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Healing classical music to soothe and inspire

Delve into two hours of classical music crafted to soothe and inspire, featuring Claude Debussy, Belle Chen, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

Immerse yourself in a healing classical music mix designed to calm the mind and inspire creativity. Bringing together timeless orchestral works by Vivaldi and Beethoven with contemporary compositions by Masaki Hayashi and Julie Cooper, the mix also features an elegant interpretation of the traditional Irish folk song ‘She Moved Through the Fair’ and a beautiful harp performance from Sarah Schuster Ericsson.

Produced by Jamie Green
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Music Played

  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon in D Major, P. 37/1 (Arr. Coates & Lawson for Harp)

    Performer: Alis Huws.
    • Pachelbel: Canon in D Major, P. 37/1 (Arr. Coates & Lawson for Harp).

  • Eric Whitacre

    The Seal Lullaby (Arr. Parkin for Instrumental Ensemble)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Konya Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Whitacre: The Seal Lullaby (Arr. Parkin).

  • Claude Debussy

    Beau soir, CD 84 (Performed on Harp & Saxophone)

    Performer: Alis Huws. Performer: Jess Gillam.
    • "Badinerie - Classical Miniatures".

  • Roger Eno

    Winter Music

    Performer: Roger Eno.
    • Little Things Left Behind 1988 - 1998.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": II. Adagio un

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard. Performer: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Performer: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 - 5.

  • Duo Acalanto

    H. Villa-Lobos - O Canto do Cisne Negro

    Performer: Duo Acalanto.
    • H. Villa-Lobos - O Canto do Cisne Negro.

  • Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Schwanengesang, D. 957: No. 4, St?ndchen (Arr. Lenaerts & Grammenos...

    Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts. Performer: Dionysis Grammenos.
    • Schumann & Schubert - Transcriptions for Clarinet & Harp.

  • Edward MacDowell

    Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: I. To a Wild Rose

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's Piano Postcards.

  • John Carroll Kirby

    Inside A Ruin

    Performer: John Carroll Kirby.
    • Conflict.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Glück, das mir verblieb "Mariettas Lied" ...

    Performer: Bomsori. Performer: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Jakub Hr??a.
    • Bruch & Korngold.

  • Michael Wall

    Peace

    Performer: Michael Wall.
    • Breathe.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    English Folk Song Suite: 2. Intermezzo: My Bonny Boy

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Performer: Neville Marriner.
    • Fantasia on Greensleeves.

  • Maggie Ayotte

    Entre la veille et le sommeil

    Performer: Duo Fortin-Poirier.
    • Nuit blanche.

  • Tr?d

    She Moved Through the Fair (Arr. for Flute, Violin, Harp & Orchestra ...

    Composer: John Rutter. Performer: Manchester Camerata. Performer: Jonathan Martindale. Performer: Lauren Scott.
    • She moved through the fair.

  • Masaki Hayashi

    Filum

    Performer: Seigen Tokuzawa.
    • B.

  • Margaret Ruthven Lang

    Twilight

    Performer: Carolyn Enger.
    • American Ethos.

  • Belle Chen

    Half A Moment

    Performer: Belle Chen.
    • Ravel In The Forest.

  • Carlos Salzedo

    Suite of 8 Dances: No. 7, Tango

    Performer: Sarah Schuster Ericsson.
    • Salzedo, C.: Short Stories in Music / Suite of 8 Dances / Variations On A Theme.

  • Rachel Grimes

    Sacred Knowledge

    Performer: Rachel Grimes.
    • The Doctor from India: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.

  • Emma Jackson

    River Seine

    Performer: Emma Jackson.
    • River Seine.

  • Elizabeth Bonds

    Remember The Rain

    Performer: Elizabeth Bonds.
    • Remember The Rain.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Guitar Concerto in D Major, RV 93: II. Largo

    Performer: Sharon Isbin. Performer: Howard Griffiths. Performer: Zürcher Kammerorchester.
    • Refreshing Classics.

  • 江﨑文武

    Midnight Steps

    Performer: 江﨑文武.
    • Whispers of Silence.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Variations V & VI from Theme and Variations, Op.18b

    Performer: Alexander Gadjiev.
    • Variations V & VI from Theme and Variations, Op.18b.

  • Maria Theresia von Paradis

    Sicilienne (Arr. by S?llscher)

    Performer: Jian Wang. Performer: G?ran S?llscher.
    • Reverie.

  • Polly Carter

    Autumn Reverie

    Performer: Polly Carter.
    • Autumn Reverie.

  • Niwamori Piano

    Midnight Brew

    Performer: Niwamori Piano.
    • ??緑末.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77: III. Un sonnet d'amour

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.

  • Julie Cooper

    Drift

    Performer: Laura Newey. Performer: Oculus Ensemble. Performer: Natalie Murray Beale.
    • Drift.

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