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Finding stillness in sound ft. girl in red

Escape into a world of calm with ?lafur Arnalds and the music that helps him find stillness. Plus, the Norwegian singer girl in red transports us to her musical safe haven.

Take a moment to stop, be still and breathe.

Icelandic pianist and composer ?lafur Arnalds returns with his third series of Ultimate Calm, each episode a musical journey into a world of calm. ?lafur invites you to join him for an hour of music that he turns to for escape and reflection - finding stillness in sound. There’ll be tracks from the likes of Brian Eno, Hinako Omori and Kelly Moran, and ?lafur reflects on the importance of carving out space for one’s self amidst the busy noise of the modern world.

Plus we visit the first safe haven of the series, discovering the piece of music that brings ultimate calm to Norwegian singer and songwriter girl in red, a personal, nostalgic track that reminds her of a certain time in her life.

Produced by Kit Callin
A Reduced Listening production for 麻豆社 Radio 3 and Radio 3 Unwind

11 months left to listen

59 minutes

Music Played

  • Olivia Belli

    Respiro 1

    • Intermundia.
    • XXIM.
  • John Cage

    All sides of the small stone for Erik Satie…

    Performer: Aki Takahashi.
    • Cage: The Works for Piano, Vol. 11.
    • Mode.
  • Olivier Cong

    患难

    • 詩 (Elegies).
  • Holland Andrews

    A Clearing

    • Answers.
    • LEITER.
  • Ben Lukas Boysen, Lisa Morgenstern & Anne M?ü?ller

    Prologue

    • Falling Into Place (Original Score).
    • Erased Tapes.
  • Kelly Moran

    Butterfly Phase

    • Moves in the Field.
    • Warp.
  • Nils Frahm

    Towards Zero

    • Day.
    • LEITER.
  • Hinako Omori

    Both Directions?

    • Stillness, Softness....
    • Houndstooth.
  • Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini

    Illusion of Time (Teodor Wolgers Rework)

    Remix Artist: Teodor Wolgers.
    • Illusion Of Time.
    • Mute.
  • girl in red

    It would feel like this

    • If I Could Make It Go Quiet.
    • World in Red / AWAL Recordings.
  • Quentin Sirjacq

    Memory 1

    • Piano Memories.
    • Schole Records.
  • Gia Margaret

    Cinnamon

    • Romantic Piano.
    • Jagjaguwar.
  • Rebekah Reid

    What Life Gifts

    • Selected Works Vol?.?1.
  • Abel Korzeniowski

    Stillness Of The Mind

    • Stillness Of The Mind.
  • Bruce Brubaker

    Music for Airports

    • Eno Piano.
    • InFine.
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jaques Morelenbaum & Judy Kang

    Happy End

    • THREE.
    • KAB America Inc.
  • Poppy Ackroyd

    Stillness

    • Pause.
    • One Little Independent Records.
  • Olivia Belli

    Respiro 1

    • Intermundia.
    • XXIM.
  • Olivier Cong

    患难

    • 詩 (Elegies).
  • Holland Andrews

    A Clearing

    • Answers.
    • LEITER.
  • Ben Lukas Boysen & Lisa Morgenstern & Anne M?ü?ller

    Prologue

    • Falling Into Place (Original Score).
    • Erased Tapes.
  • Kelly Moran

    Butterfly Phase

    • Moves in the Field.
    • Warp.
  • Nils Frahm

    Towards Zero

    • Day.
    • LEITER.
  • Hinako Omori

    Both Directions?

    • Stillness, Softness....
    • Houndstooth.
  • Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini

    Illusion of Time (Teodor Wolgers Rework)

    • Illusion Of Time.
    • Mute.
  • girl in red

    it would feel like this

    • If I Could Make It Go Quiet.
    • World in Red / AWAL Recordings.
  • Quentin Sirjacq

    Memory 1

    • Piano Memories.
    • Schole Records.
  • Gia Margaret

    Cinnamon

    • Romantic Piano.
    • Jagjaguwar.
  • Rebekah Reid

    What Life Gifts

    • Selected Works Vol?.?1.
  • Abel Korzeniowski

    Stillness Of The Mind

  • Bruce Brubaker

    Music for Airports

    • Eno Piano.
    • InFine.
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jaques Morelenbaum et al

    Happy End

    • THREE.
    • KAB America Inc.
  • Poppy Ackroyd

    Stillness

    • Pause.
    • One Little Independent.
  • Sharon Shannon

    Blackbird

Broadcasts

  • Sun 1 Dec 2024 22:00
  • Last Monday 21:00