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Comforting classical music to keep you calm

Enjoy three hours of calming classical music to wind down and relax to.

Enjoy three hours of calming classical music to wind down and relax to.

This edition features mindful solo piano from Hwa Young Seo and Frederic Chopin, orchestral works by Grace Williams and Georg Friedrich Handel, and floating choral melodies from Ola Gjeilo and Nico Muhly.

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline: XIII. The merciful goodness of the Lord

    Conductor: Lukas Wanner. Ensemble: Zeronove. Ensemble: I Pizzicanti.
    • Händel: Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264: XIII. The merciful goodness.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 1.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Les animaux modeles, FP 111: I. Le petit jour

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

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48 No. 1

    Performer: Aristo Sham.
    • Universal Music Ltd..

  • Clara Kathleen Rogers

    Sonata in D Minor, Op. 25: II. Andante con espressione

    Performer: Zenas Hsu. Performer: Sookkyung Cho.
    • Rediscovering Three American Composers.
    • Blue Griffin Recording.
    • 2.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op.8 No.4 "Winter": II. Largo

    Ensemble: Esther Abrami.
    • Nightlight.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 2.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Here hum the bees

    Conductor: Elinor Cooper. Ensemble: The Rodolfus Choir.
    • Here hum the bees.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011 (Arr. for Two Piccolo Cellos): V. Gavotte

    Performer: Mario Brunello. Performer: Mauro Valli.
    • J. S. Bach on Nine Strings. Suite, Partita and Sonata for Two Piccolo Cellos.
    • Arcana.
    • 9.

  • Grace Williams

    Four Illustrations for the Legend of Rhiannon: III. The Penance

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Grace Williams: Orchestral Works.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 3.

  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Enchanted Isle.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.

  • Arooj Aftab

    Udhero Na

    Composer: Anoushka Shankar. Performer: Ashley Jackson.
    • Decca Records US / Universal.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Funeral March Meditation (After Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor: III.)

    Performer: Martin Stadtfeld. Music Arranger: Martin Stadtfeld.
    • Funeral March Meditation (After Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: III..
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    5 Fairy Ballads: No. 3, Big Lady Moon

    Performer: Tom Poster. Performer: Amy Harman.
    • The Bassoonist’s Songbook.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 16.

  • George Fenton

    Narwhals

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

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Sun Triptych: I. Dawn

    Performer: Roman Mints. Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Dobrinka Tabakova.
    • Tabakova: Sun Triptych.
    • ECM New Series.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Ubi Caritas

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.
    • Ubi Caritas (Duruflé) & Ubi Caritas (Gjeilo).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 36 No. 3, Hob. XV:20: II. Andante cantabile

    Performer: Eun-Sun Hong. Performer: Josu de Solaun. Performer: Stefan Tarara.
    • Haydn: Piano Trios, Vol. 9.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.

  • Edward Elgar

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

    Performer: Andreas Brantelid. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • Naxos.

  • Herbert Howells

    Elegy for Solo Viola, String Quartet and String Orchestra, Op. 15

    Performer: Mathis Rochat. Performer: Lesley Hatfield. Performer: Martin Gwilym-Jones. Performer: Rebecca Jones. Performer: Raphael Lang. Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Walton. Benjamin. Howells..
    • Evil Penguin Classic.
    • 1.

  • Ulysses Kay

    Viola Sonata: I. Largo

    Performer: Jonathan Bagg. Performer: Emely Phelps.
    • New Focus Recordings.

  • Antonín Dvořák

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

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Florence Price

    Hour of Peace

    Performer: Tom Winpenny.
    • Price: Organ Works.
    • Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd.
    • 8.

  • Francisco Garro

    In principio erat verbum

    Ensemble: Cupertinos. Conductor: Luís Toscano.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, No. 2, "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto

    Performer: Alfredo Perl.
    • Best Beethoven-Sonatas: Mondschein/Appassionata/Waldstein/Pathétique....
    • ARTE NOVA Classics.
    • 1.

  • Franz Liszt

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124: II. Quasi adagio

    Performer: Alexander Ullman. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Sonata.
    • Rubicon.
    • 2.

  • Clara Schumann

    6 Lieder, Op. 13, No. 3, Liebeszauber

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Olga Scheps. Music Arranger: Julian Riem.
    • Clara Schumann: Liebeszauber.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Pauline Viardot

    Serenade

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Bertrand.
    • Pentatone.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minuet in G Major, WoO 10, No. 2

    Ensemble: I Musici.
    • Beethoven Essentials.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 27.

  • Nico Muhly

    BETH. Plorans ploravit (No resting place)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • Nico Muhly: No Resting Place.
    • Linn Records.
    • 7.

  • Hwa Young Seo

    Green White

    Performer: Hwa Young Seo.
    • AUDIOGUY.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: I. Behold the Lamb of God (Arr. for Wind Ensemble)

    Conductor: David Hill. Orchestra: The Norwegian Wind Ensemble. Ensemble: BBC Singers.
    • Messiah, HWV 56 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold).
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 20.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    String Quartet in C Minor: II. Andantino

    Ensemble: Verdi-Quartett.
    • Vaughan Williams: The Complete String Quartets.
    • CPO.
    • 2.

  • Julia Perry

    Prelude

    Performer: Maria Thompson Corley.
    • Soulscapes 2 - Piano Music by Women of African Descent.
    • MSR Classics.
    • 6.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: III. Andante

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • "Jeunehomme" - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 21 and other Piano Pieces.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 93.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in F Minor, BWV 881

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Bach: Prelude in F Minor, BWV 881.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma mère l'oye, Ballet, M. 62: III. Une barque sur l'océan, M. 43b

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Ravel: Ma Mère L'Oye; Boléro etc..
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 9.

  • Charles Wood

    O Thou the Central Orb

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • A New Heaven.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 2.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 13 Mar 202614:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 11 Apr 202606:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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