    34 Valses sentimentales, Op. 50, D. 779: No. 13 in A Major

    Performer: Natalia Ehwald.
    • Prospero Classical.

  • Chad Lawson

    Stay (Arr. By Geoff Lawson for String Quartet)

    Performer: Chad Lawson.
    • Chad Lawson Decca US.

  • Olivia Belli

    Anemos

    Performer: Olivia Belli. Performer: Chris Worsey.
    • XXIM Records.

  • Franz Liszt

    Franz Schuberts geistliche Lieder, S. 562: No. 1, Litaney

    Performer: Aimi Kobayashi.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Laura Mvula

    Sing to the Moon

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.
    • Signum Records.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Deep River

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Warner Classics.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 30 May 202514:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 29 Jun 202506:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Wed 8 Oct 202514:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thu 6 Nov 202506:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Wed 7 Jan 202614:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thu 5 Feb 202606:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind