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 大象传媒 Radio 3 and Radio 3 Unwind
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CHAFA
In Bloom
- In Bloom.
- enjou.
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Mary Lattimore
Flowers on flowers
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Duval Timothy and Yu Su
Wood
- Meeting with a Judas Tree.
- Carrying Colour Records.
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Dora Peja膷evi膰 & Ekaterina Litvintseva
The Life of Flowers, Op. 19: VII. Lilies
- Piano Music.
- Piano Classics.
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Moondog
Pastoral
- Moondog 2.
- CBS Records.
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Erland Cooper
Whaup
- Solan Goose.
- Society of Sound.
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Erland Cooper
Then Be Content (Mvt. 2) - Pt. 3 walking through heather and peat
- Then Be Content (Mvt. 2).
- Universal Music Operations Limited.
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Rafiq Bhatia
The Single Petal of a Rose
- Standards Vol. 1.
- Anti- Records.
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Akira Kosemura
Fallen Flowers
- SEASONS.
- Schole Records.
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Dylan Henner
Movement III: It Was Once a Forest
- The Shepherds [official soundtrack].
- Phantom Limb.
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Erland Cooper
Solan Goose
- Solan Goose.
- Society of Sound.
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Erland Cooper
Music For Growing Flowers - Pt. 5
- Superbloom: Music For Growing Flowers.
- Mercury Classics.
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Anja Lauvdal
No Gods Only Flowers
- Farewell to Faraway Friends Vol 1 & 2.
- Smalltown Supersound.
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Wilfred Kimber
Heathered
- Heathered.
- Wilfred Kimber.
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Celia Hollander
Night Bloomer
- 2nd Draft.
- LEAVING RECORDS.
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Meredi, Mari Samuelsen, Jonathan Stockhammer
White Flowers Take Their Bath
- White Flowers Take Their Bath.
- Deutsche Grammophon GmbH.
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Max Richter
Movement, Before All Flowers
- LYS.
- Deutsche Grammophon GmbH.
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Dora Peja膷evi膰 & Ekaterina Litvintseva
The Life of Flowers, Op. 19: II. Forget Me Nots
- Piano Music.
- Piano Classics.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto in D Minor BWV.974 (2nd mvt) [after Marcello's Oboe Concerto]
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- Bach.
- ERATO.
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