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Captivating melodies for classical calm

Tune in and relax into three hours of soothing classical music.

Tune in to this edition of the Mindful Mix and relax into three hours of soothing classical music.

Featuring gorgeous orchestral classics from Ottorino Respighi and Edward Elgar, contemporary choral from Eric Whitacre and Lucy Walker, alongside thoughtful pieces from Eri Ishibashi and Hanna Havrylets.

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Music Played

  • Frederick Delius

    Suite for Violin and Orchestra: I. Pastorale

    Performer: Nicolas Dautricourt. Performer: Frédéric Chaslin. Music Arranger: Frédéric Chaslin. Ensemble: Capriccio Quartet.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25, MWV O 7: II. Andante

    Performer: Stewart Goodyear. Conductor: Andrew Constantine. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Orchid Classics.

  • Lucy Walker

    O Nata Lux

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Nonet, Op. 2 - II. Andante con moto

    Orchestra: Chineke! Chamber Ensemble.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    The Swan (From "The Carnival of the Animals", R.125)

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Gabriella Victoria. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Trevor Weston

    There is a Balm in Gilead (from Griot Legacies)

    Performer: Marcus Eley. Ensemble: Lyris Quartet.
    • Imaginary Animals.

  • Dario Marianelli

    A Letter From Prison

    Conductor: Dario Marianelli.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).

  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor: I. Adagio

    Performer: Daniela Dolci. Performer: David Plantier.
    • Pan Classics.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    8 Humoresques, Op. 101, B. 187: No. 7, Poco lento e grazioso

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Koji Kondo

    Zelda's Lullaby (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble & Harp)

    Performer: Lise Vandersmissen. Music Arranger: Jim Clements. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Frédéric Chopin

    24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major "Raindrop Prelude"

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Ruth Gipps

    Oboe Concerto, Op. 20: II. Andante

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

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.5 in C sharp minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Florence Price

    Resignation

    Choir: London Voices.
    • Oxford University Press Music.

  • Max Richter

    Perihelion

    Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: Max Richter. Performer: Max Ruisi. Performer: Natalia Bonner. Performer: Nick Barr. Performer: Zara Hudson‐Kozdoj.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood (Arr. for Harp)

    Performer: Alis Huws.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Sarah Class

    Up in the Clouds

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

  • Rebecca Clarke

    Violin Sonata in D Major: II. Andante quasi adagio

    Performer: Judith Ingolfsson. Performer: Vladimir Stoupel.
    • Oehms Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005 (Arr. for Piano): I. Adagio

    Performer: James Rhodes.
    • Signum Records.

  • Edward Elgar

    Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61: II. Andante

    Performer: Nicolas Dautricourt. Conductor: Frédéric Chaslin. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Channel Classics.

  • John Rutter

    A Choral Amen

    Conductor: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • Collegium.

  • Rodgers & Hart

    Blue Moon (arr. H. Kawano for saxophone & piano)

    Performer: Mariko Ishibashi.
    • OMF.

  • Hanna Havrylets

    Prayer

    Singer: Grace Davidson. Choir: Meridian. Conductor: Irene Messoloras.
    • Signum Records.

  • Claude Debussy

    La fille aux cheveux de lin

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Robert Fürstenthal

    String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 40: III. Lento

    Performer: Martyn Jackson. Performer: Sara Trickey. Performer: Sarah-Jane Bradley. Performer: Tim Lowe. Ensemble: The Rossetti Ensemble.
    • Toccata Classics.

  • Jonathan Dove

    Stargazer: VI. The Milky Way

    Performer: Peter Moore. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Redmond.
    • Orchid Classics.

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne No. 1

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Music Arranger: Roland Dyens.
    • Platoon.

  • Pauline Viardot

    Hai Luli!, VWV 1106 (Arr. for Violin, Harp and String Quintet)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Ensemble: Esther Abrami.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Gang Chen

    Butterfly Lovers Violin concerto (1st mvt)

    Composer: Zhanhao He. Performer: Chloe Chua. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rodolfo Barráez.
    • Pentatone.

  • Eric Whitacre

    The Seal Lullaby

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

  • Rosey Chan

    Infinity

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

  • Louise Farrenc

    Mélodie in Ab Major (arr. for orchestra)

    Music Arranger: Christopher Hussey. Conductor: Shea Lolin. Orchestra: Prague Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations, Op. 36: Theme. Andante

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Franz Liszt

    12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558: No. 7, Frühlingsglaube

    Performer: Aimi Kobayashi.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Francisco Guerrero

    Regina caeli laetare

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Conductor: Justin Doyle.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    3 Chorales, P. 167: No. 3, Andante (After J.S. Bach's BWV 645)

    Conductor: Gerard Schwarz. Orchestra: Seattle Symphony.
    • Naxos.

  • Frank Bridge

    Summer

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Franz Schubert

    Psalm 23, "Der Herr ist mein Hirt"

    Music Arranger: John Cameron. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom. Orchestra: Capricorn. Choir: Choir of New College Oxford.
    • Warner Classics International.

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