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Settle into your morning with refreshing classical music

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

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

Featuring uplifting and enriching melodies from Avril Coleridge-Taylor, Delius and De Falla. Sian learns to live with a little discomfort while out to Take a Breath, and Professor Catherine Loveday explores how music makes connections between different parts of our brain, and explains how this can affect us.

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Wednesday 09:00
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Music Played

  • Franz Leh谩r

    The Merry Widow, Act III: Entracte (Vilja-Lied)

    Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Universal.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto No 9 in G major, Op 8 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Takako Nishizaki. Conductor: Helmut M眉ller鈥怋r眉hl. Orchestra: K枚lner Kammerorchester.
    • Naxos.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 1 in D major, D 82 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Lawrence Foster. Orchestra: Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Pentatone.

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Tempest, Op 109 (Prospero)

    Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • Alpha.

  • Josef Suk

    Symphony No 2, Op 27, 'Asrael' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Ondine.

  • Glowworm

    Agape

    Performer: Glowworm. Performer: Asia Dojnikowska.
    • Hammock Music.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No 7 in D major, K 250 (2nd mvt)

    • NFI.

  • Clarence Cameron White

    Chant (Bandana Sketches)

    Conductor: Rick Benjamin. Orchestra: The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra.
    • New World Records.

  • Alessandro Marcello

    Oboe Concerto in D minor S Z799 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Music Arranger: John Harle. Conductor: Richard Balcombe. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Flute Concerto in A minor, Wq 166 H 431 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ariel Zuckermann. Orchestra: Georgisches Kammerorchester Ingolstadt.
    • Fuga Libera.

  • Giulio Caccini

    Ave Maria (arr for cello and orchestra)

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Music Arranger: David Cullen. Conductor: James Judd. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • UMG.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Summer is Gone

    Choir: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Conductor: David Hill.

  • Eric Coates

    Springtime Suite (2nd mvt, 'Noonday Song')

    Conductor: Andrew Penny. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Jessie Montgomery

    Peace (version for clarinet & piano)

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Performer: Gloria Chien.
    • Cedille.

  • Alb茅ric Magnard

    Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 4 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Jean-Yves Ossonce. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Kelly Lee Owens

    Find Our Way

    Composer: Sebastian Plano. Music Arranger: Jim Clements. Choir: VOCES8.
    • VOCES8.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    S茅r茅nade en la mineur

    Ensemble: Alliage Quintett.
    • Sony.

  • Frederick Delius

    Suite for violin & orchestra (1st mvt, 'Pastorale')

    Performer: Philippe Graffin. Performer: Sarah-Jane Bradley. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    West Side Story: Somewhere (arr for violin and piano)

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Performer: Orion Weiss. Music Arranger: Raimundo Penaforte.
    • Warner.

  • Jocelyn Pook

    The Wife (arr for violin and string ensemble)

    Performer: Ang猫le Dubeau. Music Arranger: Fran莽ois Valli猫res. Music Arranger: Ang猫le Dubeau. Orchestra: La Piet脿.
    • Analekta.

  • William Henry Harris

    Bring us, O Lord God

    Director: Nigel Short. Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Signum.

  • John Ireland

    A Downland Suite (2nd mvt, Minuet)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.

  • Franz Liszt

    Ave Maris Stella

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Choir: The Sixteen.
    • Decca.

  • Seckou Keita

    Gobaith

    Composer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Seckou Keita.
    • bendigedig.

  • Joanna Borrett

    Us (Clan)

    Performer: Joanna Borrett. Ensemble: Her Ensemble.
    • HerEnsemble.

  • Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev

    Symphony No 2 in D minor (3rd mvt, 'Romanza')

    Orchestra: The Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.
    • EMG Classical.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Sussex Landscape, Op 27 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra.

  • Viktors Ba拧tiks

    In the Garden of Peace (Requiem)

    Choir: New York Latvian Concert Choir. Choir: S艒la (mixed choir of the Latvian Academy of Culture). Choir: Balsis. Orchestra: Latvian National Opera Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Andrejs Jansons.
    • Albany.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Symphony No 2 in C major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta.
    • BIS.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Falla: Siete Canciones populares espa帽olas - V. Nana

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Performer: Jess Gillam.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 12 Mar 2025 09:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Wed 28 May 2025 09:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tue 12 Aug 2025 09:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Wednesday 09:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind