Calm music for stormy weather feat. Arooj Aftab
Ólafur Arnalds seeks the calm inside the storm with a selection of peaceful music inspired by rain, wind and thunder. Plus a stormy Safe Haven from the composer Arooj Aftab.
Join Icelandic composer and pianist Ólafur Arnalds for another hour-long musical journey that seeks to find that elusive feeling of calm.
In this episode, Ólafur puts his head into the clouds to look for the calm within the storm, with a selection of music inspired by rain, wind and thunder. He shares music from Chopin, EydÃs Evensen and Chihei Hatakeyama, and talks about the comforting effect that the sounds of bad weather can have on you when you’re tucked up inside.
Plus the composer Arooj Aftab transports us to her Safe Haven, the place where she feels the most calm, with a recording from a thunderstorm outside her apartment in New York.
Produced by Katie Callin
A Reduced Listening production for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3 and Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sounds
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Music Played
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Ólafur Arnalds
saman
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Atli Örvarsson
Dropar
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Jonny Nash & Suzanne Kraft
Photo With Grey Sky, White Clouds
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EydÃs Evensen
Bylur
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Bing & Ruth
And Then It Rained
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Chihei Hatakeyama
Night Wind
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Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & London Symphony Orchestra
Movement 1
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Arooj Aftab
Baghon Main
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Phoria
Kilograms
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Frédéric Chopin
Prélude In D Flat Major ("Raindrop")
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Ekkehard Ehlers
Play John Cassavetes 2
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Mon 12 Dec 2022 21:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3- Sat 16 Sep 2023 01:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3
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