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Tune in for 3 hours of relaxing and soothing classical music to accompany your day, whatever you are doing.

This Mindful Mix includes chamber music from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Amanda Maier, choral harmonies from Joanna Marsh and Palestrina, and orchestral pieces from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Samuel Coleridge Taylor.

Produced by Katie Hill

An Overcoat Media Production for 鶹 Radio 3 Unwind. MM.

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Music Played

  • Edward MacDowell

    Romanze in E Minor, Op. 35

    Performer: Peter Dixon. Orchestra: 鶹 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for String Orchestra in C Major, Op. 48: III. Elegy. Larghetto elegiaco

    Conductor: Richard Tognetti. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Serenade and Andante Cantabile / Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony.
    • ABC Classic.
    • 3.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    O magnum mysterium

    Choir: Chanticleer. Conductor: Tim Keeler.
    • Delos.
  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    In Memoriam - To the R.A.F.

    Conductor: John Andrews. Orchestra: 鶹 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 11.
  • Franz Schubert

    Frühlingsglaube, D. 686 (Arr. for String Quartet)

    Ensemble: Signum Quartett.
    • Schubert: Ins stille Land.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 2.
  • Erland Cooper

    Magnificat

    Performer: Erland Cooper.
    • Magnificat.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 30 in C Major, K. 403 (385c): II. Andante

    Performer: Cláudio Cruz. Performer: Olga Kopylova.
    • Mozart: Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 30 in C Major, K. 403 (385c): II. Andant.
    • Azul Music.
    • 1.
  • Florence Price

    Rainbow Waltz (Arr. for Orchestra)

    Music Arranger: Wolfgang Doerner. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Neujahrskonzert 2026 / New Year's Concert 2026 / Concert du Nouvel An 2026.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: II.

    Performer: Sharon Kam. Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
  • Erik Satie

    3 Gymnopedies: No. 2, Lent et triste

    Performer: Alessandro Simonetto.
    • Satie: 3 Gymnopedies & Rare Works.
    • OnClassical.
    • 2.
  • Alexander Pierce Hill

    The Cherubic Hymn

    Choir: Apollo5.
    • The Cherubic Hymn.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.
  • Eunike Tanzil

    Reverie

    Performer: Eunike Tanzil. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Anna Handler.
    • Reverie.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Ernest Tomlinson

    Little Serenade

    Conductor: George Weldon. Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra.
    • British Composers: Best of British.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Richard Flury

    Fastnachts-Sinfonie: III: Tranquillo non troppo sostenuto (2)

    Orchestra: 鶹 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Mann.
    • Toccata Classics.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264: II. The ways of Zion do mourn

    Conductor: Lukas Wanner. Ensemble: Zeronove. Ensemble: I Pizzicanti.
    • Händel: Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264: II. The ways of Zion do mour.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 1.
  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Due Tramonti (Arr. for Euphonium & Piano)

    Performer: David Childs. Performer: Christopher Williams.
    • Naxos.
  • Elisabeth Kuyper

    Serenata Ticinese in A-Flat Major

    Performer: Mario Patuzzi.
    • Brilliant Classics.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Trio in A Minor, M. 67: I. Modéré

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Ravel.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 2.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Romance in B Major for String Orchestra

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Peebles.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Orchestral Works.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 7.
  • Edward Elgar

    Stabat Mater (Arr. for Choir)

    Performer: William Vann. Choir: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
    • Somm.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 31, K. 297 "Paris", II. Andante

    Ensemble: Oslo Kammerakademi.
    • LAWO.
  • Jonathan Dove

    Stargazer: VI. The Milky Way

    Performer: Peter Moore. Orchestra: 鶹 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Redmond.
    • Orchid Classics.
  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Lua Branca (Arr. for Violin and Piano)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Kim Barbier. Music Arranger: Esther Abrami.
    • Women.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 14.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria da capo

    Ensemble: Tacamis Trio.
    • Leaf Music.
  • Henriette Renié

    Harp Concerto in C Minor: II. Adagio

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Samuel Jean.
    • Believe International.
  • Grace Williams

    Violin Concerto: II. Andante sostenuto - Live

    Performer: Geneva Lewis. Orchestra: 鶹 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jaime Martín.
    • Lyrita.
  • Thomas Tallis

    O Nata Lux

    Choir: Mancunium Consort.
    • VOCES8 Records.
  • Amanda Röntgen-Maier

    Piano Trio in E-Flat Major: III. Andante

    Ensemble: Trio Ernest.
    • Maier: Piano Trio in E-Flat Major: III. Andante.
    • 貹é.
    • 1.
  • Koji Kondo

    Kakariko Village

    Performer: Kaori Muraji.
    • Decca.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: II. Andante con moto

    Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.
    • Beethoven: The Early Quartets.
    • Signum Records.
    • 10.
  • Robert Schumann

    Three Romances, Op. 94: No. 2, Einfach, innig

    Performer: Jean Johnson. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Jenner, R. Schumann & Weber: Works for Clarinet and Piano.
    • Linn Records.
    • 6.
  • Joanna Marsh

    Arabesques: III. Fading

    Choir: 鶹 Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Signum.
  • Georges Bizet

    Romance sans paroles, HM 133

    Performer: Roberto Prosseda.
    • Bizet: Romance sans paroles, HM 133.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Sarah Kirkland Snider

    Eye of Mnemosyne: III. Mori, "Memory of the Dead"

    Conductor: Andrew Cyr. Ensemble: Metropolis Ensemble.
    • Eye of Mnemosyne: III. Mori, "Memory of the Dead”.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 1.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Chant du ménestrel, Op. 71

    Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • Chant du ménestrel, Op.71.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Requiem, Op. 48: VII. In Paradisum

    Conductor: Victor Jacob. Choir: Choeur de l'Opera Royal. Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal.
    • Château de Versailles Spectacles.

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