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Music for Rest and Recovery

As part of the 蜜芽传媒's Wellbeing Week, Radio 3 Unwind's Niall Breslin curates a mixtape on the theme of Rest and Recovery.

As part of the 蜜芽传媒's Wellbeing Week, Radio 3 Unwind's Niall Breslin curates a mixtape on the theme of Rest and Recovery.

We start off with a Berceuse, or lullaby, by Amy Beach to sink us straight into a restful state. Edward MacDowell鈥檚 Starlight is a picture of the sea on a starry night 鈥� being by water often brings about a sense of awe, shifting us into an almost-meditative state that promotes relaxation. We travel on to the Isles of Greece with John Foulds, a timeless piece of light music drenched in sunshine to calm our nervous systems, and Voces8 provide us with the chance to rest and reflect in their transcendent setting of Sigur Ros鈥� Fljotavik.

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Music Played

  • Amy Beach

    Berceuse (3 Pieces Op.40)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • BIS.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Requiem for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra (Op.48), In Paradisum

    Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Robert Schumann

    Davidsb眉ndlert盲nze, Op 6 (No 5, Einfach)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Decca.

  • Edward MacDowell

    Starlight [Sea Pieces, Op.55]

    Orchestra: Bohuslav Matinu Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Johnson.
    • Albany Records.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Waltz in A major, Op.39 no.15

    Ensemble: Duo Tal & Groethuysen.
    • Sony.

  • John Foulds

    Impressions of Time and Place (Isles of Greece Op.48)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Epoch.

  • Sigur R贸s

    贵濒箩贸迟补惫铆办

    Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Emma Denton. Performer: Sam Becker. Choir: VOCES8.
    • DECCA.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sinfonietta (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch.
    • Alpha Classics.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 16 May 2025 19:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3
  • Last Sunday 17:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind

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