Finding calm up in the clouds ft. Sally Potter
Erland Cooper looks skywards with soothing selections that lift us up through the clouds, while director and musician Sally Potter transports us to her safe haven.
Throughout this series of Ultimate Calm, Scottish composer Erland Cooper has been looking to nature for inspiration. We鈥檝e 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 J贸hann J贸hannsson.
We鈥檙e 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
On radio
Music Played
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Bing & Ruth
TWTGA
- Rvng Intl..
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Harold Budd & Brian Eno
Against the Sky
- Polydor.
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Lord of the Isles & Ellen Renton
For a Burning World (excerpt)
- AD 93.
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Nailah Hunter
Cloudbreath
- Fat Possum.
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Grouper
I'm Clean Now
- Yellow Electric.
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Benge
Wires and Dots
- Expanding Records.
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Lulu Manning
i watch you dive into the lake ~ three bodies dissolve to make a memory
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Clint Mansell
Still
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Steve Reich
Duet
Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Simos Papanas. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. -
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Ishq
Sunrise on the Hill
- Virtual.
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Sally Potter
Elegy
- Bella Union.
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David Motion & Sally Potter
Ice
- Var猫se Sarabande.
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Gustavo Santaolalla
Iguazu
- Nonesuch.
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Sarah Davachi
Gilded
- Ba Da Bing!.
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J贸hann J贸hannsson
E虂g Heyr冒i Allt A虂n 镁ess A冒 Hlusta (A Winged Victory For The
- Touch.
Broadcasts
- Fri 31 Oct 2025 21:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
- Fri 23 Jan 2026 21:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
- Fri 20 Mar 2026 21:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
Sun 3 May 2026 21:00麻豆社 Radio 3- Fri 12 Jun 2026 21:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind