Meditations from a Monastery

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Five slow radio soundscapes, featuring themes from the monastic life.

Five slow radio soundscapes, featuring themes from the monastic life of Downside, Belmont and Pluscarden Abbeys. This time, the subject is prayer.

Five 'slow radio' soundscapes, featuring themes from monastic life, presenting an alternative to the hectic pace of modern daily life. Tonight, in the second in the series, monks from Downside, Belmont and Pluscarden Abbeys meditate on the subject of prayer, against a background of chant and sounds evocative of the peace and serenity of the monastery.

Slow Radio: Meditations from a Monastery

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Five slow radio landscapes, featuring themes from monastic life

Five slow radio soundscapes, featuring themes from the monastic life of Downside, Belmont and Pluscarden Abbeys

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