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Inspiring classical music to boost your day

Calming classical music to inspire focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented by broadcaster, author and psychologist Dr Sian Williams.

Calming classical music to help you focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented by broadcaster, author and psychologist Dr Sian Williams.

Featuring relaxing and uplifting melodies from Margaret Bonds, Maurice Ravel and Caroline Shaw, and Sian takes a breath of fresh air by some water. Plus, Professor Catherine Loveday explains why music is so good at triggering memories.

3 hours

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Sun 9 Nov 2025 09:00
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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Carissima

    Performer: Vasily Petrenko. Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Onyx.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Dolly Suite, Op 56: I: Berceuse

    Performer: Katia Lab猫que.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai

    Performer: Fran莽ois-Xavier Poizat. Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra. Performer: Simone Menezes.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.

  • Johannes Brahms

    7 Lieder, Op. 62: III. Waldesnacht (Arr. for Cello Octet by Roland Pidoux)

    Performer: Rapha毛l Pidoux. Performer: Cello8.
    • Mirare.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Othello, Op. 79: II. Children's Intermezzo

    Performer: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Performer: Adrian Leaper.
    • Naxos.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Bright Star (Arr. for String Quartet by Ellie Consta)

    Performer: Her Ensemble.
    • Her Ensemble.

  • L茅o Delibes

    La Source, ou Naila Suite, Act II: Lent

    Performer: Neeme J盲rvi. Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Carlos Salzedo

    Chanson dans la nuit

    Performer: Boris Goldmund.

  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    Jewels of the Madonna: Intermezzo

    Performer: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • 蜜芽传媒.

  • Teresa Carre帽o

    Mi Teresita (Little Waltz)

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Warner.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madame Butterfly: Humming Chorus

    • Naxos Sweden.

  • Akin Euba

    3 Yoruba Songs Without Words: No. 2, Mo ja'we gbegbe

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • SOMM.

  • Frederic Cliffe

    Violin Concerto in D Minor: II. Andante (poco lento)

    Performer: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Performer: David Lloyd-Jones. Performer: Philippe Graffin.
    • Hyperion.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a - Theme - Chorale St. Antoni -

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • De Wolfe.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Nightingale (from The Birds)

    Performer: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Andrew Manze.
    • 蜜芽传媒.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42

    Performer: Esther Yoo. Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Universal Music Ltd..

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 11: II. Andante espressivo

    Performer: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.

  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    Uppenbarelsekantat (Revelation Cantata), Op. 31: Andante religioso

    Performer: Neeme J盲rvi. Performer: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lake in the Mountains

    Performer: Mark Bebbington.
    • SOMM.

  • Robert de Vis茅e

    Folies d'Espagne

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • BIS.

  • Angela Morley

    Reverie

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Ensemble: Her Ensemble.
    • Sony.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125: VII. Aquarium

    Performer: Les Si猫cles. Performer: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Caroline Shaw

    And the Swallow

    Performer: The Choir of Pembroke College. Performer: Anna Lapwood.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in C Major, K. 373

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Harmonies des bois, Op. 76 - II. Jacqueline's Tears (Arr. Cello and Orchestra)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Mirga Gra啪inyt臈鈥怲yla.
    • Decca.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • DG.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance for String Orchestra, Op 11

    Performer: City of London Sinfonia.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    The Arts and the Hours

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.

  • Zenobia Powell Perry

    Nocturne

    Performer: Deanne Tucker.
    • Cambria.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Romance from The Gadfly

    Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich. Performer: Daniel Lozakovich. Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.

  • William Bolcom

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    Performer: John Murphy.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sextet, FP100: II, Divertissement

    Performer: Mark Bebbington.

  • Lars鈥怑rik Larsson

    F枚rkl盲dd Gud (F枚rspel)

    Performer: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Parlophone Sweden.

  • Louise Farrenc

    25 脡tudes Progressives, Op. 50: No. 10, Pour lier et soutenir le chant dans la m

    Performer: Annette Kruisbrink.

  • Karl Jenkins

    The Armed Man: Benedictus

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Evidence.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    惭茅濒辞诲颈别

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Ultimate Classix.

  • Ronald Binge

    String Song (Version for Orchestra)

    Performer: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Ernest Tomlinson.
    • Naxos.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 10 Nov 2024 09:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 9 Nov 2025 09:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind