Strings For Falling Asleep
Slow string music for the last part of the bedtime routine. Start it after lights out and let it run while they settle.
- 1
Air on the G String
Johann Sebastian Bach
- 2
Adagio for Strings
Samuel Barber
- 3
The Swan
Camille Saint-Saëns
- 4
Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22 - II. Tempo di valse
Antonín Dvořák
- 5
Nimrod
Edward Elgar
- 6
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Ralph Vaughan Williams
- 7
Cavatina from String Quartet No. 13, Op. 130
Ludwig van Beethoven
- 8
Andante Festivo
Jean Sibelius
- 9
Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48 - III. Élégie
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 10
String Quintet in C Major, D. 956 - II. Adagio
Franz Schubert
- 11
Simple Symphony, Op. 4 - III. Sentimental Saraband
Benjamin Britten
- 12
The Lark Ascending
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Getting this onto a card
These links take you to each track on YouTube so you can listen and decide what makes the cut. Getting the audio itself is up to you — buy it, or use something you already own. Then upload your files to a Make Your Own card in the Yoto app and give each track an icon.
How Make Your Own cards work covers what is actually stored on the card, and the icons guide covers giving each track a picture your child can recognise.