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Blissful musical blossoms ft. Erland Cooper

Icelandic composer and pianist 脫lafur Arnalds takes inspiration from his garden with a selection of relaxing floral music. Plus Erland Cooper transports us to his safe haven.

Being amongst nature brings inspiration to so many of us. In this episode of Ultimate Calm, Icelandic composer and pianist 脫lafur Arnalds takes inspiration from blossoms and blooms with a selection of music related to flowers. There鈥檒l be music from Celia Hollander, Duval Timothy and Dora Peja膷evi膰, and 脫lafur gives us an insight into what鈥檚 growing in his Reyjavik greenhouse.

Plus, we鈥檙e transported to the safe haven of the Scottish composer Erland Cooper, an artist very much inspired by the natural world and the magic of the everyday. He shares a field recording of a particular bird song that brings him ultimate calm, transporting us to his own safe haven in the Orkney Islands.

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

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1 hour

Music Played

  • CHAFA

    In Bloom

    • In Bloom.
    • enjou.
  • Mary Lattimore

    Flowers on flowers

  • Duval Timothy and Yu Su

    Wood

    • Meeting with a Judas Tree.
    • Carrying Colour Records.
  • Dora Peja膷evi膰 & Ekaterina Litvintseva

    The Life of Flowers, Op. 19: VII. Lilies

    • Piano Music.
    • Piano Classics.
  • Moondog

    Pastoral

    • Moondog 2.
    • CBS Records.
  • Erland Cooper

    Whaup

    • Solan Goose.
    • Society of Sound.
  • Erland Cooper

    Then Be Content (Mvt. 2) - Pt. 3 walking through heather and peat

    • Then Be Content (Mvt. 2).
    • Universal Music Operations Limited.
  • Rafiq Bhatia

    The Single Petal of a Rose

    • Standards Vol. 1.
    • Anti- Records.
  • Akira Kosemura

    Fallen Flowers

    • SEASONS.
    • Schole Records.
  • Dylan Henner

    Movement III: It Was Once a Forest

    • The Shepherds [official soundtrack].
    • Phantom Limb.
  • Erland Cooper

    Solan Goose

    • Solan Goose.
    • Society of Sound.
  • Erland Cooper

    Music For Growing Flowers - Pt. 5

    • Superbloom: Music For Growing Flowers.
    • Mercury Classics.
  • Anja Lauvdal

    No Gods Only Flowers

    • Farewell to Faraway Friends Vol 1 & 2.
    • Smalltown Supersound.
  • Wilfred Kimber

    Heathered

    • Heathered.
    • Wilfred Kimber.
  • Celia Hollander

    Night Bloomer

    • 2nd Draft.
    • LEAVING RECORDS.
  • Meredi, Mari Samuelsen, Jonathan Stockhammer

    White Flowers Take Their Bath

    • White Flowers Take Their Bath.
    • Deutsche Grammophon GmbH.
  • Max Richter

    Movement, Before All Flowers

    • LYS.
    • Deutsche Grammophon GmbH.
  • Dora Peja膷evi膰 & Ekaterina Litvintseva

    The Life of Flowers, Op. 19: II. Forget Me Nots

    • Piano Music.
    • Piano Classics.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto in D Minor BWV.974 (2nd mvt) [after Marcello's Oboe Concerto]

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Bach.
    • ERATO.
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 5 Nov 2024 21:00
  • Sun 8 Dec 2024 22:00