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Soothing music to ease you into sleep

Ease into sleep with the help of relaxing music from BBC Introducing and weather reports from the Shipping Forecast.

Ease into sleep with the help of relaxing classical and ambient music from BBC Introducing, coastal weather reports from around the UK courtesy of Radio 4’s the Shipping Forecast and the sounds of rain falling on leaves in a woodland in the Cotswolds.

Produced by Cat Gough
A Reduced Listening Production for BBC Radio 3Unwind

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Last on

Thu 10 Apr 2025 23:30
BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Sarah Baker

    Snow Gently Falling

    Performer: Sarah Baker.

  • Helen Keeling-Marston

    The Daffodils

    Performer: Helen Keeling-Marston.
    • The Daffodils.

  • Iryna Gould

    Swift Dream

    Performer: Iryna Gould.
    • Swift Dream.

  • Arin Aykut

    No Land

    Performer: Arin Aykut.
    • No Land.

  • Mark Sutton

    Solitude

    Performer: Mark Sutton.
    • Solitude.

  • Matthew James Richards

    Reflections Ambient Piano

    Performer: Matthew James Richards.
    • Reflections Ambient Piano.

  • Simon Rackman

    On a Monday

    Performer: Simon Rackman.
    • On a Monday.

  • James Peter Moffatt

    The Church

    Performer: James Peter Moffatt.
    • The Church.

  • Anna Stasiuk

    Summer Afternoon

    Performer: Anna Stasiuk.
    • Summer Afternoon.

  • Eleri Morgan

    Twilights Glow

    Performer: Eleri Morgan.
    • Twilights Glow.

  • Richard Laurence

    Evening Tide Piano Solo

    Performer: Richard Laurence.
    • Evening Tide Piano Solo.

  • Vegso

    The Price We Pay For Love

    Performer: Vegso.
    • The Price We Pay For Love.

  • Julia Thomsen

    Romantic Embrace

    Performer: Julia Thomsen.
    • Romantic Embrace.

  • Elliott Jack Sansom

    Head Above The Clouds

    Performer: Elliott Jack Sansom.
    • Head Above The Clouds.

  • Drew Five

    Berceuse

    Performer: Drew Five.
    • Berceuse.

  • Dylan John Sparkes

    Wholeness

    Performer: Dylan John Sparkes.
    • Wholeness.

  • Christof R Davis

    Gathering Storm from String Quartet 1

    Performer: Christof R Davis.
    • Gathering Storm from String Quartet 1.

  • Zeynep Sophia

    Celestial

    Performer: Zeynep Sophia.
    • Celestial.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 17 Mar 2025 23:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 29 Mar 2025 23:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thu 10 Apr 2025 23:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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