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Serene melodies for inner peace

Find peace amidst life’s noise through a curated selection of reflective orchestral, choral, and piano music.

Find peace amidst life’s noise through a curated selection of reflective orchestral and piano music, paired with meditative choral works to soothe your mind and soul.

With music by Ronald Binge, Karl Jenkins, Gerald Finzi, Debbie Wiseman, and more.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind, MM

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Music Played

  • Ronald Binge

    Trade Winds

    Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Marco-Polo.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Requiem, Op. 48: VII. In Paradisum

    Performer: Lucas Debargue.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Arie. "Erbarme dich"

    Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Performer: Deborah Nemtanu. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Sascha Goetzel.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake Piano Variation

    Performer: Gabriele Bagnati.
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.

  • Clara Schumann

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

    Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts. Performer: Dionysis Grammenos.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance in E-Flat Major, Op. 11

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Naxos.

  • H. Leslie Adams

    Contrasts: II. Lament

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Albany Records.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Cello Concerto No. 6 in D Major, G. 479: II. Adagio

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • Hyperion.

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopédie No. 1

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Adrien Perruchon.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Isle of Beauty

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, London.
    • Delphian Records.

  • Sarah Class

    Journey of the King Fish

    Performer: Sarah Class. Conductor: Elizabeth Purnell. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de Lune

    Performer: Hayato Sumino.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Frank Ticheli

    There Will Be Rest

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Robert Schumann

    Abendlied, Op. 85, No. 12

    Ensemble: Lucerne Festival Strings. Conductor: Daniel Dodds.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons, Op. 37a: X. October. Autumn Song

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • William Byrd

    Ave Verum Corpus

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Choir: The Sixteen.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Debbie Wiseman

    Elizabeth Remembered

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.
    • Silva Screen Records.

  • Edward MacDowell

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 15: II. Andante tranquillo

    Performer: Seta Tanyel. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Petite suite de concert, Op. 77: II. Demande et reponse

    Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta.
    • Cedille.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    2 Waltzes: I. Valse lente

    Performer: Arthur Jussen. Performer: Lucas Jussen.
    • Universal Music, a division of Universal International Music BV.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Six Irish Folksongs, Op. 78: No. 5, It is Not the Tear

    Composer: Thomas Moore. Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Dolly Suite, Op. 56: I. Berceuse

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    The Seasons, Op. 67: Autumn: Petit Adagio

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd.
    • Naxos.

  • Max Janowski

    Avinu Malkeinu

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Music Arranger: Jim Clements. Lyricist: Anon.. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Vicente Lusitano

    Emendemus in melius

    Ensemble: BBC Singers.

  • Roger Quilter

    As You Like It, Op. 21: II. Evening in the Forest

    Conductor: Adrian Leaper. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Marco-Polo.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major, K. 299: II. Andantino

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Marie‐Pierre Langlamet. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Olivia Belli

    Grain Moon

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Walk With Us - For Black Lives Matter

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne: No. 1

    Performer: Carrie Frey. Performer: Hippo Dreams.
    • Etymology Classics.

  • Sergey Akhunov

    Adagio 'Prayer for Peace'

    Performer: Roman Vikulov. Performer: Narinée Nanayane. Performer: Darya Filippenko. Performer: Olga Kalinova.
    • Aparté.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Opalescence, Op. 72

    Performer: Duncan Honeybourne.
    • ASC Records.

  • Ida Moberg

    Sunrise Orchestral Suite: Stillness

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.
    • Naxos Sweden - Nilento.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    la pioggia

    Performer: Joe Hisaishi. Orchestra: Orchestra Città di Ferrara.
    • Universal Music LLC.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata, BWV 159: Es ist vollbracht

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Augusta Holmès

    La Nuit et l'Amour: Interlude de l'ode symphonique

    Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz. Composer: Samuel Friedmann.
    • Marco Polo.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1

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

  • Claude Debussy

    La Cathedrale engloutie (from Preludes)

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • John Field

    Nocturne No. 16 in C Major, H.60

    Performer: Elizabeth Joy Roe.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Karl Jenkins

    Cantilena

    Performer: Karl Jenkins.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).

Broadcasts

  • Thu 5 Dec 202406:00
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  • Sat 14 Dec 202414:00
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  • Sun 28 Dec 202506:00
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