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Calm music for stormy weather feat. Arooj Aftab

脫lafur 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 composer Arooj Aftab.

Join Icelandic composer and pianist 脫lafur Arnalds for another hour-long musical journey that seeks to find that elusive feeling of calm.

In this episode, 脫lafur 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, Eyd铆s Evensen and Chihei Hatakeyama, and talks about the comforting effect that the sounds of bad weather can have on you when you鈥檙e 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 成人快手 Radio 3 and 成人快手 Sounds

11 months left to listen

59 minutes

Music Played

  • 脫lafur Arnalds

    saman

  • Atli 脰rvarsson

    Dropar

  • Jonny Nash & Suzanne Kraft

    Photo With Grey Sky, White Clouds

  • Eyd铆s Evensen

    Bylur

  • Bing & Ruth

    And Then It Rained

  • Chihei Hatakeyama

    Night Wind

  • Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & London Symphony Orchestra

    Movement 1

  • Arooj Aftab

    Baghon Main

  • Phoria

    Kilograms

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Pr茅lude In D Flat Major ("Raindrop")

    Performer: 脫lafur Arnalds. Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
  • Ekkehard Ehlers

    Play John Cassavetes 2

Broadcasts

  • Mon 12 Dec 2022 21:00
  • Sat 16 Sep 2023 01:00
  • Sat 21 Oct 2023 01:00
  • Thursday 21:00