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Inviting musical melodies to still your mind

Find your focus with calming classical music, as gentle piano, warm strings and spacious orchestral sounds create room to think and concentrate.

Clear away distractions with a calming mix of classical music designed to help you focus. Settle into the gentle flow and graceful sound worlds of Ruth Gipps, William Grant Still and Elizabeth Poston. Contemporary voices including Hania Rani, Danny Mulhern and Catherine Tang bring spacious textures and quiet momentum, creating room to think, work and concentrate.

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Arioso (Adagio in G) from Cantata BMW 156 - Arranged For 4 Cellos by Jian Wang

    Performer: Jian Wang.
    • The Art of Jian Wang.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Violin in B-Flat Major, RV 365: II. Largo

    Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Performer: I Solisti Aquilani.
    • 13 Violin Concertos.

  • Fiona Brice

    Prelude 3

    Performer: Fiona Brice.
    • Piano Preludes.

  • Jesse Brown

    before dusk

    Composer: Tommy Berre. Performer: Eira Corda.
    • before dusk.

  • Magdalena Hoffmann

    Nocturne in B Flat Major, H. 37 (Version for Harp)

    Performer: John Field.
    • Nightscapes.

  • Saloli

    Barcarolle (for piano)

    • Ghosts: Music For Piano Vol. 2.

  • Frederick Delius

    5 Little Pieces: No. 4, Lullaby for a Modern Baby (Orch. Fenby)

    Performer: Elena Durán. Performer: Bournemouth Sinfonietta.
    • Delius: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3.

  • Mahdi Salehi

    Mother

    Performer: Mahdi Salehi.
    • Mother.

  • Sir George Dyson

    Woodland Suite: III. Moon-Fairy

    Performer: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Richard Hickox.
    • Dyson: Nebuchadnezzar.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Theme and Variations, Op. 57a

    Performer: Duncan Honeybourne.
    • Ruth Gipps: OPALESCENCE Piano and Chamber Music (1921–1999).

  • Masaki Hayashi

    Filum

    Performer: Seigen Tokuzawa. Performer: Masaki Hayashi.
    • B.

  • Duke Ellington

    Retrospection

    Performer: Duke Ellington.
    • Piano Retrospection.

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    Barrios Mangoré: Julia Florida

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • El Bohemio.

  • Danny Mulhern

    Flow State Vestida 4

    Performer: Danny Mulhern.
    • Flow State Vestida 4.

  • Anja Lechner

    Lotano

    Composer: François Couturier. Performer: Anja Lechner. Performer: François Couturier.
    • Lotano.

  • Helen Hopekirk

    2 Compositions for Piano: No. 1, Shadows

    Performer: Gary Steigerwalt.
    • Hopekirk: Piano Works.

  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No. 5, "Western Hemisphere": II. Slowly, and with utmost grace

    Performer: Fort Smith Symphony. Performer: John Jeter.
    • Still, W.G.: Symphonies.

  • Hania Rani

    Rachel

    Performer: Hania Rani.
    • Sentimental Value.

  • Gustav Holst

    A Moorside Suite, H. 173: Nocturne

    Performer: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Performer: David Lloyd‐Jones.
    • English String Miniatures.

  • Catherine Tang

    Nocturnal Returnal

    Performer: Catherine Tang.
    • Where Do Your Dreams Fly?.

  • Rikuto Fujimoto

    Northern Meadow

    Performer: Rikuto Fujimoto.
    • Distant Landscapes.

  • Elizabeth Poston

    Trio for Flute, Clarinet and Harp: ii. Molto Moderato

    Ensemble: Korros Ensemble.
    • Poston: Trio for Flute, Clarinet & Harp.

  • Frederico Albanese

    The Vine

    Performer: Frederico Albanese.
    • Before And Now Seems Intimate.

  • Roan Kearsey-Lawson

    Into the Breeze

    Performer: Roan Kearsey-Lawson.
    • BBC Introducing.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Prelude op.16 no. 3

    Performer: Alexander Gadjiev.

  • Cor Karoli

    Altar

    Performer: Cor Karoli.
    • Becoming.

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