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Classical sounds for moments of calm

Relax with a playlist of chilled out classical music, to help transport you to a place of calm.

Relax with a playlist of soothing classical music, to help transport you to place of calm.

With music by Gerald Finzi, Maurice Ravel, and Johann Pachelbel. Plus soft melodies from Florence Price, William Walton, and Eleanor Daley to gently soothe your mind and soul.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 3 Unwind, MM

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Thursday 14:00

Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante défunte

    Performer: Sumino Hayato.
  • Henry Mancini

    Moon River

    Performer: Plínio Fernandes.
  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American": II. Sorrow (Adagio)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
  • William Byrd

    Ne irascaris, Domine

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
  • Richard Strauss

    Serenade for 13 wind instruments in E flat major Op. 7

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Orchestras.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Love's Labour's Lost, Op. 28, Soliloquy 1

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
  • Chilly Gonzales

    Armellodie

    Performer: Olga Scheps.
  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Orchestras.
  • Undine Smith Moore

    We Shall Walk Through The Valley

    Ensemble: Apollo5.
  • Antonio Caldara

    Sinfonia in D Major: Grave

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula.
  • Arvo P?rt

    Für Alina

    Performer: Alexander Malter.
  • Anthony Collins

    Symphony for Strings No.1: II. Adagio molto

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Concert Orchestra.
  • Robert Schumann

    Liederkreis, Op. 39: No. 5. Mondnacht

    Performer: Robert Kulek. Performer: Daniel Müller‐Schott.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet in C-Sharp Minor, M. 42

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
  • Cerys Hafana

    Nant Yr Arian

    Performer: Cerys Hafana.
  • Max Richter

    The Poetry of Earth (Geophony)

    Performer: Max Richter.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 36: II. Adagio cantabile

    Orchestra: Philzuid. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Water Night

    Ensemble: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio For Strings

    Performer: 麻豆官网首页入口 Orchestras.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat Major, K. 495: II. Romance. Andante cantabile

    Performer: Radovan Vlatkovi?. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony No. 4 in D Minor: II. Andante cantabile

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
  • William Walton

    Two Pieces For Small Orchestra: 2. Touch Her Soft Lips And Part

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon and Gigue for Three Violins and Continuo in D Major

    Orchestra: Jean-Fran?ois Paillard Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jean‐Fran?ois Paillard.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Cameos, Op. 56: III. Andante

    Performer: Waka Hasegawa.
  • Eleanor Daley

    Upon Your Heart

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
  • Frank Bridge

    Berceuse (arr. for viola and piano)

    Performer: Eniko Magyar. Performer: 平形忠司(今井正).
  • Alex Baranowski

    Wiosna

    Conductor: Angèle Dubeau. Ensemble: La Pietà.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Montgomery Variations: VI. Lament

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep May Safely Graze

    Performer: Leon Fleisher.
  • Nino Rota

    Clarinet Sonata in D Major: I. Allegretto scorrevole

    Performer: Goran Gojevic.
  • Henry Purcell

    In Nomine A7

    Ensemble: Phantasm.
  • Nkeiru Okoye

    African Sketches: II. Dusk

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Flute Sonata in B-Flat Major, WoO Anh.4: III. Largo

    Performer: Enzo Caroli. Performer: Anna Martignon.
  • Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Concerto pour violon No. 9 en sol majeur, Op. 8: Largo

    Orchestra: Orchestre Bernard Thomas. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Nightingale (from The Birds)

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Orchestras.
  • George Walker

    Lyric for Strings

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Orchestras.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 4 Nov 2024 06:00
  • Wed 13 Nov 2024 14:00
  • Mon 16 Dec 2024 14:00
  • Thursday 14:00
  • Wed 15 Jan 2025 06:00