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Calm music for stormy weather feat. Arooj Aftab

Ultimate CalmÓlafur Arnalds: Series 1
Episode 10 of 13

Ólafur Arnalds seeks the calm inside the storm with a selection of peaceful music inspired by rain, wind and thunder. Plus a stormy Safe Haven from the composer Arooj Aftab.

Join Icelandic composer and pianist Ólafur Arnalds for another hour-long musical journey that seeks to find that elusive feeling of calm.

In this episode, Ólafur puts his head into the clouds to look for the calm within the storm, with a selection of music inspired by rain, wind and thunder. He shares music from Chopin, Eydís Evensen and Chihei Hatakeyama, and talks about the comforting effect that the sounds of bad weather can have on you when you’re tucked up inside.

Plus the composer Arooj Aftab transports us to her Safe Haven, the place where she feels the most calm, with a recording from a thunderstorm outside her apartment in New York.

Produced by Katie Callin
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds

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59 minutes

Last on

Thu 11 Dec 202521:00
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Music Played

  • Ólafur Arnalds

    saman

  • Atli Örvarsson

    Dropar

  • Jonny Nash & Suzanne Kraft

    Photo With Grey Sky, White Clouds

  • Eydís Evensen

    Bylur

  • Bing & Ruth

    And Then It Rained

  • Chihei Hatakeyama

    Night Wind

  • Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & London Symphony Orchestra

    Movement 1

  • Arooj Aftab

    Baghon Main

  • Phoria

    Kilograms

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Prélude In D Flat Major ("Raindrop")

    Performer: Ólafur Arnalds. Performer: Alice Sara Ott.

  • Ekkehard Ehlers

    Play John Cassavetes 2

Broadcasts

  • Mon 12 Dec 202221:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Sat 16 Sep 202301:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Sat 21 Oct 202301:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Thu 28 Nov 202421:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 11 Jan 202521:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thu 20 Feb 202521:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thu 15 May 202521:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thu 10 Jul 202521:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thu 21 Aug 202521:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thu 25 Sep 202521:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thu 20 Nov 202521:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thu 11 Dec 202521:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind