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Reflective music for growth ft. Jess Gillam

Ultimate CalmErland Cooper: Series 6
Episode 6 of 12

Erland Cooper shares reflective music inspired by the cycle of the seasons and new life, plus saxophonist and presenter Jess Gillam transports us to her safe haven.

Join Scottish composer and musician Erland Cooper for a calming musical journey inspired by new life and growth. For this episode, Erland invites you to find hope and serenity in the new life brought with the cycle of the seasons, and reflects on the magic of the natural world. With soothing songs that blossom and expand from the likes of Arvo Pärt, Hugo Maillard and Kara-Lis Coverdale.

Plus we visit the musical safe haven of composer, saxophonist and presenter of BBC Radio 3’s This Classical Life - Jess Gillam. She shares one of her favourite pieces of music that makes her take a breath, and takes her away to the side of Coniston Water in the Lake District.

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Music Played

  • Kara‐Lis Coverdale

    Boundlessness

    • Changes in Air.

  • Pascal Comelade

    Taking Tiger Mountain

    • Sentimientos.
    • Dys.

  • Alice Boyd

    The Mountains

    • Cloud Walking.

  • Copenhagen Clarinet Choir & Anders Lauge Meldgaard

    Joyfully, we leave the tended

    • Jeux d'Eau.
    • År Og Dag.

  • François Couperin

    Les baricades mistérieuses

    Performer: Thomas Adès. Performer: Composers Ensemble.
    • America: A Prophecy.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Magnificat Song of Mary

    Performer: Arvo Pärt.
    • The Path to Paradise.

  • Charlie Dreaming & Peter Bark

    Unknowns

    • Migration 2.

  • Karl Jenkins, Jess Gillam & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Stravaganza: 2. Dreams & Drones

    • Stravaganza.
    • Decca.

  • Jess Gillam Ensemble

    On the Nature of Daylight

    • TIME.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Plan & Elevation: V. The Beech Tree

    • Caroline Shaw: Orange.
    • New Amsterdam / Nonesuch.

  • Aidan O’Rourke

    Lying Awake in the Middle of the Night

    • 365: Volume One (2018).

  • Gheorghe Popescu Branesti

    Popescu Branesti Priveghiati si va Rugati

    Performer: Angela Gheorghiu.
    • Mysterium - Airs Sacrés.
    • Decca.

  • Hugo Maillard

    Gaillet

    • Tas de foin.
    • Cool Raoul Records.

  • Dorian Concept

    Old Beginnings

    • Miniatures.
    • Play Instinct.

  • Emily A. Sprague

    Each Story

    • Cloud Time.
    • RVNG Intl..

  • Gabriel Brady

    Ambrosial

    • Day-blind.
    • Tonal Union.

  • Natalia Tsupryk

    Late June Night - Edit

    • Late June Night - Edit.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Aria

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Goldberg Variations.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday21:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind