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Mindful classical music for inner calm

Immerse yourself in three hours of meditative classical music.

Immerse yourself in three hours of meditative classical music paired with calming soundscapes from the natural world.

Featuring orchestral works by Frederick Delius and Avril Coleridge-Taylor, piano pieces by John Cage and Arvo Pärt, as well as immersive compositions by Pauline Oliveros, Ernst Reijseger and Frantz Casseus.

Produced by James Bonney
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind.

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Music Played

  • Samuel Barber

    Agnus Dei

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Enchanted Isle.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Rhapsodie Orientale, Op. 29: 1. Andante

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
    • Rhapsody: Glazunov, Enescu, Alfvén, Dvořák, Liszt.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • George Gershwin

    The Man I Love, Mirage in E-Flat

    Performer: Lucas Debargue. Music Arranger: Lucas Debargue.
    • The Man I Love, Mirage in E-Flat.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante festivo, JS 34b

    Conductor: Osmo Vänskä. Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Gavin Bryars

    The Sinking of the Titanic: 10. Last Hymn

    Ensemble: Gavin Bryars Ensemble.
    • Bryars: The Sinking Of The Titanic.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.

  • Frantz Casséus

    Lullaby

    Performer: Frantz Casséus.
    • Kollective Neighbouring Rights Records B.V..

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77: III. Un sonnet d'amour

    Conductor: Anthony Parnther. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77: III. Un sonnet d'amour.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Frederick Delius

    2 Aquarelles: Lento, ma non troppo

    Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • British Classical Masterpieces.
    • Naxos Special Projects.
    • 1.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Peace on Earth

    Performer: Christopher Williams.
    • Naxos.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Brahms & Busoni Violin Concertos.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 5.

  • Florence Price

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major: II. Andante

    Performer: Er-Gene Kahng. Conductor: Ryan Cockerham. Orchestra: Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava.
    • Florence Price: Violin Concertos.
    • Albany Records.
    • 3.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Theme from Samson and Delilah

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Music Arranger: Nina Simone.
    • Theme from Samson and Delilah (arr. Nina Simone).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Erik Satie

    6 Gnossiennes: No. 1, Lent

    Performer: Etienne Gara. Orchestra: Delirium Musicum.
    • Satie: 6 Gnossiennes: No. 1, Lent (Orch. Bersanetti).
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Fedir Yakymenko

    Ange [Angel]

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Ukrainian Mixtape.
    • Platoon.
    • 6.

  • Mica Levi

    Vanity

    Performer: Mica Levi.
    • Jackie (Original Soundtrack Album).
    • Milan Records.
    • 10.

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations, Op. 36: Theme. Andante

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Elgar: Enigma Variations.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Emile Mosseri

    Jacob and the Stone

    Performer: Emile Mosseri.
    • Jacob and the Stone.
    • Milan.
    • 1.

  • Emilie Mayer

    String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 14: III. Adagio con molto espressione

    Ensemble: Constanze Quartet.
    • Emilie Mayer: String Quartets Vol. 2.
    • CPO.
    • 3.

  • Eleanor Alberga

    Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs: Snow White's Dance

    Conductor: Peter Ash. Orchestra: The Taliesin Orchestra.
    • Orchid Classics.

  • Shir-Ran Yinon

    Choral

    Ensemble: Mondëna Quartet.
    • Choral.
    • Handpicked Records.
    • 1.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Für Alina

    Performer: Alexander Malter.
    • Arvo Pärt: Alina.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 2.

  • Pauline Oliveros

    A Love Song

    Performer: Pauline Oliveros.
    • The Well & The Gentle.
    • Important Records.
    • 5.

  • Cipriani Potter

    Duo concertant for Violin, Piano and Orchestra in A major op. 14, II. Andantino

    Performer: Julian Trevelyan. Performer: Alican Süner. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • CPO.

  • Lucy Walker

    O Nata Lux

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Nightfall.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Piano Concerto in F Minor: II. Adagio

    Performer: Samantha Ege. Conductor: John Andrews. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Piano Concerto in F Minor: II. Adagio.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.

  • Erland Cooper

    Movement 5 - Pt. 2 - Instrumental

    Performer: Erland Cooper. Lyricist: Simon Armitage. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Movement 5 - Pt. 2 - Instrumental.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 1.

  • Anthony Hopkins

    Bracken Road (1947 - suite from 'Slipstream')

    Performer: Sergio Tiempo. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Life Is A Dream.
    • Universal Music Operations Limited.
    • 7.

  • Ernst Reijseger

    Forgotten Dreams #4

    Performer: Ernst Reijseger.
    • Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Music for a Film by Werner Herzog).
    • Spring Music.
    • 3.

  • Roderick Elms

    Cantilena for Guitar and Orchestra

    Performer: Carlos Bonell. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Roderick Elms: Visions of St Anne and Other Orchestral Works.
    • Signum Records.
    • 5.

  • Henry Purcell

    The Virtuous Wife, Z. 611: No. 3, Slow Air (Arr. for Lute by Toby Carr)

    Performer: Toby Carr.
    • The Virtuous Wife, Z. 611: No. 3, Slow Air (Arr. for Lute by Toby Carr).
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Carnival.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 27.

  • Claude Debussy

    2 Arabesques, L. 66: Arabesque No. 1

    Performer: Hippo Dreams.
    • Etymology Classics.

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour, Op. 12 (Version for Cello and Piano)

    Performer: Astrig Siranossian. Performer: Nathanaël Gouin.
    • Elgar: Salut d'amour, Op. 12 (Version for Cello and Piano).
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: XII. Ave maris stella, SV 206:12

    Performer: Lambert Colson. Ensemble: InAlto.
    • Ricercar / Outhere.

  • John Cage

    Dream

    Performer: Bruce Brubaker.
    • InFine.

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Media Vita

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.
    • Media Vita.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Florence Price

    Rhapsody in E-Flat Major

    Performer: Dinara Klinton.
    • Rhapsody in E-Flat Major.
    • ABRSM Sounds.
    • 1.

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