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Soothing classical music to help you find stillness

A specially selected mix of classical music to help you slow down and find moments of stillness.

Slow down and find moments of stillness with this mix of classical tracks and natural soundscapes. Featuring slowly meandering melodies from Amy Beach, Valentin Silvestrov and Robert Nathaniel Dett and meditative tracks from Ola Gjeilo, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Claude Debussy.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Sounds, MM.

1 hour, 58 minutes

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Music Played

  • Amy Beach

    By the Still Waters, Op. 114

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Summertime.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in E-Flat Major, K. 375: III. Adagio

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Tune Your Brain With Mozart.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.

  • Sally Beamish

    In the Stillness

    Composer: Katrina Shepherd. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 4.

  • Claude Debussy

    Bruyères (Home Session)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Debussy: Bruyères (Home Session).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 10: II. Larghetto affettuoso

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 1: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Azica Records.
    • 11.

  • Isak Roux

    Piano Trio No. 1 "Music for an Imaginary Film": II. The Lonely Lady

    Ensemble: Gramercy Trio.
    • Navona.

  • William Byrd

    Ave verum corpus

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Lyricist: Anon..
    • Allegri: Miserere / Tallis: Spem in Alium (Classic FM: The Full Works).
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 12.

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Stille Musik: 3. Augenblicke der Serenade

    • Bagatellen und Serenaden.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 18.

  • John Cage

    In A Landscape (Arr. For Harp)

    Performer: Marshall McGuire.
    • Stillness: Music Of Calm In A Changing World.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 12.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    I'll bid my heart be still

    • Clarke, R: Viola Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: II. Adagio

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Azul Lima.
    • Venice.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Cinnamon Grove: II. Adagio cantabile

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • Navona.

  • Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Choir: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Luna.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.

  • Franz Schubert

    Schwanengesang, D. 957: IV. Ständchen

    Lyricist: Ludwig Rellstab.
    • Schubert: Songs without Words.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.

  • Ross Edwards

    Enyato I: Chorale and Ecstatic Dance: 1. Sereno

    Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Mills.
    • Stillness: Music Of Calm In A Changing World.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 27.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Prélude

    Performer: André Laplante.
    • Ravel: Miroirs, Jeux D'Eau, Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte.
    • Analekta.
    • 1.

  • Francisco Tárrega

    Lágrima

    Performer: Julian Bream.
    • Bream Collection Vol. 11 - Romantic Guitar.
    • RCA Gold Seal.
    • 11.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, No. 2, 'Moonlight': I. Adagio sostenuto

    Performer: Fazil Say.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 11, 12, 13 & 14, "Moonlight".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 18.

  • Franz Schubert

    Wiegenlied, Op.98, No. 2, D. 498

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Breiner.
    • The Ultimate Lullaby Collection.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: II. Andante

    Performer: Mikhail Rudy. Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Symphony No. 1.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Robert Schumann

    Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 5. Eusebius

    Performer: Jean‐Marc Luisada.
    • Schumann: Carnaval, Papillons, Arabesque, Ghost Variations.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 19.

  • Tarik O’Regan

    I Listen to the Stillness of You

    Ensemble: BBC Singers.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Oboe Concerto, Op. 20: II. Andante

    Performer: Juliana Koch. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Still

    • Night.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance in E-Flat Major, Op. 11

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Clara Schumann

    4 Pièces fugitives, Op. 15: No. 3, Andante espressivo

    Performer: Junghwa Lee.
    • Centaur Records, Inc..

  • Jóhann Jóhannsson

    A Sparrow Alighted upon our Shoulder

    Conductor: Anthony Weeden. Orchestra: Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra.
    • Orphée.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.