The relaxing classical mix
Episode m002grfy, broadcast at Sunday 7th September 2025, 8:30pm, and Friday 15th August 2025, 7:00pm.
“Escape with a 30-minute soundscape of quietly uplifting classical music. Relax into a seamless mix of orchestral, choral and piano textures, with works by composers from JS Bach to Paul Mealor. Produced by Christina Kenny.”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Widerstehe doch der Sünde (Cantata BWV.54) (track 11, Johann Sebastian Bach)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Music Arranger Víkingur Ólafsson
- 4:19 – Corpus Christi Carol (track 8, Grace)
- Composer Benjamin Britten
- Performer Jeff Buckley
- 7:16 – Kum ba yah (3 Spirituals)
- Conductor JoAnn Falletta
- Composer Adolphus Hailstork
- Orchestra Virginia Symphony Orchestra
- 10:03 – English Suite: Meditation (track 2, ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 4)
- Conductor David Lloyd-Jones
- Orchestra Royal Northern Sinfonia
- Composer Paul Lewis
- 12:48 – Castor et Pollux (Tristes apprêts)
- Composer Jean‐Philippe Rameau
- Singer Sabine Devieilhe
- Conductor Alexis Kossenko
- Orchestra Les Ambassadeurs
- 18:01 – Now sleeps the crimson petal (track 1, Paul Mealor: A Tender Light: Tenebrae/RPO/Short)
- Conductor Nigel Short
- Choir Tenebrae
- Composer Paul Mealor
- 21:15 – Ombra mai fu (Serse) (track 7, Handel: Ombra mai fu: Andreas Scholl)
- Composer George Frideric Handel
- Singer Andreas Scholl
- Orchestra Berlin Academy for Early Music
- 24:13 – The Pigeon (from The Birds) (track 201, Labyrinths)
- Composer Ottorino Respighi
- Orchestra Orchestra of the Swan
- Conductor Daniele Rosina
- Performer Victoria Brawn