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Moving melodies for stillness and calm

Relax with some of the most flowing and delicate melodies in classical music.

Relax with some of the most flowing and delicate melodies in classical music. Featuring both new and old classics, combined with gentle soundscapes from the natural world.

With music from Maurice Ravel, Clara Schumann and Gerald Finzi, and lyrical pieces from John Rutter, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Ashley Jackson, and more.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Sounds, MM

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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai

    Performer: Nelson Goerner. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Ravel: Piano Concertos.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.

  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    O salutaris hostia

    Lyricist: Anon.. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Ešenvalds: Northern Lights, Stars & Other Choral Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Clara Schumann

    12 Gedichte aus Liebesfrühling, Op. 37: No. 11, Warum willst du andre fragen

    Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts. Performer: Dionysis Grammenos.
    • Schumann & Schubert - Transcriptions for Clarinet & Harp.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Poppy Ackroyd

    Continuum

    Performer: Poppy Ackroyd.
    • Continuum.
    • One Little Independent Records.
    • 1.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Introit, Op. 6

    Performer: Thomas Gould. Conductor: Nicholas Collon. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.

  • Jon Batiste

    Dusklight Movement

    Performer: Jon Batiste.
    • Beethoven Blues.
    • Beethoven Blues.
    • 4.

  • Mikhail Pletnev

    Rachmaniana: Landscape

    Orchestra: Rachmaninoff International Orchestra. Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev.
    • Symphonic Dances & Rachmaniana.
    • EuroArts Music International.
    • 7.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E-Flat Major, H-U 277: III. Romanze

    Ensemble: Chaos String Quartet.
    • Haydn, Ligeti & Mendelssohn: String Quartets.
    • Solo Musica.
    • 8.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Blue Bird

    Choir: Chamber Choir Ireland. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • RTÉ Lyric.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Grateful

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Grateful.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Sun Triptych: III. Dusk

    Performer: Roman Mints. Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Dobrinka Tabakova.
    • Tabakova: Sun Triptych.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 10.

  • Ashley Jackson

    The Angels Changed My Name

    Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Performer: Ashley Jackson.
    • Ennanga.
    • Bright Shiny Things.
    • 7.

  • Florence Price

    String Quartet in G Major : II. Andante moderato

    Performer: Etienne Gara. Orchestra: Delirium Musicum.
    • Cabinet of Curiosities.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Richard Strauss

    Don Quixote Variation (After Don Quixote, Op. 35: III. Finale)

    Composer: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Performer: Jan Vogler. Ensemble: Moritzburg Ensemble. Conductor: Julien Quentin.
    • Don Quixote Variation (After Don Quixote, Op. 35: III. Finale).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Minuet in G Minor, HWV 434/4 (Arr. Kempff for Piano)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Handel: Minuet in G Minor, HWV 434/4 (Arr. Kempff for Piano).
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • John Rutter

    A Clare Benediction

    Lyricist: John Rutter. Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross. Ensemble: The Dmitri Ensemble.
    • John Rutter: A Clare College Celebration.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op. 40: 2. Sarabande (Andante)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Swan of Tuonela/Grieg: Holberg Suite.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.

  • Claude Debussy

    Rêverie, L. 68

    Performer: Alain Planès.
    • Debussy: Estampes; Pour le piano; 6 épigraphes antiques.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 5.

  • Emilie Mayer

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

    Ensemble: Klenke Quartett.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Sally Beamish

    Gerropaedie

    Performer: Sally Beamish. Performer: Stephanie Irvine.
    • Gerropaedie.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.

  • Stephan Moccio

    Opaline

    Composer: Branford Marsalis. Performer: Stephan Moccio. Performer: Branford Marsalis.
    • Opaline.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 1.

  • Eric Coates

    By the sleepy lagoon

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Eric Coates: Orchestral Works Vol. 1.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 12.

  • Marin Marais

    Le Badinage in F-Sharp Minor from Pièces de Viole, Livre IV. No. 87

    Performer: Caroline Nicolas. Performer: Kevin Payne.
    • Marais: Le Badinage in F-Sharp Minor from Pièces de Viole, Livre IV No. 87.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 1.

  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Cello Sonata in D Major, Op. 17: II. Andante tranquillo

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • Fortissima.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 12.

  • Frederick Delius

    Légende

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Sing Gently

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Sing Gently.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Luke Howard

    Dappled Light

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • Howard: Dappled Light.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Ernest Bloch

    Suite for Viola and Orchestra, B. 41 (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra ): III. Lento

    Performer: Parry Karp. Conductor: Kenneth Woods. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Suite for Viola and Orchestra, B. 41 (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra by Adolph Bal.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune

    Performer: Paolo Bonomini. Performer: Vicki Powell. Performer: Suyeon Kang. Performer: Trio Boccherini. Music Arranger: Nicholas Shardlow.
    • Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune (Arr. for String Trio by N.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Katharine Parker

    A Water Colour

    Performer: Dinara Klinton. Performer: ABRSM.
    • A Water Colour.
    • ABRSM Sounds.
    • 2.

  • Robin Holloway

    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 70: IV. Andante/Adagio

    Performer: Alda Dizdari. Conductor: Alexander Walker. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Holloway: Violin Concerto & Solo Sonata.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 4.

  • Edward Elgar

    2 Chansons, Op. 15: No. 2, Chanson de matin

    Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Warner Music UK Limited,Warner Music UK Limited.

  • Toru Takemitsu

    Distance de fée for Violin & Piano

    Performer: Himari. Performer: Chelsea Wang.
    • Takemitsu: Distance de fée for Violin & Piano.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    The Gadfly, Op. 97: III. Youth (Romance)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
    • Cinéma.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 2.

  • Bryce Dessner

    Goiza Larrunen

    Performer: Marielle Labèque.
    • Dessner: Goiza Larrunen.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 1.

  • Quincy Jones

    The First Letter (From "The Color Purple")

    Composer: Jeremy Lubbock. Composer: Rod Temperton. Composer: Jorge Calandrelli. Performer: Quincy Jones. Conductor: Dick Hazard.
    • The Color Purple (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Qwest Records IGA.
    • 1.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio

    Performer: Javier Perianes. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Grieg: Piano Concerto; Lyric Pieces.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Friday14:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind