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Mindful Mix: New Year Calm

Christmas MusicChristmas Chill

An uplifting selection of rejuvenating classical music to bring in the new year.

An uplifting selection of rejuvenating classical music to bring in the new year.

Featuring orchestral pieces from William Walton and Will Todd, soaring choral lines from Robert H. Harris and Eric Whitacre, and thoughtful solo piano from Hania Rani and Maurice Ravel.

Produced by Steven Rajam
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind. MM

2 hours, 60 minutes

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Music Played

  • William Walton

    Two Pieces For Small Orchestra: 2. Touch Her Soft Lips and Part

    Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Concerto pour flute et piano: III. Nocturne

    Ensemble: California Parallèle Ensemble. Conductor: Nicole Paiement. Orchestra: UC Santa Cruz Orchestra.
    • Helicon Records.

  • William Grant Still

    Lyric Quartette: II. The Quiet One

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.

  • Claude Debussy

    La Fille aux cheveux de lin, L. 117

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.

  • Johannes Brahms

    4 Klavierstücke, Op. 119: No. 1, Intermezzo in B Minor

    Performer: Jeremy Denk.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Requiem, Op. 48: 7. In paradisum

    Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Choir: Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Chorus.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Johann Baptist Georg Neruda

    Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major: II. Largo

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Together Without You

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Ernest Tomlinson

    Little Serenade

    Conductor: George Weldon. Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Eric Whitacre

    The Seal Lullaby

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Karen Tanaka

    Children of Light: Crowned Eagle

    Performer: Signe Bakke.
    • 2L.

  • Max Richter

    Infra 8

    Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: Natalia Bonner. Performer: Nick Barr. Performer: Ian Burdge. Performer: Chris Worsey.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Maurice Ravel

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

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

  • Vítězslava Kaprálová

    Dubnová Preludia (April Preludes), Op. 13: III. Andante semplice

    Performer: Samantha Ege.
    • Wave Theory Records Limited.

  • Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla

    Circumdederunt me

    Ensemble: The Queen’s Six.
    • Signum Records.

  • Will Todd

    Concerto for Emma: II. Ballad

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Philip Ellis.
    • Nimbus Alliance.

  • Emilie Mayer

    String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 14: III. Adagio con molta espressione

    Ensemble: Klenke Quartett.
    • CapriccioNR.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Gianni Schicchi: "O mio Babbino caro"

    Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • György Ligeti

    Sonatina for Piano 4 Hands: II. Andante

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard. Performer: Irina Kataeva.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Duo No. 3, Op. 16: I. Andantino

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Christian Rivet.
    • Warner Classics International.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Blumine

    Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony.
    • SFS Media.

  • Carl Orff

    Musik zur Nacht: Siziliano, Klavier-Übung I

    Ensemble: Karl Peinkofer Percussion Ensemble.
    • Celestial Harmonies.

  • William Bolcom

    3 Ghost Rags: No. 1. The Graceful Ghost

    Performer: Spencer Myer.
    • Steinway and Sons.

  • Franz Danzi

    Wind Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 67, No. 3: II. Andante moderato

    Orchestra: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin.
    • BIS.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante défunte

    Music Arranger: Sean Shibe. Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Philip Glass

    String Quartet No. 3 'Mishima': II. November 25: Ichigaya

    Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Naxos.

  • Hania Rani

    Dreamy

    Performer: Hania Rani.
    • Matthew Halsall t/a Gondwana Records.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Symphony No. 1 in G Major, Op. 11, No. 1: II. Andante

    Music Arranger: Dominique-René de Lerma. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Carl Vine

    5 Bagatelles: No. 5, Threnody (For All of the Innocent Victims)

    Performer: Martin Kesuma.
    • Centaur Records, Inc..

  • John Cage

    Apartment House 1776: Harmony No. 1, Cookfield

    Ensemble: Arditti Quartet.
    • Mode Records.

  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    Bei dir ist es traut

    Performer: Iris Vermillion. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Thomas Tallis

    If Ye Love Me

    Performer: Jeffrey Skidmore. Conductor: Andrew Fletcher. Ensemble: Ex Cathedra.
    • The Sound Corporation.

  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics International.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Prelude in A Minor, M. 65

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.

  • Frank Bridge

    4 Short Pieces for Violin & Piano, H. 104: No. 2, Spring Song

    Performer: Antony Ingham. Performer: Gerald Peregrine.
    • Naxos.

  • Rebecca Dale

    Materna Requiem: 6. Paradisum Interlude

    Conductor: Clark Rundell. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Isak Roux

    Piano Trio No. 1 "Music for an Imaginary Film": II. The Lonely Lady

    Performer: Jonathan Miller. Performer: Randall Hodgkinson. Performer: Sharan Leventhal. Ensemble: Gramercy Trio.
    • Navona.

  • Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46: 3. Andante sostenuto

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Conductor: Rory MacDonald. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Robert A. Harris

    April Rain Song

    Conductor: Bob Chilcott. Choir: The Oxford Choir.
    • Oxford University Press Music.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in E flat, Op. 20 No. 1: 3. Affettuoso e sostenuto

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Maurice Ravel

    Une barque sur l'océan: Très souple de rythme

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

  • Ottorino Respighi

    6 Pieces for Piano, P. 44: No. 3. Notturno. Lento (Version for Harp)

    Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Franz Schmidt

    Symphony No. 1 in E Major: II. Langsam

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jonathan Berman.
    • Accentus Music.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    The Willow Tree

    Performer: Doremi Takahashi.
    • Tutti.