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Ultimate Calm

Journeys into calm, explored through all forms of classical and ambient music.

Radio 3 Unwind,65 episodes

Episodes

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Erland Cooper: Series 6
Sounds for fresh starts ft. Stephen Fry
Time for a new musical journey into calm with composer Erland Cooper and Sir Stephen Fry.
05 Jan 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 6
Finding calm within echoes ft. Lucinda Chua
Escape with Erland Cooper into peaceful musical landscapes of echoes and reverberations.
06 Jan 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 6
A tranquil soundtrack of ice and frost ft. Alex Somers
Erland Cooper looks for inspiration in the cold for this musical journey into calm.
07 Jan 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 6
Drift into a magical musical world ft. Nailah Hunter
Join Erland Cooper for a mystical journey into calm, with music that twinkles with magic.
08 Jan 2026,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 5
A sleepy soundtrack for sweet dreams ft. Ian Rankin
Join Scottish composer Erland Cooper for a new series and music from the realm of dreams.
27 Oct 2025,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 5
Soothing songs from the shoreline ft. Anna Meredith
Ebb and flow with Erland Cooper and a selection of peaceful music inspired by the tides.
28 Oct 2025,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 5
Musical reflections on time ft Sean Shibe
Look to the past with Erland Cooper and a selection of meditative, reflective music.
29 Oct 2025,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 5
The grounding sounds of nature ft. Cosmo Sheldrake
Ground yourself with Erland Cooper and reflective music that celebrates planet Earth.
30 Oct 2025,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 5
Finding calm up in the clouds ft. Sally Potter
Erland Cooper looks skywards with soothing music that lift us up into the clouds.
31 Oct 2025,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 5
Dreamy music to get lost in ft. David Shrigley
Escape with Erland Cooper into our collective imagination through dreamy music.
01 Nov 2025,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 5
Luminous music to warm the soul ft. Bat For Lashes
Gather fireside with Erland Cooper for a warming selection of luminous sounds.
03 Nov 2025,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 5
Music that leads us home ft. Keaton Henson
Look inward with Erland Cooper and musical selections that conjure up the feeling of home.
04 Nov 2025,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 5
Songs of solitude ft. Mary Lattimore
Erland Cooper finds calm in the stillness with a selection of pieces inspired by solitude.
05 Nov 2025,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 5
Peaceful forest music ft. Hiroshi Ebina
Breathe deep as Erland Cooper shares soothing selections inspired by trees.
06 Nov 2025,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 5
A musical moment of calm amongst rocks and stone ft. Lara Somogyi
Escape with Erland Cooper into the realms of calm with geologically inspired selections.
07 Nov 2025,60 mins
Erland Cooper: Series 5
A beautiful soundtrack of melancholy ft. Patrick McDowell
Roam the calming musical landscapes of hopeful melancholy alongside Erland Cooper.
08 Nov 2025,60 mins
Hania Rani: Series 4
Peaceful music under the moon ft. Shabaka
Join Polish composer and pianist Hania Rani for a lunar-inspired journey into calm.
20 Apr 2025,59 mins
Hania Rani: Series 4
Healing sounds for meditation ft. Hinako Omori
Polish composer and pianist Hania Rani shares meditative music to restore and remedy.
22 Apr 2025,60 mins
Hania Rani: Series 4
Sink into soothing cycles ft. Portico Quartet
Polish composer Hania Rani shares contemplative music full of loops, patterns and cycles.
23 Apr 2025,60 mins
Hania Rani: Series 4
Music for disappearing into darkness ft. Hideo Kojima
Escape into the unknown with Polish composer and pianist Hania Rani.
24 Apr 2025,60 mins
Hania Rani: Series 4
Let loose with freeing harmonies ft. Julia Holter
Let loose with Hania Rani and uplifting musical selections inspired by freedom.
25 Apr 2025,60 mins
Hania Rani: Series 4
Brighten your day with a colour-filled soundtrack ft. Patrick Watson
Hania Rani paints in sound with music inspired by the full spectrum of colour.
26 Apr 2025,60 mins
Hania Rani: Series 4
Moving musical metamorphosis ft. Agnes Obel
Embrace transformation with Hania Rani and some peaceful morphing musical selections
28 Apr 2025,60 mins
Hania Rani: Series 4
Drift off into dreams ft. Ben Rivers
Escape from the ordinary into a world of dreamy music with Hania Rani
29 Apr 2025,59 mins
Hania Rani: Series 4
Bask in light-filled sounds ft. Cate Le Bon
Revel in radiant musical selections from Hania Rani, filled with light and warmth.
30 Apr 2025,60 mins
Hania Rani: Series 4
Music to drift through memories ft Joachim Trier
Music to drift through memory and forgetting, with guest filmmaker Joachim Trier.
01 May 2025,60 mins
Hania Rani: Series 4
Grounded sounds of belonging ft Alvaro Barrington
Sounds of home, heritage and rootedness, with guest artist Alvaro Barrington.
02 May 2025,60 mins
Hania Rani: Series 4
Sounds exploring the beauty in absence
Music shaped by silence and absence, with guest, Actress.
03 May 2025,60 mins
Ólafur Arnalds: Series 3
Finding stillness in sound ft. girl in red
Escape into a world of calm with Icelandic pianist and composer Ólafur Arnalds.
04 Nov 2024,60 mins
Ólafur Arnalds: Series 3
Blissful musical blossoms ft. Erland Cooper
Find peace with Ólafur Arnalds and a selection of relaxing music inspired by flowers.
05 Nov 2024,60 mins