Calm tracks to inspire confidence ft. Alfa Mist
Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds shares calming songs for confidence boosts. Plus the musician Alfa Mist shares the track that brings him Ultimate Calm.
Join Icelandic composer and pianist Ólafur Arnalds for another musical journey looking for that all too elusive feeling of calm.
In this episode Ólafur reflects on how music can help boost your confidence and improve your mood, with uplifting tracks from Hildur Guðnadóttir, Kronos Quartet and Hilary Hahn.
Plus the British musician, producer and composer Alfa Mist selects his sonic safe haven - the piece of music that brings him ultimate calm. He shares a textural track that reflects his mood when he’s most relaxed, reflecting on how simple chord structures can put you at ease.
Produced by Katie Callin
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds
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Ólafur Arnalds
Saman ii (sunrise sessions)
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Sofi Paez
if i could do it all again
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Ludovico Einaudi
fly
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Hilary Hahn & Hauschka
Ashes
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Hildur Guðnadóttir
Speak Up
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Philip Glass
Hope
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Alfa Mist & Ólafur Arnalds
Zero - piano reworks
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Vanessa Benelli Mosell
Actress
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Clark
Citrus
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Ben Lukas Boysen
Gravity
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Jamie Leeming
Procession
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Alfa Mist
Cycles
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Federico Albanese
The Stars We Follow
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Khatia Buniatishvili
Les Barricades Mystérieuses
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Kronos Quartet
When Our Wings Are Cut, Can We Still Fly
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Hania Rani
Allegra
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Laurel Halo
Hyphae
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Mica Levi
Decision Made
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Sebastian Plano
exta
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