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Classical music for moments of reflection

Immerse yourself in classical music, to bring small moments of peace into your day. Featuring calming orchestral pieces and gentle piano sounds.

Immerse yourself in calming classical music. From gentle piano solos to soothing orchestral arrangements, chosen to help you find small moments of peace amidst your busy day.

Featuring flowing sounds by John Rutter, Erik Satie, Ruth Gipps, George Walker, and more.

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

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Music Played

  • John Rutter

    5 Meditations for Orchestra: No. 4, Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace

    Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.
    • Collegium.
  • Erik Satie

    3 Gymnopédies: No. 1 Lent et douloureux

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

    Chanson de nuit, Op.15 No.1

    Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
  • Hania Rani

    At Dawn

    Performer: Hania Rani.
    • XXIM Records.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Florence Price

    First Romance

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Flipside Music.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux aurumque

    Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis. Conductor: Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl.
    • 2L.
  • Julian Lloyd Webber

    Jackie's Song

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Gerald Finzi

    Five Bagatelles: II. Romance

    Performer: Michael Collins.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 / Prelude & Fugue in C Major - I. Prelude

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • A.J. Potter

    Fantasia Gaelach No 1

    Orchestra: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Houlihan.
    • Marco-Polo.
  • Kerensa Briggs

    Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    8 Pièces brèves, Op. 84: No. 5, Improvisation in C-Sharp Minor

    Performer: Christine Croshaw.
    • Meridian Records.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 5, No. 2: II. Largo

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra.
    • Cedille.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Five Negro Melodies for Piano Trio: II. I was way down a-yonder

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • Chandos.
  • Sarah Class

    Up in the Clouds

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

    Peace in the World (Images of Peace)

    Composer: Alan Bullard. Performer: Griselda Sherlaw-Johnson. Choir: Commotio.
    • Oxford University Press Music.
  • Richard Strauss

    Violin Sonata, Op. 18: II. Improvisation. Andante cantabile

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Guillaume Bellom.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Alexis Ffrench

    Once

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
  • Hubert Parry

    An English Suite: VI. Air

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Lyrita.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Carnival of the Animals - The Swan

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

    A prayer

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Anna Clyne

    DANCE: III. in the middle of the fighting

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • AVIE Records.
  • Georgs Pelēcis

    Concertino bianco - 1. Con intenerimento

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska. Conductor: Johannes Fritzsch. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
  • James MacMillan

    From Galloway

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Delphian Records.
  • Harold Arlen

    Over the Rainbow (From "The Wizard of Oz") [Arr. for Violin & Piano]

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia concertante in E flat - 2. Adagio

    Performer: John Anderson. Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Meyrick Alexander. Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • George Walker

    Lyric for Strings (Remastered)

    Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XVIII. Andante cantabile

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Warner Classics.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Magnolia, Pt. 2: IV. Mammy

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • Navona.
  • Rufus Wainwright

    Dream Requiem: Offertorium

    Conductor: Mikko Franck. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Romance

    Performer: Charlotte Müller.
    • MSR Classics.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Une barque sur l'océan: Très souple de rythme

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Schwanenlied

    Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra: II. Elegy. Adagio, "In Memoriam"

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Sophie Langdon. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Odaline de la Martínez.
    • Chandos.
  • Caroline Shaw

    The Children's Eye

    Performer: Ciara Hendrick. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Oboe Concerto, Op. 20: II. Andante

    Performer: Juliana Koch. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet in C-Sharp Minor, M. 42

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Piano Trio No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 34: II. Lento

    Ensemble: Trio Parnassus.
    • Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG).

Broadcasts

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