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Soar with murmurating starlings

Glide into sleep with a mix of airborne environmental sounds and serene, soaring classical music. Drift on a gentle breeze of flapping birds and unflappable orchestral pieces.

Glide into sleep with a mix of airborne environmental sounds and serene, soaring classical music. Drift on a gentle breeze of flapping birds and unflappable orchestral pieces - a perfect soundtrack to help guide you to a peaceful state of slumber.

Sleep Tracks on BBC Radio 3 Unwind combines soothing classical music and calming nature sounds to help you relax into sleep. Search 'Sleep Tracks' on BBC Sounds to enjoy more episodes.

Produced by Alice Boyd and Joy Nkoyo.
A Peanut & Crumb production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind.

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5 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 13 Nov 202500:30
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Music Played

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Le Carnaval des Animaux: Volieres

    • Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux.
    • The Classical Label.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet In D Major, Op. 64 No. 5 "Lark": II. Adagio (Cantabile)

    Ensemble: Henschel Quartett.
    • Joseph Haydn - Mixed Chamber Works (Chamber Music Vol. 1).
    • Mediaphon.

  • Franz Liszt

    St Francis Of Assisi Preaching To The Birds DG

    • Mediaphon.

  • Jono Buchanan

    Forgotten Dreams

    • Invented Memories.

  • Bea Parks

    Sunset Sailing

    Composer: Stephen Coates.
    • Super Eight Stardust.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet In C Major, Op. 33 No. 3 "Bird": III. Adagio Ma Non Troppo

    Ensemble: Henschel Quartett.
    • Joseph Haydn - Mixed Chamber Works (Chamber Music Vol. 1).
    • Mediaphon.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No. 5 In A Major, K.219: II. Adagio

    Performer: Paul Kantschneider. Performer: Juraj Čižmarovič. Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Violin Concertos Nos. 4, 5 (Orchestral Vol. 10).
    • Mediaphon.

  • Dominik Luke Marsden Johnson

    Finding Paradise

    • Finding Paradise.

  • Mark Fabian

    So Serene

    Composer: Alexander Smith.
    • Serene Bliss.

  • Jon Uijtjens

    Gentle Hairpins

    Performer: Jon Uijtjens.
    • Jon Uijtjens - Neo Rhapsody.
    • Neogarde.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act 1 - Pas De Trois - Andante Sostenuto

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act 1 - Pas De Trois - Intrada (Allegro Moderato)

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Stefan Andrei Rodescu

    Beautiful Landscape Bliss

    Composer: Yannick Kalfayan.
    • Landscapes Atmospheric Violin.
    • Kosinus.

  • Hugo Dubery

    Contemplation 2

    Composer: Philippe Galtier.
    • Piano Felt Textures Vol.2.
    • Ideal.e.

  • Victoria Borisova-Ollas

    The Kingdom of Silence

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stefan Solyom.

  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Anne Dudley

    Northern Lights

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.

  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No. 16 In C Major, K.545 "Sonata Facile": I. Allegro

    Performer: Peter Schmalfuss.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Sonatas Nos. 11, 16, 17 (Solo Piano Vol. 2).
    • Mediaphon.

  • Thom Robson

    Softly Drifting

    • Inner Peace.
    • At The Studios - Moods.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Nathaniel Anderson-Frank. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Birds

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Le Cygne (Le Carnaval Des Animaux)

    Performer: Mischa Maisky.
    • Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux.
    • The Classical Label.

  • Dario Ferrante

    Awakening Of Spring

    Composer: Michael Werner Maas. Performer: Michael Werner Maas. Performer: Dario Ferrante.
    • Delicate Piano.
    • At The Studios - Moods.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in D Major for Flute & Strings, Op10, No.3, RV428

    • Vivaldi: Flute Concertos.
    • The Classical Label.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No.6 in F Major, Op.68 -"Pastoral": 2.

    Performer: Konzerthausorchester Berlin.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies.
    • The Classical Label.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma Mere l'Oye (Mother Goose) - M.60 - Suite: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant

    • Ravel: Mixed Collection.
    • The Classical Label.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Le Carnaval des Animaux: Le Coucou au fond des bois

    • Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux.
    • The Classical Label.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 83 in G Minor, Hob. I/83 "La Poule": II. Andante

    Performer: Alfred Scholz. Ensemble: Bamberg Philharmonic.
    • Joseph Haydn - Symphonies Nos. 73 & 83 (Orchestral Vol. 1).
    • Mediaphon.

  • Senne van Marissing

    Above The Mountains

    Composer: Tjeerd Nijhof. Performer: Connecting Sound.
    • Felt Piano For Healing.
    • Microcosmic.

  • Joao Gabriel Gulman Rodrigues

    Mountain Aura - Celestial Beauty to Atmospheric Calm (Main)

  • Alexander Harrison

    Ambling Thoughts

    Performer: Alexander Harrison.
    • Ambient - Music For Dreaming.
    • Microcosmic.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Little Bird

    • Back to Nature.
    • Best 4 Classical.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    March, Song Of The Lark

    • Back To Nature.
    • Best 4 Classical.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma Mere l'Oye (Mother Goose) - M.60 - Suite: Petit Poucet

    • Ravel: Mixed Collection.
    • The Classical Label.

Broadcasts

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