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Slow Sunday: Musician and composer Hannah Peel shares the songs that have sound-tracked the ups and downs of her life

Hannah talks to practising psychotherapist and 6 Music DJ Nemone about how music affects her mental health and well-being, sharing the songs that have comforted and connected.

The award-winning series is back! Hannah Peel, the Northern Irish electronic artist, composer and broadcaster talks candidly to practising psychotherapist and 6 Music DJ Nemone about her life, and how music affects her mental health and well-being. Hannah shares the songs that have comforted and connected and also reveals how she expresses thoughts, feelings and emotions through writing her own music.

The Mercury Prize and Emmy-nominated artist often includes classical scoring and sound design in her work, with references to the links between science and nature. She has scored for television, film, theatre and dance, including the music for 'Game of Thrones: The Last Watch'.

Hannah works closely with Paul Weller, providing the orchestrations for his last three albums, and has collaborated with John Foxx, the poet Will Burns, and as a member of The Magnetic North. Her latest collaboration, 'The Unfolding', is with Bristol’s Paraorchestra, a unique ensemble of disabled and non-disabled musicians. The record was made while navigating the restrictions of the global pandemic.

In this very special episode, to mark Mental Health Awareness Week, Hannah shares her memories of family, conflict and loss. She also talks about how she calms her mind with music and the importance of the natural world to her. Featuring music from brass bands to R.E.M, Tracey Chapman to Jeff Buckley and Hannah's own work, it's the perfect sound-track for a Slow Sunday.

1 hour

Music Played

  • Hannah Peel

    Ecovocative

    • My Own Pleasure.
  • Hannah Peel

    Horizon

    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Pete Cooper

    Swinging on the Gate / Over the Moor to Maggie

    • Irish Fiddle Solos - 64 Pieces for Violin.
    • SCHOTT MUSIC GmbH & Co KG.
    • 25.
  • Tony Orlando & Dawn

    Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree

    • 70's Number Ones Vol 3.
    • Old Gold.
  • The Pogues

    Fairytale Of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)

    • POLYGRAM TV.
  • Paraorchestra & Paul Weller

    Still Glides The Stream

    • Fat Pop.
    • Polydor Records.
    • 12.
  • DLG Brass

    Autumn Leaves

    • The Best of Brass Bands.
    • Simply Media TV Ltd.
    • 3.
  • Betteshanger Brass Band

    Concierto de Aranjuez

    • The Music Lives On Now The Mines Have Gone – The Best of Colliery Bands.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..
    • 4.
  • Hannah Peel

    Life Is On The Horizon

    • Mary Casio: Journey to Cassiopeia.
    • 5.
  • The Police

    Walking On The Moon

    • A&M.
  • Radiohead

    Bones

    • The Bends.
    • PARLOPHONE.
    • 21.
  • The Beatles

    Let It Be

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 026.
  • R.E.M.

    Nightswimming

    • Warner Bros.
  • Tracy Chapman

    Fast Car

    • Elektra.
  • Hannah Peel

    A Dream

    • Game of Thrones: The Last Watch.
    • HBO.
    • 14.
  • Charles Hazlewood, Hannah Peel & Paraorchestra

    We Are Part Mineral

    • The Unfolding.
    • Real World.
    • 7.
  • Hannah Peel

    Pale Green Ghosts

    • Rebox 2.
    • My Own Pleasure.
    • 3.
  • Hannah Peel

    Emergence In Nature

    • My Own Pleasure.
  • The Magnetic North

    Little Jerusalem (Instrumental)

    • Full Time Hobby.
  • Hannah Peel

    The Unfolding

    Singer: Victoria Oruwari. Orchestra: Paraorchestra. Conductor: Charles Hazlewood.
    • The Unfolding.
    • Real World.
    • 4.
  • Hannah Peel & Paraorchestra

    Perhaps It Has Made Us Happy For A Minute

  • The Magnetic North

    Run Of The Mill (Instrumental)

    • Full Time Hobby.
  • Paul Weller

    You Do Something To Me

    • Polygram TV.
  • Hannah Peel

    Sunrise Through The Dusty Nebula

  • Hannah Peel

    Awake but Always Dreaming

    • Awake but Always Dreaming.
    • My Own Pleasure.
    • 8.
  • Alberto Iglesias

    Hable Con Ella (Talk To Her)

  • Nick Drake

    Cello Song

    • Island.
  • Jeff Buckley

    Last Goodbye

    • Columbia.
  • Joni Mitchell

    Court and Spark

    • Court and Spark.
    • Rhino.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sun 15 May 2022 13:00