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Radio 3 Unwind,31 Oct 2025,60 mins

SeriesErland Cooper: Series 5

Finding calm up in the clouds ft. Sally Potter

Ultimate Calm

Available for 303 days

Throughout this series of Ultimate Calm, Scottish composer Erland Cooper has been looking to nature for inspiration. We’ve ebbed and flowed with the tides, dug our hands into the soil, and in this episode we turn our attention skywards - with soothing songs that lift us into the clouds from musicians including Nailah Hunter, Sarah Davachi and Jóhann Jóhannsson. We’re also transported to the musical safe haven of the award-winning film director and musician Sally Potter. She shares a special piece of music that flows like water or breath, that always induces calm melancholy in her. Produced by Kit Callin A Reduced Listening production

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    TWTGA
    TWTGA
    Bing & Ruth
  3. 2.
    Against the Sky
    Against the Sky
    Harold Budd & Brian Eno
  4. 3.
    For a Burning World (excerpt)
    For a Burning World (excerpt)
    Lord of the Isles & Ellen Renton