Ultimate Calm with Olafur Arnalds

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Join Ólafur Arnalds for a journey into calm, explored through all forms of classical and ambient music.

Ultimate Calm: Ólafur Arnalds: Series 1: Soothing music for sleep feat. Dominic Monaghan

Soothing music for sleep feat. Dominic Monaghan

Ólafur Arnalds: Series 1

BBC Radio 3 - Ultimate Calm, Ólafur Arnalds: Series 1, Soothing music for sleep feat. Dominic Monaghan

Journey to the land of nod, with a sleepy soundtrack from Ólafur Arnalds.

Journey to the land of nod, with a sleepy soundtrack from Ólafur Arnalds. Plus, actor Dominic Monaghan transports us to the safe haven of his garden.

Join Icelandic composer and pianist Ólafur Arnalds for another hour-long musical journey seeking out that elusive feeling of calm. 

In this episode, Ólafur takes us on a sleepy sonic journey to the land of nod, with a selection of dreamy music. He shares music from Brambles, Debussy and Sigur Rós, and reflects on his own relationship with sleep as well as the curious nature of Icelandic lullabies. 

Plus, the actor Dominic Monaghan transports us to his Safe Haven, the place where he feels the most calm, with recordings and reflections from his garden. 

Produced by Katie Callin 
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds

Ultimate Calm: Ólafur Arnalds: Series 1

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Join Grammy-nominated artist and producer Ólafur Arnalds for a musical journey into calm.

Join Grammy-nominated artist and producer Ólafur Arnalds on a journey into calmness through a selection of peaceful music and reflections.

Escape with Icelandic composer and pianist Ólafur Arnalds on a sonic journey seeking that all-too elusive feeling of calm through contemporary, ambient and classical music. Every episode explores a theme from nature to cinema to sleep and features a special guest including Odesza, Jon Hopkins and Isobel Waller-Bridge who will transport listeners to the place they feel most calm - their own personal safe haven.

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