Music for Rest and Recovery

“As part of the BBC'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’s Starlight is a picture of the sea on a starry night – 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’ Fljotavik. Produced by Ella Lee”