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Slow Sunday: with words from author Elizabeth Strout

Jarvis takes us on a journey to the New England coast courtesy of author Elizabeth Strout.

There's also a little diversion via a Venetian soundscape to keep the mellow vibes flowing.

Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

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Sun 11 Oct 2026 16:00
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Music Played

  • HUG

    Cow With Half Moon Parasol

  • Zdeněk Liška & Lenka Kořínková

    The Song of the Siren (Song)

    • Music from the OST to Malá Mořská Víla (Hans C. Andersen’s The Little Mermaid).
    • Finders Keepers Records.

  • Jake Xerxes Fussell

    Frolic

    • Breast of Glass/Frolic.
    • Paradise of Bachelors.
    • 2.

  • Mercury Rev

    Holes

    • Deserter's Songs.
    • V2.
    • 1.

  • The de Courcy Brothers

    Does She Know

  • Weldon Irvine

    Gloria

  • Portishead

    Humming (Live)

    • Roseland NYC Live 25.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 1.

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopédie No. 2. Lent et triste

    Ensemble: Camarata Contemporary Chamber Group.

  • Booker T. & The M.G.'s

    Time Is Tight

    • Stax 50th Anniversary (E Album Set).
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 11.

  • Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou

    The Jordan River Song

    • Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru.
    • Mississippi Records.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: II. Adagio

    Performer: Hélène Grimaud. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio. Conductor: Radoslaw Szulc.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Blood Orange

    I Can Go (feat. Mabe Fratti & Mustafa)

    • Essex Honey.
    • Domino Recording Co./RCA Records.
    • 14.

  • Beck

    For Your Love

    • Ride Lonesome.
    • Capitol Records (CAP).
    • 7.

  • Pierre Henry & Bernadette Mangin

    Carnet de Venise: IX. Au Ghetto

    • Henry: Carnet de Venise.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 9.

  • Fohn

    At Moot Point

  • Ellen Fullman

    Memory of a Big Room (For Matthew)

    • The Long String Instrument.
    • Superior Viaduct.
    • 4.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Jay

    • The Summer Portraits.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 6.

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Children's Music, No. 1, II: Modern Dance (1973)

    Ensemble: Cop Tears.

  • Eberhard Weber

    Frankfurt

    • Encore.
    • ECM Records.
    • 1.

  • Steve Reich

    Electric Counterpoint (Fast)

    Performer: Pat Metheny.

  • The Orb

    Little Fluffy Clouds

    • Big Life.

  • Rondò Veneziano

    La Serenissima

    • Rondò Veneziano - Best Of 3 CD.
    • SMART.
    • 1.

  • Pierre Henry

    Professeur Robot

    • Galaxie Pierre Henry.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 10.

  • Dan the Automator

    My Guru

  • Monochrome Set

    He's Frank (Slight Return)

    • Volume, Contrast, Brilliance: Sessions & Singles, Vol. 1.
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 8.

  • Jacques Dutronc

    La fille du Père Noël

    • Intégrale Les Cactus.
    • Vogue.
    • 8.

  • Manchester String Quartet

    Spellbound

  • Portico Quartet

    Prickly Pear

    • Knee-Deep In the North Sea.
    • Real World Records.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Sun 11 Oct 2026 16:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music