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Calming classical music for mindful focus

Enjoy 3 hours of calming classical music to focus your mind and soul.

Enjoy 3 hours of calming classical music to focus your mind and soul.

Featuring chamber music from Caroline Shaw and Samuel Coleridge Taylor, soothing choral from Albinoni and John Ireland, and orchestral works from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ruth Gipps.

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

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Music Played

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sinfonietta, FP 141: III. Andante cantabile

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

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Erbarme dich, mein Gott

    Performer: Eldbjørg Hemsing. Music Arranger: Tim Allhoff. Ensemble: Norwegian String Quintet. Conductor: Tim Allhoff.
    • Colors of Bach.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 17.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    O Holy Lord

    Choir: Nathaniel Dett Chorale.
    • Marquis Classics.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    5 Fairy Ballads: No. 4, The Stars

    Performer: Tom Poster. Performer: Amy Harman.
    • The Bassoonist’s Songbook.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 17.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano concerto no.8 in C major K.246 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Olga Pashchenko. Ensemble: Il Gardellino.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos 6, 8 & 18.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 5.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony No. 5, Op. 64: II. Andante

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 6.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Spiegel im Spiegel

    Performer: Iveta Apkalna.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Piano Quintet "Detroit": IV. Prayer

    Orchestra: Harlem Chamber Players.
    • Adolphus Hailstork: Chamber Works.
    • Navona Records.
    • 4.

  • Catrin Finch

    13

    Performer: Catrin Finch.
    • bendigedig.

  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

    Lyricist: William Blake. Conductor: Daniel Taylor. Choir: The Trinity Choir.
    • The Tree of Life.
    • Sony Classical/Daniel Taylor.
    • 5.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 107 "Reformation Symphony": III. Andante

    Orchestra: Deutsche Philharmonie Merck. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
    • Coviello.

  • Gao Hong

    Reminiscences: III. Whispers of Home

    Performer: Gao Hong. Conductor: Michael Poll. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Naxos World.

  • Edward Gregson

    A Song for Sue

    Performer: Edward Gregson. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
    • A Vision in A Dream.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 8.

  • Elisabeth Kuyper

    Sonata in A Major, Op. 1: III. Andante Con Espressione - Maestoso - A Tempo

    Performer: Maristella Patuzzi. Performer: Mario Patuzzi.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Jake Runestad

    Let My Love Be Heard

    Lyricist: Alfred Noyes. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • TWENTY.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto

    Performer: Dong-Hyek Lim. Conductor: Alexander Vedernikov. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • 'Arioso' - Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Ravel, Rachmaninov.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 46.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Plan & Elevation: V. The Beech Tree

    Music Arranger: BufoBufo. Conductor: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Willows.
    • Platoon.
    • 6.

  • Johannes Brahms

    5 Lieder, Op. 105: No. 1, Wie Melodien zieht es mir

    Performer: Johan Farjot. Performer: Arnaud Thorette.
    • Indesens Calliope Records.

  • Miho Hazama

    Marimba Concerto No. 1: II.

    Performer: Mika Stoltzman. Performer: Richard Stoltzman. Performer: Eddie Gomez. Performer: Steve Gadd. Conductor: Miho Hazama. Orchestra: Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Members of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project.
    • Crossing the Bar.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 5.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Song 20

    Conductor: Jeremy West. Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
    • Head Space: Candlelight.
    • Signum Records.
    • 7.

  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Song of the Black Swan

    Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.
    • Lake Reflections - Music for Flute & Harp.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Alexandre Batta

    Una furtiva lagrima. Romance de "L'elisir d'amore" de Donizetti

    Composer: Gaetano Donizetti. Performer: Sol Gabetta. Performer: Irina Zahharenkova.
    • Lise Cristiani (Deluxe Album).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace

    Music Arranger: George Morton. Ensemble: Ensemble K. Conductor: Simone Menezes.
    • Cosmos.
    • Menezes Records.
    • 2.

  • Justin Hurwitz

    La La Land: Mia and Sebastian's Theme

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Cinema.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Daniel Jenkyn Jones

    Comedy Overture

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Overtures from the British Isles, Vol. 3.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 4.

  • Marguerite Canal

    Lied

    Ensemble: Duo Alma.
    • Indesens Calliope Records.

  • John Ireland

    Ex ore innocentium

    Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Allegri Miserere.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.

  • Jamal Aliyev

    Biz

    Performer: Jamal Aliyev. Performer: Ece Dağıstan.
    • Sözsüz Masallar.
    • JA.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 56 in C Major, Hob. I:56: II. Adagio

    Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 18: Il maestro di scuola.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.

  • Gerald Finzi

    5 Bagatelles, Op 23 (No 2, 'Romance')

    Performer: Anastasia Schmidlin. Performer: Denis Zhdanov.
    • Finzi: 5 Bagatelles, Op. 23.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 2.

  • Elizabeth Poston

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.

  • Rosey Chan

    Jasmine Flower

    Performer: Rosey.
    • Jasmine Flower.
    • Platoon.
    • 1.

  • Edgar Bainton

    Three Pieces for Orchestra: I. Elegy. Lento, molto tranquillo

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • Chandos.

  • Joe Alexander Shepherd

    The Adaptation

    Performer: Joe Alexander Shepherd.
    • The Adaptation.
    • Nettwerk Music Group.
    • 1.

  • Philip Glass

    Violin Concerto No. 1: II. Quarter Note = 108

    Performer: Adele Anthony. Conductor: Takuo Yuasa. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.
    • Glass, P.: Violin Concerto / Company / Prelude From Akhnaten.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    The Beatitudes (Adagio)

    Music Arranger: Remo Giazotto. Orchestra: Capricorn. Ensemble: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
    • Agnus Dei Volumes 1 & 2.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 1.

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