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Floating off to a serene sleep

Find your soundtrack to a peaceful sleep with this calming classical and ambient mix from BBC Introducing artists.

Find your soundtrack to a peaceful sleep with this calming classical and ambient mix of music from BBC Introducing artists. Paired with excerpts from Radio 4’s Shipping Forecast and soothing sounds of gentle rain and sleepy windswept meadows.

Produced by Alex Yates

A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind

To listen on most smart speakers, 'ask BBC Sounds to play The Sleeping Forecast'.

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Music Played

  • James Peter Moffatt

    The Church

    • The Church.

  • Eleri Morgan

    So Quiet

    • So Quiet.

  • Francesco Siano

    Expectation

    • Expectation.

  • Nadia Ismail

    tears fell

    • tears fell.

  • Simon Lowy

    A Dance With Destiny

    • A Dance With Destiny.

  • Kai Jansen

    Of

    • Of.

  • Tony McGreal

    Seabirds

    • Seabirds.

  • Ross Whyte

    Remembering Mr Shaibel

    • Remembering Mr Shaibel.

  • Yujin Baek

    yes, together

    • yes, together.

  • Telin

    Sienna

    • Sienna.

  • Julia Thomsen

    Julia Thomsen

    • Julia Thomsen.

  • Storms Over Oceans

    Nocturne 1

    • Nocturne 1.

  • Heikki Hallanoro

    Soul Song No. 22

    • Soul Song No. 22.

  • Ben Crosland

    Between

    • Between.

  • Byebyefish

    Jeux d'eau, soleil couchant

    • Jeux d'eau, soleil couchant.

  • Elizabeth Bonds

    An Almost Cloudless Sky

    • An Almost Cloudless Sky.

  • Adrian Lord

    Dark Sky

    • Dark Sky.

  • Sky Tapes

    Future Moons

    • Future Moons.

Broadcast

  • Monday23:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Podcast

  • The Sleeping Forecast

    A unique journey to dreamland, mixing instrumental music and Radio 4's Shipping Forecast.