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Light-filled classical music to soothe the soul

Immerse yourself in classical music designed to soothe and bring calm.

Immerse yourself in classical music designed to soothe and bring calm.

Alongside beautiful soundscapes from the natural world, this mix features BBC orchestral performances of works by Mel Bonis and Charles Villiers Stanford. Also listen out for choral pieces from Henryk Gorecki and Samuel Coleridge Taylor, and piano pieces by Kotaro Fukuma and Erik Satie.

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A Major, KV 622: II. Adagio

    Performer: Blaž Šparovec. Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, KV 37 & 27, KV 595, Clarinet Concerto, KV 622.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.

  • Mel Bonis

    3 Femmes de legende: No. 1, Ophelie, Op. 165/2

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Mel Bonis: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 1.

  • Taylor Scott Davis

    Requiem: V. Idyll

    Lyricist: Siegfried Sassoon. Choir: VOCES8 Foundation Choir. Orchestra: VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.
    • i carry your heart.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    3 Melodies, Op. 7: No. 1, Apres un reve

    Performer: Juri Vallentin. Performer: Philipp Heiß.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Violin and Cello in B-Flat Major, RV 547: II. Andante

    Orchestra: Metamorphose String Orchestra.
    • Halidon Classical.

  • Hilary Kleinig

    A Thing of Beauty

    Performer: Emily Granger.
    • A Thing of Beauty.
    • ABC Classic.
    • 1.

  • Florence Price

    String quartet No 2 in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: ConTempus Quartet.
    • Strings Intertwined.
    • Blue Griffin Recording.
    • 2.

  • Edward Elgar

    Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61: II. Andante

    Performer: Frank Peter Zimmermann. Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Elgar: Violin Concerto.
    • BIS.
    • 2.

  • Imogen Holst

    String Trio No. 1: III. Un poco lento

    Performer: Oliver Coates. Performer: Simon Hewitt Jones. Performer: Tom Hankey.
    • NMC Recordings Limited.

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopédie No. 1: Lent et douloureux

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Gymnopédie No. 1: Lent et douloureux.
    • Masterworks.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    By the lone seashore

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Partsongs.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 2.

  • John Hingeston

    Suite No. 2 a 6 in F Major: I. Fantazia

    Ensemble: Echo du Danube Ensemble. Conductor: Christian Zincke.

  • Ennio Morricone

    Cinema Paradiso

    Composer: Andrea Morricone. Ensemble: Café del Mundo. Orchestra: Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg.
    • Cinema Paradiso (Symphonic).
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah, HWV 56, Part III: IX. Worthy Is the Lamb (Arr. for Wind Ensemble)

    Conductor: David Hill. Orchestra: The Norwegian Wind Ensemble. Ensemble: BBC Singers.
    • Messiah, HWV 56 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold).
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 51.

  • Kotaro Fukuma

    Chanson Medley

    Performer: Kotaro Fukuma.
    • Naxos Japan.

  • Justus Rümenapp

    Prologue

    Performer: Justus Rümenapp. Conductor: Christian Köhler. Orchestra: Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg.
    • Prologue.
    • Justus Rümenapp.
    • 1.

  • Boris Lyatoshinsky

    Grażhyna, Op. 58: No. 1, Beginning - Andante sostenuto

    Conductor: Dalia Stasevska. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Lyatoshynsky: Grażhyna, Op. 58: No. 1, Beginning - Andante sostenuto.
    • Platoon.
    • 1.

  • Dorothy Howell

    The Moorings

    Performer: Sarah Nemtanu. Performer: Marie‐Josèphe Jude.
    • Dorothy Howell: The Moorings.
    • La Boîte à Pépites.
    • 1.

  • Frederick Delius

    2 Pieces for Small Orchestra: No. 1, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Delius (The Best Of).
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Léo Delibes

    Lakmé, Act I: Flower Duet (Arr. for Solo Harp)

    Music Arranger: Louise Spencer.
    • Delibes: Lakmé, Act I: Flower Duet (Arr. for Solo Harp by Louise Spencer).
    • Arden Records.
    • 1.

  • Barnaby Taylor

    Tundra Swans

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Orchestra: Chinese Ensemble. Conductor: Barnaby Taylor.
    • Wild China (Original Soundtrack).
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 5.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Barcarolle No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 26

    Performer: Saehyun Kim.
    • Fauré: Barcarolle No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 26.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    The Beatitudes (Adagio)

    Music Arranger: Remo Giazotto. Orchestra: Capricorn. Ensemble: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
    • "Melancholy" - Classical Moods.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 17.

  • William Grant Still

    Pastorela

    Performer: Brandon Patrick George. Performer: Bryan Wagorn.
    • The Deep Has Always Known Me.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1.

  • Seckou Keita

    Gobaith

    Composer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Seckou Keita.
    • ARC Music Productions International Ltd.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    An Irish Idyll in Six Miniatures, Op 77 No 2 (The Fairy Lough)

    Singer: Morgan Pearse. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Stanford: Orchestral Songs.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78: II. Adagio

    Performer: Andrew Wan. Performer: Charles Richard‐Hamelin.
    • Brahms: The Three Violin Sonatas.
    • Les Productions Analekta Inc..
    • 2.

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Notturno for Strings and Harp

    Performer: Jane Berthe. Conductor: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Zürcher Kammerorchester.
    • Belle Époque.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Pau Casals

    Song of the Birds (Arr. for 8 Cellos)

    Performer: Jan Vogler. Music Arranger: Richard Birchall. Ensemble: Neuhardenberg Ensemble.
    • Song of the Birds (Arr. for 8 Cellos by Richard Birchall).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Floating Points

    Movement 10 - Her Gift

    Performer: Miriam Adefris. Ensemble: Floating Points.
    • Movement 10 - Her Gift.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Gospel Andante

    Performer: Jon Batiste.
    • Jon Batiste - Black Mozart.

  • Fela Sowande

    African Suite: II. Nostalgia: Andante

    Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1.
    • Cedille.
    • 7.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano in E Minor, Op. 45: II. Andante

    Ensemble: Trio Laflamme.
    • Farrenc: Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano in E Minor, Op. 45: II. Andante.
    • Evidence Classics.
    • 1.

  • Henriëtte Bosmans

    Lead, Kindly Light

    Performer: Rowan Pierce. Conductor: George Vass. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Henriëtte Bosmans: Concertos.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 2.

  • Claude Debussy

    Des pas sur la neige (Preludes, bk 1)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Debussy – Rameau.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 14.

  • Nobuo Uematsu

    Frozen Tears (Merregnon: Heart of Ice)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eckehard Stier.
    • Uematsu: Merregnon: Heart of Ice: Frozen Tears.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    String Quartet in C Minor: II. Andantino

    Ensemble: Verdi-Quartett.
    • Vaughan Williams: The Complete String Quartets.
    • CPO.
    • 2.

  • Henryk Górecki

    Miserere, Op.44: 11. Miserere Nobis

    Ensemble: Mancunium Consort.
    • Miserere, Op. 44: 11. Miserere Nobis.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.

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