Breathe new life into your morning with comforting 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 enriching, beautiful melodies from Arvo Pärt, Miriam Hyde, and Zoltán Kodály. Sian takes a breath by the seaside and Professor Catherine Loveday explains what happens in the brain when musicians sight-read music.
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Erik Satie
Gnossienne No 1 (transcr for guitar)
Performer: Xuefei Yang.- Platoon.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major, 'Emperor' (2nd movement)
Performer: Paul Lewis. Conductor: Jiřà BÄ›lohlávek. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Louise Farrenc
Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 35 (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Christoph König. Orchestra: European Soloists, Luxembourg.- Naxos.
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Franz Liszt
12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S 558 (No 7, 'Faith in Spring')
Performer: Aimi Kobayashi.- Warner.
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GabrÃel Ólafs
The Monolith
Performer: GabrÃel Ólafs.- One Little Independent.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Andante in C major for Flute and Orchestra, K 315
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Conductor: Ivan Repušić. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra.- Warner.
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Jamie W. Hall
O Nata Lux
Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. -
Eleanor Alberga
Mythologies (5th mvt, 'Venus')
Conductor: Thomas Kemp. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra.- Resonus.
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Arvo Pärt
Summa (version for string orchestra)
Conductor: Ivan Repušić. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra.- BR Klassik.
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George Martin
3 American Sketches (2nd mvt, 'Old Boston')
Performer: Göran Söllscher. Conductor: Mats Rondin. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.- DG.
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Richard Wagner
Isoldes Liebestod, instrumental version (Tristan & Isolde, Act II)
Conductor: Edo de Waart. Orchestra: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.- Challenge.
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Florence Price
Dances in the Canebrakes arr for orchestra (No 2, 'Tropical Noon')
Music Arranger: William Grant Still. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta.- Naxos.
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Wilhelm Stenhammar
Symphony No 1 in F major (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. -
Hayato Sumino
Nocturne I (Pre Rain)
Performer: Hayato Sumino.- Sony.
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Thomas Tallis
If ye love me
Choir: The Cardinall’s Musick. Director: Andrew Carwood.- Hyperion.
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Edward Elgar
Sea Pictures, Op 37 (No 2, 'In Haven, Capri')
Orchestrator: Donald Fraser. Choir: The Rodolfus Choir. Conductor: Kenneth Woods. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Orchestra: English Symphony Orchestra.- AVIE.
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Miriam Hyde
Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat minor (2nd mvt)
Performer: Miriam Hyde. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon. Orchestra: West Australian Symphony Orchestra.- ABC.
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Patrick Hawes
Lazarus Requiem (Elegy for Lazarus)
Conductor: Patrick Hawes. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.- Signum.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Spring 2 (2022)
Performer: Elena Urioste. Music Arranger: Max Richter. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.- DG.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso in B flat major, No 11 Op 6 (1st mct, 'Preludio')
Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Piano Concerto No 7 in G minor, BWV 1058 (2nd mvt)
Performer: David Fray. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.- Erato.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Isle of Beauty
Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Joseph Fort.- Delphian.
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Clara Schumann
Piano Trio in G minor, Op 17 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: ATOS Trio. -
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Peanuts Gallery (No 4, 'Charlie Brown's Lament')
Performer: Jeffrey Biegel. Conductor: Alexander Jiménez. Orchestra: Florida Symphony Orchestra.- Naxos.
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Frédéric Chopin
Berceuse in D flat, Op 57
Performer: Hélène Grimaud.- DG.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 11, MWV N 13 (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Thierry Fischer. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. -
Zoltán Kodály
Esti Dal (Evening Song)
Choir: Budapesti Monteverdi Kórus. Conductor: Eva Kollar.- CARUS.
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R. Nathaniel Dett
In the bottoms (4th mvt, 'Barcarolle')
Performer: Natalie Hinderas.- Anthology of Recorded Music.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No 3, 'Pastoral Symphony' (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.- Halle.
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Havergal Brian
Burlesque Variations on an Original Theme, Op 2 (Variation No 6)
Conductor: Garry Walker. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra.- Toccata.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Suite from the Gadfly, Op 97a (No 8, 'Romance')
Performer: Daniel Hope. Music Arranger: Lev Atovmian. Conductor: Maxim Dmitrievich Shostakovich. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra.- Warner.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Sonate pour harpe, arr for two guitars (1st mvt)
Performer: Adam Cicchillitti. Performer: Steve Cowan.- ANALEKTA.
Broadcasts
- Tue 6 May 2025 09:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 Unwind
- Sun 1 Jun 2025 09:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 Unwind