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Begin your day with revitalizing 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 refreshing, peaceful melodies from Marie Ja毛ll, Beethoven, and Palestrina. Sian takes a breath up the Downs and Professor Catherine Loveday explains how music can help reduce anxiety before a hospital visit.

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Fri 26 Sep 2025 09:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Sarah Class

    Journey of the King Fish (Africa)

    Conductor: Elizabeth Purnell. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • SILVA SCREEN RECORDS.

  • Suzanne Ciani

    Rain

    Performer: Vanessa Wagner.
    • INFINE MUSIC.

  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • DG.

  • Johan Svendsen

    Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 4 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Terje Mikkelsen. Orchestra: Latvian National Symphony Orchestra.
    • CPO.

  • Jung Jae-il

    The River

    Performer: Jung Jae-il.
    • DECCA.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet in E flat major, Op 20 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Gabriele Pieranunzi. Performer: Francesco Fiore. Performer: Silvia Chiesa. Performer: Alberto Bocini. Performer: Corrado Giuffredi. Performer: Paolo Carlini. Performer: Guido Corti.
    • AULICUS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 11 in F major, K413 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean鈥怑fflam Bavouzet. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Pietro Roffi

    Nocturne (A Kind of Lullaby of Times We Have Not Yet Lived)

    Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Performer: Roberto Koch. Ensemble: Goldmund Quartet.
    • ALPHA.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Cello Concerto No 6 in D major, G 479 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • HYPERION.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Wind Color Vector, Op 48 (3rd mvt, 'Windward')

    Performer: Craig Ogden.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    In the Fen Country

    Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus D935 (No 2 in A flat major)

    Performer: Sebastiano Brusco.
    • AULICUS CLASSICS.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    On the South Downs

    Performer: Natalie Clein. Conductor: Christopher Gray. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • REGENT.

  • Jennifer Higdon

    Trumpet Songs (1st mvt, 'Morning Opens')

    Performer: Scott Meredith. Performer: Rubia Santos.
    • ALBANY.

  • Kazuo Yamada

    Notturno, Op 23

    Performer: Manuela Wiesler. Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • BIS.

  • Scott Joplin

    Treemonisha (Prelude to Act 3)

    Conductor: Rick Benjamin. Orchestra: The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra.
    • NEW WORLD.

  • Marie Ja毛ll

    Voix du printemps (5th mvt, 'Nuit de Mai')

    Performer: Sujung Cho. Performer: Jacob Clark.
    • CENTAUR.

  • Thomas Weelkes

    When David Heard

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Philip Cannon

    Piano Concertino (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Simon Callaghan. Conductor: William Boughton. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • LYRITA.

  • Jessie Montgomery

    In Color Suite arr for percussion ensemble (2nd mvt, 'The Poet')

    Music Arranger: Sean Connors. Music Arranger: Third Coast Percussion. Ensemble: Third Coast Percussion.
    • CEDILLE.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 3 in C major, Op 52 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • LSO LIVE.

  • Robert Schumann

    Scenes from Childhood, Op 15 (No12, 'Child Falling Asleep')

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • DG.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Leviathan Op.59

    Performer: Bill Anderson. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Eric Whitacre

    A Boy and a Girl for Strings

    Orchestra: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHESTER MUSIC.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lute Suite in C minor, BWV 997, arr for guitar (3rd mvt, Sarabande)

    Performer: Jacob Cordover.
    • CUES4U.

  • Emmanuel S茅journ茅

    Concerto for Marimba & Strings (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Bogdan Bacanu. Conductor: Cristian Mandeal. Orchestra: Romanian Radio National Orchestra.
    • GENUIN.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Caro mea vere est cibus

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

Broadcasts

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