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Restful music for recovery ft. Laufey

Ólafur Arnalds shares relaxing music to help you rest and recover from burnout. Plus the Icelandic singer Laufey shares her musical safe haven.

It seems that more and more of us are suffering from burnout - a state of mental, physical and emotional exhaustion.

Ólafur Arnalds invites you to take this hour of Ultimate Calm as a breather from the stresses of your everyday life. He reflects on his own relationship to pressure and burnout, and shares music that feels like taking a deep breath including tracks from Voces8, Cephas Azariah and Alice Sara Ott.

Plus we hear from the Icelandic singer, pianist and cellist Laufey on the song that brings her ultimate calm - a classical piece from childhood that always reminds her of home.

Produced by Kit Callin
A Reduced Listening production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 and Radio 3 Unwind.

6 months left to listen

1 hour

Music Played

  • Alice Sara Ott

    Lullaby to Eternity (on fragments of W.A. Mozart's "Lacrimosa")

    • Echoes of Life.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Laufey & Víkingur Ólafsson

    Bewitched (Rework)

    • Bewitched (Rework).
    • Vingolf Recordings / AWAL.
  • Grégoire Blanc & Frédéric Filiatre

    Méditation mécascriptophobique - Campaniste à pied

    • 01.
    • BlancFiliatreMusic.
  • Jon Hopkins

    Part VIII - Nothing is Lost

    • RITUAL.
    • Domino Recording Co Ltd.
  • VOCES8

    There Will Be Rest

    • Nightfall.
    • Decca.
  • Shabaka Hutchings

    The Wounded Need To Be Replenished

    • Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace.
    • Impulse!.
  • Akira Kosemura

    Golden Bells

    • Golden Bells.
    • Moderna Records.
  • Laufey

    Nocturne (Interlude)

    • Bewitched.
    • AWAL.
  • Krystian Zimerman

    Schubert: 4 Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935: No. 3 in B-Flat Major: Theme (Andante)

    • Schubert: Impromptus D. 899 & D. 935.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Monica Robin

    Old Ways

    • Ghosts.
    • Monica Robin.
  • Sophia Jani

    Six Pieces for Solo Violin: Prelude

    Performer: Teresa Allgaier.
    • Six Pieces for Solo Violin.
    • Squama.
  • Cephas Azariah

    Fading Anxieties

    • Fading Anxieties.
    • Anjuna Deep.
  • Félicia Atkinson

    The healing

    • Space As An Instrument.
    • Shelter Press.
  • Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger

    Toccata no. 1 for chitarrone [Vol.1, 1604]

    Performer: David Bergmüller. Performer: David Orlowsky.
    • Alter Ego.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
    • 12.
  • György Ligeti

    Musica ricercata: no. 7, Cantabile, molto legato

    Performer: Viviane Chassot. Performer: Martin Mallaun.
    • Objets trouvés.
    • Genuin.
    • 14.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 13 Nov 2024 21:00
  • Fri 27 Dec 2024 21:00
  • Sun 26 Jan 2025 22:00
  • Wed 5 Feb 2025 21:00
  • Wed 19 Mar 2025 21:00
  • Wednesday 21:00