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A peaceful pause with classical music

Take a quiet pause with gentle classical music and soundscapes from the natural world. Featuring reflective piano, warm orchestral movements, and flowing vocal textures.

Find stillness in your day with this calming collection of classical music and soundscapes from the natural world. From reflective piano, to warm orchestral movements, and flowing vocal textures, this mix offers a tranquil atmosphere to help you rest and restore.

Featuring an exclusive first listen of a new release by Lucy Walker, and tracks by Eydís Evensen, and Rachel Portman. Plus recently rediscovered works from Erik Satie, and gorgeous arrangements of classical favourites from Anna Lapwood, Hayato Sumino, The Kanneh-Masons, and more.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Radio 3 Unwind, MM.

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Music Played

  • Trad.

    Ar Lan y Môr (Arr. The Kanneh-Masons for Ensemble)

    Ensemble: The Kanneh‐Masons.
    • Traditional: Ar Lan y Môr (Arr. The Kanneh-Masons for Ensemble).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Lucy Walker

    Today

    Ensemble: St Martin's Voices. Director: Andrew Earis.
    • Resonus Classics.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Zdes' khorosho ('How Fair This Spot'), Op. 21, No. 7

    Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Denis Kozhukhin.
    • Reflections.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Brent Faiyaz

    Aberfan

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.
    • Welsh Music for Strings.
    • Rubicon.
    • 6.
  • Erik Satie

    Émergence du quatrième Nocturne

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Satie: Discoveries.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 26.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11: 2. Romance (Larghetto)

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: Polish Festival Orchestra.
    • Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 02.
  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de Lune, L. 75

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Luna.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 15.
  • Eleanor Daley

    Grandmother Moon

    Lyricist: Mary Louise Martin. Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • Daley: Grandmother Moon.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Toshifumi Hinata

    Never Forgiven

    Performer: Toshifumi Hinata. Music Arranger: Toshifumi Hinata. Orchestra: Budapest Scoring Orchestra. Conductor: Zoltán Pad.
    • ネヴァーフォーギブン.
    • Sony Music Labels Inc..
    • 1.
  • Lucy Walker

    There will come soft rains

    Ensemble: St Martin's Voices. Director: Andrew Earis.
    • Resonus Classics.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 5.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 4.
  • Nadia Boulanger

    Cantique (Arr. Vennart for Saxophone & Ensemble)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • N. Boulanger: Cantique (Arr. Vennart for Saxophone & Ensemble).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • John Rutter

    Gloria: II. Andante

    Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge.
    • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra - British Composers. Britten, Vaughan Will.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Amy Beach

    Dreaming Op.15 No. 3

    Performer: Eline Marlene.
    • Beach: Dreaming.
    • Télès Music.
    • 1.
  • Florence Price

    String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: II. Andante cantabile (Arr. Colbert for

    Music Arranger: Jonathan Colbert. Performer: Sphinx Virtuosi.
    • Price: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: II. Andante cantabile (Arr. Colbert for.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    In Paradisum

    Performer: Hayato Sumino. Music Arranger: Hayato Sumino.
    • Human Universe.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 4.
  • Eydís Evensen

    Eternal

    Composer: Ari Bragi Kárason. Performer: Eydís Evensen. Performer: Ari Bragi Kárason.
    • Eternal.
    • XXIM Records.
    • 1.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Sinfonietta, FP 141: III. Andante cantabile

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for Violin & Oboe in C Minor, BWV 1060R: III. Allegro

    Performer: Eldbjørg Hemsing. Performer: Martynas. Performer: Tim Allhoff. Lyricist: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Ensemble: Norwegian String Quartet.
    • Melancholy Variation.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • Thomas Tallis

    If Ye Love Me

    Director: Andrew Fletcher. Ensemble: Ex Cathedra. Director: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • The Sound Corporation.
  • Dan Jones

    Solemn Love

    Performer: Esther Yoo. Conductor: Dan Jones. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales.
    • On Chesil Beach (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • Rachel Portman

    June

    Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • June.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song, HWV 249b: I. Sonata. Grave - Allegro

    Conductor: Jonathan Cohen. Ensemble: Arcangelo.
    • Handel: Chandos Anthems (Anthems for Cannons).
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.
  • Rebecca Dale

    Materna Requiem: 6. Paradisum Interlude

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • Dale: Requiem For My Mother.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • Philip Stopford

    In My Father's House

    Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Christopher Gray.
    • Regent Records Ltd.
  • Jonathan Dove

    Stargazer: VI. The Milky Way

    Performer: Peter Moore. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Redmond.
    • Orchid Classics.
  • Marie Awadis

    Étude No. 8: Through the Window

    Performer: Marie Awadis.
    • Études Mélodiques (Deluxe).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.
  • Ernest Bloch

    Suite for Viola and Orchestra, B. 41: III. Lento

    Performer: Parry Karp. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Kenneth Woods.
    • Suite for Viola and Orchestra, B. 41 (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra by Adolph Bal.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563: II. Adagio

    Ensemble: Ssens Trio.
    • Mozart: Divertimento K. 563 / Preludes and Fugues K. 404a.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 2.
  • George Rochberg

    Caprice Variations: No. 36, Largo. Sereno

    Performer: Gidon Kremer.
    • A Paganini - Virtuoso Violin Music.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 13.
  • Hideyuki Hashimoto

    Afterglow

    Performer: Hideyuki Hashimoto.
    • Time.
    • XXIM Records.
    • 4.
  • Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    String Quartet No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 3: I. Andantino

    Ensemble: Quatuor Cobalt.
    • Reflets du temps.
    • GFN Classics.
    • 1.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33: Moderato assai quasi Andante - Thema

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto / Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations / Dvořák: Silent Woods; R.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 7.
  • Lara Somogyi

    oasis

    Composer: Jean‐Michel Blais. Performer: Lara Somogyi. Performer: Jean‐Michel Blais.
    • oasis.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 1.
  • Manuel de Falla

    7 Canciones populares españolas: No. 3, Asturiana

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Plínio Fernandes.
    • Falla: 7 Canciones populares españolas: No. 3, Asturiana (Transcr. Llobet &.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Howard Skempton

    Lento

    Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.
    • NMC Recordings.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Bright Star

    Music Arranger: Ellie Consta. Ensemble: Her Ensemble.
    • Her Ensemble.
  • Lucy Walker

    There is no rose

    Ensemble: St Martin's Voices. Director: Andrew Earis.
    • Resonus Classics.

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  • Fri 18 Jul 2025 14:00
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