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Classical harmonies to bring you calm

Allow yourself a moment of calm with a three hour mix of relaxing classical sounds.

Allow yourself a moment of calm with a three hour mix of relaxing classical sounds.

Featuring shimmering orchestral harmonies from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Ruth Gipps, soothing instrumental textures from Camille Saint-Saens and Robert Schumann and quiet piano melodies by Karen Tanaka and Chiquinha Gonzaga.

Produced by Steven Rajam
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind. MM

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Music Played

  • Aaron Copland

    Clarinet Concerto: I. Slowly and expressively -

    Orchestra: A Far Cry.
    • Copland & Aldridge: Clarinet Concerto.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Donna McKevitt

    Lumen

    Conductor: Owain Park. Choir: The Gesualdo Six.
    • Lux aeterna: A Sequence for the Souls of the Departed.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon in C Major

    • Nocturne.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 6.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Walk With Us - For Black Lives Matter

    • Dreamland (Deluxe Edition).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 15.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Boréades Acte IV, Scène IV: Entrée pour les Muses

    Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Rameau - The Sound of Light.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Who Knows?

    • Beyond Twilight: Music for Cello & Piano by Female Composers.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 2.

  • François Couperin

    Les Baricades Mystérieuses

    Music Arranger: Göran Söllscher.
    • Guitar Classics: Söllscher, Segovia & Yepes.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 152.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 - Adagio

    • Elgar: Viola Concerto - Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.

  • Thomas Farnon

    Impromptu, No. 1

    • Two Impromptus.
    • Chromium Music Group.
    • 1.

  • Marc Berthomieu

    Cinq nuances in B Minor: III. Idyllico

    • Hörmusik.

  • Elizabeth Poston

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

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

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt.
    • Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (Transcr. Liszt for Solo Piano).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Montgomery Variations: VI. Lament

    • African American Voices II.
    • Linn Records.
    • 06.

  • Alexandre Guilmant

    Prière in F Major, Op. 16 (Arr. for accordion & piano by Miloš Milivoj)

    • Saint-Saëns: Duos for Harmonium and Piano (Arr. for Classical Accordion & Piano.
    • Nimbus Records.
    • 6.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite Nr. 1, Op. 46: III. Anitra's Dance

    • Grieg: Orchestral Music (Peer Gynt Suite).
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
    • 1.

  • Wallace McClain Cheatham

    Three Preludes (USA): II. Poor Mourner's Got a Home

    • Asa - Piano Music by Composers of African Descent, Vol. 2.
    • MSR Classics.
    • 19.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201 - II. Andante

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos.25 & 29 / Clarinet Concerto.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Deux Morceaux: I. Nocturne

    Music Arranger: Julian Riem.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • Undine Smith Moore

    We Shall Walk Through the Valley

    • Haven.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 7.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Scenes with Cranes, Op. 44, No. 2, Kuolema (Death)

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pietari Inkinen.
    • Sibelius, J.: Night Ride and Sunrise / Belshazzar's Feast Suite / Kuolema.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    Lux aeterna [from 'Nimrod' of 'Enigma' variations]

    Music Arranger: John Cameron. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Lux.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge

    Columbine (Carnival, Suite of 5 dances, No 4)

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach To Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. II.
    • Albany Records.
    • 52.

  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse

    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • Robert Schumann

    Traumerei, Op. 15 No. 7

    • Chandos.

  • Kevin Volans

    White Man Sleeps: IV.

    • 25 Years.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 13.

  • Erik Satie

    3 Gymnopédies: No. 1 Lent et douloureux

    • Satie: The Complete solo piano music.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.

  • Gang Chen

    Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: III. Adagio assai doloroso

    Composer: Zhanhao He.
    • Butterfly Lovers Concerto & Paganini.
    • Pentatone.
    • 3.

  • Ferdinand Ries

    Sextet in G Minor, Op. 142: II. Adagio con moto

    Orchestra: Franz Ensemble.
    • Dabringhaus Und Grimm Audiovision GmBH.

  • Amy Beach

    Young Birches, Op. 128, No. 2

    Composer: Christopher James Hopkins.
    • Arabesque Recordings.

  • Richard Strauss

    Concerto for Horn and Orchestra No. 2, TrV 283: II. Andante con moto

    • Chandos.

  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    For A Moment

    • For A Moment.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 1.

  • Pauline Viardot

    Six Morceaux: Berceuse

    • Feminissimo!.
    • Albany Records.
    • 12.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595: II. Larghetto

    Orchestra: Hamburger Symphoniker. Conductor: Peter Ruzicka.
    • Mozart: Concertos & Fantasia in C Minor, K. 396.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 2.

  • Jean Sibelius

    6 Impromptus, Op. 5: Impromptu VI

    • Sibelius.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Ancient Suite

    Performer: Martin Frost. Choir: Adolf Fredriks Girls Choir. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Roots.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Daniel Bacheler

    Pavan

    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.

  • Alexander Gretchaninov

    Now the Powers of Heaven

    Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Russian Treasures.
    • Bene Arte.
    • 1.

  • Max Richter

    Mercy

    • In 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 13.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"

    • Für Elise, Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

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

    Orchestra: Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Hankinson.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor • Dvořák: Violin Concertos.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 2.

  • Rued Langgaard

    Rosengaardsviser (Rose Garden Songs): II. Behind The Wall Stand The Little Roses

    • Rose Garden Songs (Rued Langgaard).
    • Dacapo.
    • 05.

  • Vincent d’Indy

    Karadec Suite, Op. 34: II. Chanson

    Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Darrell Ang.
    • d'Indy: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • John Adams

    China Gates

    • Brilliant Classics Licensing BV.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 9 Dec 2024 14:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 15 Dec 2024 06:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Boxing Day 2024 14:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Wed 8 Jan 2025 06:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 20 Apr 2025 14:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tue 20 May 2025 06:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Wednesday 14:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind