Musical Meditations

with the North Carolina Symphony

The North Carolina Symphony has partnered with North Carolina State Parks and the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to create a series of videos intended to be a meditation tool. The video features an excerpt from a classical music composition, as well as footage from some of our state parks.

For more information on the project, please visit the North Carolina Symphony website »

Venus from Holst's "The Planets"

Dismal Swamp and Jockey's Ridge state parks

Dvorak's Symphony No. 8, Mvmt. III

Grandfather Mountain and Hanging Rock state parks

Adagietto from Mahler's Symphony No. 5

Carolina Beach and Jones Lake state parks; Fort Fisher State Recreation Area; and others

Excerpt from Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony

Pilot Mountain and Stone Mountain state parks

Adagio from Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2

Pettigrew State Park

Allegro from Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

Carolina Beach State Park and Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve