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Set the tone for your day with calming 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 cheerful and soothing melodies from Hania Rani, Albinoni, and Frederic Chopin, Professor Catherine Loveday opens our minds about what goes on in the brain when someone is composing music, and Sian finds the joy in immersing yourself in nature.

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Sun 27 Apr 2025 09:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Jonathan Dove

    The Milky Way (Stargazer)

    Performer: Peter Moore. Conductor: Timothy Redmond. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • ORCHID.

  • Barbara Thompson

    Green

    Performer: Jeremy Polmear. Performer: Diana Ambache. Performer: Philip Gibbon.
    • OBOE CLASSICS.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Adagio in G minor (arr for harp and orchestra)

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Performer: Werner Ehrhardt. Orchestra: l鈥檃rte del mondo.
    • SONY.

  • Edward MacDowell

    Piano Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 15 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Xiayin Wang. Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • William Grant Still

    American Suite (3rd mvt, 'Lament')

    Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • NAXOS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations arr for ensemble (Var XIII)

    Ensemble: Nevermind.
    • ALPHA.

  • Hania Rani

    Spring

    Composer: Dobrawa Czocher. Performer: Dobrawa Czocher. Performer: Hania Rani. Singer: Hania Rani.
    • DG.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Beati quorum via (Three Motets)

    Choir: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Pamela Harrison

    Suite for Timothy (4th mvt)

    Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia.
    • NAXOS.

  • Foday Musa Suso

    Tilliboyo [Sunset]

    Performer: Foday Musa Suso. Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • NONESUCH.

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    2 Pieces for Violin and Piano (1st mvt, 'Pastorale' & 2nd mvt, 'Barcarole')

    Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Sam Armstrong.

  • Henry Wood

    Fantasia on British Sea Songs (5th mvt, '蜜芽传媒 Sweet 蜜芽传媒')

    Conductor: Paul Daniel. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North.
    • NAXOS.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    One Summer's Day

    Performer: Joe Hisaishi. Conductor: Roman Simovi膰. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • DECCA.

  • Rachel Portman

    We Had Today (One Day)

    Orchestra: Session Orchestra.
    • UNIVERSAL/ISLAND.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Healing Light (The Peacemakers)

    Conductor: Stephen Layton. Choir: Polyphony.
    • DG.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 5 in A major (1st mvt)

    Conductor: 脕d谩m Fischer. Orchestra: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra.
    • NIMBUS.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Sonata for Solo Harp (1st mvt)

    Performer: Val茅rie Milot.
    • ANALEKTA.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Samson et Dalila, Op 47, R 288, arr for cello & orchestra (Act II: 'Softly awakes my heart')

    Performer: Camille Thomas. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille.
    • DG.

  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    Blue Notebook

    Performer: Isobel Waller-Bridge. Ensemble: Iskra String Quartet.
    • 1631 RECORDINGS.

  • Domenico Zipoli

    Elevation for cello and oboe

    Conductor: Robert Haydon Clark. Ensemble: Consort of London.
    • COLLINS CLASSICS.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor (2nd mvt)

    • ULTIMATE CLASSICS.

  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Carmen Fantasy, Op 25 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sarah Chang. Conductor: Pl谩cido Domingo. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • WARNER.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Sancte Deus

    Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    H谩ry J谩nos Suite (3rd mvt, 'Song')

    Performer: Laurence Kaptain. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Jung Jae-il

    Listen

    Performer: Jung Jae-il.
    • DECCA.

  • Alberto Ginastera

    Concert Variations Op 23 (No 9)

    Conductor: Juanjo Mena. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • DECCA.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cello Sonata No 5 in D, Op 102 No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Toke M酶ldrup. Performer: Yaron Kohlberg.
    • AULICUS CLASSICS.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No 2 in D major (3rd mvt, 'Notturno')

    Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.
    • ONYX.

  • Anoushka Shankar

    Pacifica

    Composer: Peter Raeburn. Performer: Peter Raeburn. Singer: Megan Wyler.
    • LEITER.

  • Edward Elgar

    Sursum corda, Op 11 (Lift up your hearts)

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • SOMM.

  • Clara Schumann

    Evening Celebration in Venice (Three Mixed Choruses: No 1)

    Lyricist: Franz Emanuel August Geibel. Conductor: Philipp Ahmann. Choir: North German Radio Choir.
    • ES-DUR.

  • Toshifumi Hinata

    Sarah-Menuet

    • SONY.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 1 Apr 2025 09:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 27 Apr 2025 09:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind