Music to help you cool down
In case the heatwave is getting too much, here's some cooling sounds to bring some relief
A Snowy Forest Near Oslo—Slow Radio
Capturing sounds from the forest, including hibernating tadpoles beneath the snow.
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Sounds of the Earth: Rainforest, Indonesia
Sounds of the Earth: Rainforest, Java, Indonesia. Credit: BBC Natural History Unit
Take 30 minutes out with a relaxing classical mix—Classical Mixtape
Take some time out to relax and enjoy an uninterrupted, eclectic mix of classical music.
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Sounds of the Earth: Woodland Stream
Sounds of the Earth: A woodland stream in Cornwall Credit: British Library
Five minutes of rain and birdsong from a Welsh forest
Hear the atmospheric sound of ancient Gwydyr Forest stirring to life.
Music for a Nordic Escape—Classical Mixtape
In Tune's specially curated playlist, which tonight takes us to the far north.
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Norway—Music Planet: Road Trip
Arne Berg is in Tromso in northern Norway for this week's Road Trip.
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Prom 21: An Alpine Symphony—BBC Proms, 2018
Live at the BBC Proms: BBC SSO and Ilan Volkov with the Hornroh Modern Alphorn Quartet.
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Sound Walk soundscape: Water and birdsong
Birds sing in the woods as water rushes over the flat, slippery stones of the stream.
Debussy: La mer
Part of Debussy's La mer (The Sea - Three Symphonic Sketches for Orchestra).
Grace Williams: Sea Sketches
Sea Sketches (1944) for string orchestra vividly evokes the various moods of the sea.
John Ireland: Sea Fever
Ireland's setting of 'Sea Fever', by John Masefield, is one of his most famous works.
Benjamin Britten: 'Storm'
'Storm' is one of the four powerful 'Sea Interludes' from the opera 'Peter Grimes'.
Arnold Bax: Tintagel
Bax's brilliant evocation of the crashing seas around the rocky castle ruins of Tintagel.
The Dawn chorus in Curacao, in the southern Caribbean Sea
The dawn chorus on the outskirts of a small village in eastern Curacao.
