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Calm tracks to inspire confidence ft. Alfa Mist

Ultimate CalmÓlafur Arnalds: Series 2
Episode 5 of 12

Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds shares calming songs for confidence boosts. Plus the musician Alfa Mist shares the track that brings him Ultimate Calm.

Join Icelandic composer and pianist Ólafur Arnalds for another musical journey looking for that all too elusive feeling of calm.

In this episode Ólafur reflects on how music can help boost your confidence and improve your mood, with uplifting tracks from Hildur Guðnadóttir, Kronos Quartet and Hilary Hahn.

Plus the British musician, producer and composer Alfa Mist selects his sonic safe haven - the piece of music that brings him ultimate calm. He shares a textural track that reflects his mood when he’s most relaxed, reflecting on how simple chord structures can put you at ease.

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

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59 minutes

Last on

Fri 28 Nov 202521:00
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Music Played

  • Ólafur Arnalds

    Saman ii (sunrise sessions)

  • Sofi Paez

    if i could do it all again

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    fly

  • Hilary Hahn & Hauschka

    Ashes

  • Hildur Guðnadóttir

    Speak Up

  • Philip Glass

    Hope

  • Alfa Mist & Ólafur Arnalds

    Zero - piano reworks

  • Vanessa Benelli Mosell

    Actress

  • Clark

    Citrus

  • Ben Lukas Boysen

    Gravity

  • Jamie Leeming

    Procession

  • Alfa Mist

    Cycles

  • Federico Albanese

    The Stars We Follow

  • Khatia Buniatishvili

    Les Barricades Mystérieuses

  • Kronos Quartet

    When Our Wings Are Cut, Can We Still Fly

  • Hania Rani

    Allegra

  • Laurel Halo

    Hyphae

  • Mica Levi

    Decision Made

  • Sebastian Plano

    exta

Broadcasts

  • Mon 8 May 202321:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Fri 6 Dec 202421:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Mon 20 Jan 202521:00
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  • Fri 28 Feb 202521:00
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  • Fri 28 Mar 202521:00
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  • Fri 23 May 202521:00
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  • Fri 18 Jul 202521:00
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  • Fri 29 Aug 202521:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Fri 3 Oct 202521:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Fri 28 Nov 202521:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind