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Fall asleep serenaded by strings

Peacefully drift off with serene strings from BBC Introducing and the Shipping Forecast.

Produced by Gabriel Francis
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Sounds

To listen on most smart speakers just say “ask BBC Sounds to play The Sleeping Forecast”

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1 hour

Last on

Sun 18 May 2025 23:30
BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Jean-Miles Carter

    Rain Flower

    Performer: Sarah Brandwood-Spencer. Performer: Simon Turner. Performer: Pete Whitfield.

  • Juliette Lemoine

    Twilight in a City Park

  • Andrew Sparrow

    Movement of Souls

  • Antonija Pacek

    Awakening (orchestral)

    • Yellow Rose Records.

  • Blair Coron

    Song For Lismore

  • Jim Perkins

    A Distant Sun

    • Bigo and Twigetti.

  • Nigel Crouch

    Glisten For Orchestra And Piano

  • Kerri Powles

    In Flanders Fields

  • Alan Baker

    Lullaby No.1

  • Joe Sinha Semple

    Moonlight

  • Fabrizio Paterlini

    Be in the Moment

    • Memory Recordings.

  • Tom Smith

    Limen

  • Alisa Marie

    Woods of Wonder

    • Rivendell Records.

  • Stelios Kyriakidis

    Copenhagen

  • Howie Hill

    Greetings

  • Simon McCorry / anth​é​ne

    the meadow

    • Oscarson.

  • Applefish

    Dreamscape

    • Valley View Records.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet In E-Flat Major, Op. 20: II. Adagio Cantabile

    Ensemble: Stuttgarter Philharmoniker.
    • Mediaphon.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 15 Jan 2025 23:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 2 Feb 2025 23:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Wed 30 Apr 2025 23:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 18 May 2025 23:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind

Podcast

  • The Sleeping Forecast

    A unique journey to dreamland, mixing instrumental music and Radio 4's Shipping Forecast.