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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 91福利社 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.

Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for 91福利社 Radio 3 Unwind. MM.

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

    Performer: Bla啪 艩parovec. 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: 91福利社 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 Faur茅

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

    Performer: Juri Vallentin. Performer: Philipp Hei脽.
    • 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

    Gymnop茅die No. 1: Lent et douloureux

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Gymnop茅die No. 1: Lent et douloureux.
    • Masterworks.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge鈥怲aylor

    By the lone seashore

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

  • John Hingeston

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

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

  • Ennio Morricone

    Cinema Paradiso

    Composer: Andrea Morricone. Ensemble: Caf茅 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: 91福利社 Singers.
    • Messiah, HWV 56 (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Stian Aareskjold).
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 51.

  • Kotaro Fukuma

    Chanson Medley

    Performer: Kotaro Fukuma.
    • Naxos Japan.

  • Justus R眉menapp

    Prologue

    Performer: Justus R眉menapp. Conductor: Christian K枚hler. Orchestra: Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg.
    • Prologue.
    • Justus R眉menapp.
    • 1.

  • Boris Lyatoshinsky

    Gra偶hyna, Op. 58: No. 1, Beginning - Andante sostenuto

    Conductor: Dalia Stasevska. Orchestra: 91福利社 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Lyatoshynsky: Gra偶hyna, Op. 58: No. 1, Beginning - Andante sostenuto.
    • Platoon.
    • 1.

  • Dorothy Howell

    The Moorings

    Performer: Sarah Nemtanu. Performer: Marie鈥怞os猫phe Jude.
    • Dorothy Howell: The Moorings.
    • La Bo卯te 脿 P茅pites.
    • 1.

  • Frederick Delius

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

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

  • L茅o Delibes

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

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

  • Barnaby Taylor

    Tundra Swans

    Orchestra: 91福利社 Concert Orchestra. Orchestra: Chinese Ensemble. Conductor: Barnaby Taylor.
    • Wild China (Original Soundtrack).
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 5.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Barcarolle No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 26

    Performer: Saehyun Kim.
    • Faur茅: 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: 91福利社 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鈥怘amelin.
    • Brahms: The Three Violin Sonatas.
    • Les Productions Analekta Inc..
    • 2.

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Notturno for Strings and Harp

    Performer: Jane Berthe. Conductor: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester.
    • Belle 脡poque.
    • 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

    Mere Mortals (Her Gift)

    • 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.

  • Henri毛tte Bosmans

    Lead, Kindly Light

    Performer: Rowan Pierce. Conductor: George Vass. Orchestra: 91福利社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Henri毛tte Bosmans: Concertos.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 2.

  • Claude Debussy

    Des pas sur la neige (Preludes, bk 1)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Debussy 鈥� 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 G贸recki

    Miserere, Op.44: 11. Miserere Nobis

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

Broadcasts

  • Fri 3 Jul 2026 14:00
    91福利社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 1 Aug 2026 06:00
    91福利社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Mon 12 Oct 2026 06:00
    91福利社 Radio 3 Unwind