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Calming classical music for a moment of rest

Take this opportunity for a moment of rest and reflection with three hours of soothing classical sounds.

Take this opportunity for a moment of rest and reflection, and let this three hour mix accompany you on your journey to calm.

Featuring warm strings from Alexander Glazunov and Edward Elgar, choral beauty from John Tavener and Trevor Weston, and solo piano tunes from Rosey Chan and Frédéric Chopin.

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

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour, Op. 12

    Performer: Charlie Siem. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Goodwin.
    • Under the Stars.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 46: II. Andante sostenuto

    Performer: David Berlin. Performer: Benjamin Martin.
    • Mellow Cello.
    • ABC Classic.
    • 4.

  • Cipriani Potter

    Symphony in B-Flat Major: II. Andante

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

  • Florence Price

    Piano Concerto in one movement (Adagio cantabile)

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah.
    • Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement; Symphony No. 1 in E Minor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • William Byrd

    Ave verum corpus

    Lyricist: Pope Innocent VI. Ensemble: Lamentabile Consort.
    • Music from the Renaissance.
    • Proprius.
    • 3.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Chant du ménestrel, Op. 71

    Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • Chant du ménestrel, Op.71.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pavane, Op. 50 (Arr. for Guitar & Orchestra)

    Performer: John Williams. Music Arranger: John Williams. Conductor: William Goodchild. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • John Williams - Collaborations.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 14.

  • Rosey Chan

    Autumn

    Performer: Rosey Chan.
    • Platoon.

  • Maurice Duruflé

    Quatre Motets, Op. 10: Ubi caritras et amor

    Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir.
    • Duruflé: Complete Sacred Choral Works.
    • Lammas.
    • 10.

  • Amy Beach

    By the Still Waters, Op. 114 (Arr. for 2 Guitars)

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham. Performer: Plínio Fernandes. Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.
    • Beach: By the Still Waters, Op. 114 (Arr. Lewin for 2 Guitars).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Conductor: Grant Llewellyn. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow; A Shropshire Lad/ /McGunn: The Land of t.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.

  • Dora Pejačević

    Piano Concerto, Op. 33: II. Adagio con estro poetico

    Performer: Sakari Oramo. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Donohoe.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: The Concordia Choir. Conductor: René Clausen.
    • High Flight.
    • Signum Records.
    • 11.

  • Sigur Rós

    Fljótavik

    Performer: Stephanie Gonley. Ensemble: The Dmitri Ensemble. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • Sigur Rós: Fljótavik (Arr. for Violin and String Orchestra).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No.2

    Performer: Vladimir Feltsman.
    • Chopin: Complete Nocturnes, Barcarolle, Berceuse.
    • Nimbus Alliance.
    • 2.

  • Camille Pépin

    The Sound of Trees: Apaise, boise

    Performer: Camille Pépin. Performer: Julien Hervé. Performer: Yan Levionnois. Orchestra: Orchestre de Picardie. Conductor: Arie van Beek.
    • NoMusic.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Le onde

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • aggio.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Trad.

    Deep River

    Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Music Arranger: Kanneh-Mason Trio. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason.
    • Traditional: Deep River (Arr. Coleridge-Taylor, Kanneh-Mason).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Peter Warlock

    Capriol Suite, 2. Pavane

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Fantasia on Greensleeves.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Spiritus Sanctus Vivificans

    Performer: Anna Sandström. Conductor: Christopher Monks. Ensemble: Armonico Consort.
    • Naked Byrd Two.
    • Signum Records.
    • 6.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World": II. Largo

    Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
    • Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 & Symphonic Variations (Live).
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • George Fenton

    Narwhals

    Conductor: George Fenton. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Frozen Planet (Soundtrack from the TV Series).
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 10.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Rinaldo, HWV 7: Lascia ch'io pianga (Arr. for Piano)

    Performer: Martin Stadtfeld.
    • Rinaldo, HWV 7: Lascia ch'io pianga (Arr. for Piano).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in D Major, No. 2: Adagio

    Performer: Zhou Qian. Conductor: Kevin Mallon. Orchestra: Toronto Chamber Orchestra.
    • Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos No. 1, Op. 3 and Nos. 2 and 10.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

    Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Allegri Miserere.
    • Signum Records.
    • 3.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    6 Melodies, Op. 4 - 6 melodies, Op. 5: Allegretto

    Performer: Béatrice Rauchs.
    • BIS.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Brahms: Symphonies 1-4.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 3.

  • Philip Glass

    Tissue No. 6

    Performer: Camille Thomas. Performer: Julien Brocal.
    • Glass: Tissue No. 6 (Musical Moments).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Philip Stopford

    In My Father's House

    Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Christopher Gray.
    • Regent Records Ltd.

  • Masato Nakamura

    Before I Notice

    Composer: Miwa Yoshida. Performer: Eri Ishibashi. Performer: Maki Kasai.
    • OMF.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26: II. Adagio

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Trevor Weston

    Rivers of Living Water

    Choir: Choir of Trinity Wall Street. Conductor: Trevor Weston.
    • Oxford University Press Music.

  • Mel Bonis

    Scenes de la foret, Op. 123: No. 1, Nocturne

    Performer: Florian Wiek. Conductor: Tatjana Ruhland. Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Bonis, M.: Suite En Trio / Scenes De La Foret / Suite Dans Le Style Ancien / Air.
    • SWR Classic.
    • 1.

  • Chick Corea

    Children's Song No. 8 "The Sky" (Arr. for guitar)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • PentaTone Music B.V..

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Kwong Song

    Ensemble: Acacia Quartet.
    • Blue Silence.
    • Vexation840.
    • 06.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: II. Largo

    Performer: Stewart Goodyear. Conductor: Andrew Constantine. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Orchid Music Limited.

  • William Henry Harris

    Bring Us, O Lord God

    Conductor: Nigel Short. Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Hubert Parry: Songs of Farewell.
    • Signum Records.
    • 15.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 2 Dec 2024 14:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 8 Dec 2024 06:00
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  • Thu 19 Dec 2024 14:00
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  • New Year's Day 2025 06:00
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  • Wed 16 Apr 2025 14:00
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  • Fri 16 May 2025 06:00
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  • Sunday 14:00
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