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A classical journey into stillness

Allow this classical mix to accompany your journey into stillness.

Allow this three hour classical mix to accompany your journey into deep stillness. Featuring orchestral favourites from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and George Freidrich Handel, alongside calming piano from Amy Beach and H. Leslie Adams and choral arrangements from Douglas Guest and Benjamin Britten.

Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for Âé¶¹Éç Radio 3 Unwind. MM

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Mon 5 Jan 2026 06:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Serse, HWV 40, Act I: Largo. "Ombra mai fu" (arr. for String Orchestra)

    Conductor: Béla Bánfalvi. Orchestra: Budapest Strings.
    • Menuetto Classics.
  • Frederick Delius

    Orchestral Suite No. 1, RT VI/6: II. Berceuse

    Orchestra: Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • EMF Endeavours.
  • George Lloyd

    Piano Concerto No. 4: II. Larghetto

    Performer: Kathryn Stott. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: George Lloyd.
    • Wyastone Estate Ltd t/a Nimbus Records.
  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Experience (Arr. for Ensemble)

    Performer: Lara Somogyi. Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Emma Denton. Performer: Elsa Bradley. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Federico Mompou

    Suite Compostelana: II. Coral

    Performer: Julyo.
    • Hit Songs Group.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25: II. Andante

    Performer: Isata Kannehâ€Mason. Conductor: Jonathan Bloxham. Orchestra: London Mozart Players.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Franz Schubert

    Ave Maria

    Conductor: Isaac Stern. Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Milton Katims. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Jung Jae-il

    Psalm 22.21

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • H. Leslie Adams

    Contrasts: II. Lament

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Albany Records.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in E flat, HIII, No. 1 - 3. Affettuoso e sostenuto

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

    Love Theme

    Performer: Rosey Chan.
    • Rosey Chan.
  • Judith Weir

    Still, Glowing

    Orchestra: Âé¶¹Éç Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Platoon.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299: II. Andantino

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts. Conductor: François Leleux. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Arabesque

    Performer: Maria Du Toit. Performer: Vera Kooper.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Kerensa Briggs

    Media Vita

    Choir: Siglo de Oro. Conductor: Patrick Allies.
    • Delphian Records.
  • Richard Addinsell

    Tune in G

    Performer: Roderick Elms. Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn. Orchestra: Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra.
    • Marco-Polo.
  • Claude Debussy

    2 Arabesques, L. 66: I. Andantino con moto

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in A Major, Op. 5: II. Largo

    Performer: Anneâ€Sophie Mutter. Ensemble: Mutter’s Virtuosi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Julia Wolfe

    Anthracite Fields (IV. Flowers)

    Lyricist: Anon.. Conductor: Julian Wachner. Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars. Choir: Choir of Trinity Wall Street.
    • Cantaloupe Music.
  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Who knows?

    Performer: Alexandra Mackenzie. Performer: Ingrid Sawers.
    • Delphian Records.
  • Claude Debussy

    Rêverie, CD 76 (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra)

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Conductor: James Judd. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Hubert Parry

    Symphony No. 1 in G Major: Andante

    Conductor: Matthias Bamert. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Roderick Elms

    Cantilena for Guitar and Orchestra

    Performer: Carlos Bonell. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra.
    • Signum Records.
  • Benjamin Britten

    A Hymn to the Virgin

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen.
    • CORO.
  • José White Lafitte

    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: II. Adagio ma non troppo

    Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Alexandra Stréliski

    Ad Libre

    Performer: Alexandra Stréliski.
    • XXIM Records.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto

    Performer: Charlie Siem. Conductor: Oleg Caetani. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Signum Records.
  • Koji Kondo

    Zelda's Lullaby (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble & Harp)

    Performer: Lise Vandersmissen. Music Arranger: Jim Clements. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • William Grant Still

    Song for the Lonely

    Performer: Mark Ensley. Performer: Lecolion Washington.
    • Albany Records.
  • Douglas Guest

    For the Fallen

    Conductor: Mark Williams. Ensemble: The Choir of Jesus College Cambridge.
    • Signum Records.
  • Amy Beach

    Dreaming Op.15 No. 3

    Performer: Eline Marlene.
    • Télès Music.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a rococo theme, Op 33 (Variation 3)

    Performer: Edgar Moreau. Orchestra: Luzerner Sinfonieorchester. Conductor: Michael Sanderling.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Gustav Holst

    7 Choruses from the Alcestis of Euripides, H. 146: No. 4, Ah Me! Farewell

    Lyricist: Euripides. Orchestra: Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra. Ensemble: St Paul's Girls School - Paulina Voices. Conductor: Leigh O'Hara.
    • EMF Endeavours.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, No. 2 'Moonlight': I. Adagio sostenuto

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Sinfonietta, FP 141: III. Andante cantabile

    Orchestra: Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Für Alina

    Performer: Alexander Malter.
    • ECM New Series.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Requiem, Op. 48: V. In Paradisum

    Conductor: Thibaut Lenaerts. Orchestra: Millenium Orchestra. Choir: Chœur de Chambre de Namur.
    • Ricercar.

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