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Classical music to soothe the soul

A collection of classical tunes to soothe the soul.

A collection of classical tunes to ease the mind and soothe the soul.

Revel in the pensive piano of Erik Satie and Rosey Chan, the choral glow of Eric Whitacre and Paul Mealor, and the orchestral beauty of Jean Sibelius and Gustav Holst.

Produced by Katie Hill
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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante festivo, JS 34b

    Conductor: Osmo Vänskä. Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Gustav Holst

    Brook Green Suite: II. Air

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Leigh O'Hara.
    • EM Records.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    The Beatitudes (Adagio)

    Music Arranger: Remo Giazotto. Orchestra: Capricorn. Ensemble: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
    • Warner Classics International.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Oboe Sonata No. 2, Op. 66: II. Adagio

    Performer: Juliana Koch. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Harry Burleigh

    My Lord, What a Morning (Arr. for Chamber Ensemble)

    Music Arranger: Philip Spray. Ensemble: Alchymy Viols. Conductor: Philip Spray.
    • Navona.

  • Cipriani Potter

    Symphony in B-Flat Major: II. Andante

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • CPO.

  • Jung Jae-il

    Psalm 22.21

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Erik Satie

    Prélude de la porte héroïque du ciel

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act I, Scene 2: No. 8, The Forest of Fir Trees in Winter

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Parlophone UK.

  • Eric Whitacre

    The Seal Lullaby

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Decca (UMO).

  • Undine Smith Moore

    Afro American Suite: I. Nobody Knows the Trouble I See; Brother Will You Pray fo

    Performer: Marcus Eley.
    • Imaginary Animals.

  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    For A Moment

    Conductor: Isobel Waller-Bridge. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • Mercury Classics.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madama Butterfly, Act II: Coro a bocca chiusa "Humming Chorus"

    Choir: Vienna State Opera Choir. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Universal Music LLC.

  • Frederick Delius

    Serenade

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • EMF Endeavours.

  • Florence Price

    The Deserted Garden

    Performer: Laura Kobayashi. Performer: Susan Gray.
    • Albany Records.

  • David Bowie

    Where are we now?

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Ben Dawson. Performer: John Harle. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Rosey Chan

    Infinity

    Performer: Rosey Chan. Performer: Sonic Apothecary.
    • Rosey Chan.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2

    Lyricist: Lorenzo Da Ponte. Lyricist: Pierre Beaumarchais. Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Media Vita

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.
    • Signum Records.

  • Claude Debussy

    La Fille aux cheveux de lin, L. 117

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Sony Classical.

  • George Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess: Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Arr. for Violin and Piano)

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    5 Fantasiestücke, Op. 5 - No. 2, Serenade. Andante molto

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Hyperion.

  • John Pickard

    3 Latin Motets: No. 1, O nata lux

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Vladimir Cosma

    Promenade sentimentale (From "Diva")

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 40: II. Andante quieto

    Performer: Timothy Hugh. Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • Naxos.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Le carnaval des animaux, R 125: VII. Aquarium

    Performer: Béatrice Muthelet. Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Esther Hoppe. Performer: Florent Jodelet. Performer: Frank Braley. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Michel Dalberto. Performer: Renaud Capuçon.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Sarah Class

    Drought

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

  • Edward Elgar

    Lux aeterna [from 'Nimrod' of 'Enigma' variations]

    Music Arranger: John Cameron. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin, M.68 - 3. Menuet

    Performer: Ralph Gomberg. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.

  • Florence Price

    String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: II. Andante cantabile (Arr. Colbert for

    Music Arranger: Jonathan Colbert. Performer: Sphinx Virtuosi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Character Pieces, MA Ms. 44 (selections): II. Andante, in G Major

    Performer: Béatrice Rauchs.
    • BIS.

  • Stanley Myers

    Cavatina (From "The Deer Hunter")

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto

    Conductor: David Zinman.
    • RCA Red Seal.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    3 Latin Motets, Op. 38: III. Beati quorum via

    Conductor: Stephen Layton. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge.
    • Hyperion.

  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    Emma and Mr Knightley (A Kiss Before They Wed)

    Composer: David Schweitzer. Performer: Isobel Waller-Bridge. Performer: David Schweitzer.
    • MONDO.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Zdes' khorosho ('How Fair This Spot'), Op. 21, No. 7

    Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Denis Kozhukhin.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Für Alina

    Performer: Alexander Malter.
    • ECM New Series.

  • Paul Mealor

    Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal (Four Madrigals On Rose Texts)

    Performer: Paul Mealor. Lyricist: Lord Alfred Tennyson. Conductor: Nigel Short. Choir: Tenebrae.
    • Decca (UMO).

Broadcasts

  • Fri 10 Jan 202514:00
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  • Tue 21 Jan 202506:00
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  • Sun 2 Feb 202514:00
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  • Thu 3 Apr 202506:00
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  • Mon 16 Jun 202514:00
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