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Music and Nature

As part of the BBC's Wellbeing Week, Radio 3 Unwind's Niall Breslin curates a mixtape on the theme of Music and Nature. In this edition, expect soaring birds, spring sounds, a calm sea in summer and snowdrops in the winter.

Produced by Zerlina Vulliamy.

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30 minutes

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Sunday 17:30
BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Max Richter

    The New Four Seasons: Vivaldi Recomposed: Spring 0 + Spring 1

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Conductor: Max Richter. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep may safely graze (Cantata BWV.208)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestrator: Neville Marriner.
    • EMI Classics.

  • John Rutter

    For the Beauty of the Earth

    Performer: Wayne Marshall.
    • Decca.

  • George Fenton

    Birds Eye View

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: George Fenton.
    • Shogun Music Ltd.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Blue Bird

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.

  • Joanna Marsh

    In Winter's House

    Orchestra: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Julian Azkoul.
    • BIS.

  • Grace Williams

    Calm Sea in Summer (Sea Sketches)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Resonus.

  • Edwin York Bowen

    The snowdrop, or summer-geck (Fragments from Hans Anderson)

    Performer: Nicolas Namoradze.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 13 May 2025 19:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Sunday 17:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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