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Radio 3,24 Oct 2017,13 mins

SeriesMeditations from a Monastery

Prayer

Slow Radio

Available for over a year

Five 'slow radio' soundscapes, featuring themes from monastic life, presenting an alternative to the hectic pace of modern daily life. Tonight, in the second in the series, monks from Downside, Belmont and Pluscarden Abbeys meditate on the subject of prayer, against a background of chant and sounds evocative of the peace and serenity of the monastery.

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