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Breathe new life into 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 beautiful and uplifting melodies from Aaron Copland, Caroline Shaw and Joseph Haydn, Sian delights in seeing the moon in the daytime while out to take a breath. Plus, Professor Catherine Loveday explains why listening to classical music before bed can improve our wellbeing.

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Music Played

  • Aaron Copland

    Letter From Home

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Schluss (Conclusion)

    Performer: Heather Schmidt.
    • NAXOS.

  • Rebecca Dale

    There Will Come

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Collins.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 (arr. for orchestra)

    Orchestrator: Granville Bantock. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Philip Glass

    Metamorphosis Four arr. piano and vibraphone

    Performer: Pascal Schumacher. Performer: Danae D枚rken. Music Arranger: Pascal Schumacher.
    • NEUE MEISTER.

  • John Ireland

    Summer Evening (Arr. for String Orchestra)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Conductor: David Curtis.
    • NAXOS.

  • Florence Price

    Piano Sonata in E minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Michelle Cann.
    • CURTIS STUDIO.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No 3 in G major, K216 (2nd mvt)

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

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • SONY.

  • Gabriel Jackson

    O sacrum convivium

    Ensemble: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.

  • Claude Debussy

    Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra, L. 73 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Serenade for Guitar and Strings, Op 50

    Performer: Craig Ogden. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Ad猫le Hugo

    Simple Melody (II) for flute and piano in A flat major

    Performer: Thomas Saulet. Performer: Laurianne Corneille.
    • ALPHA.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons (5th mvt, 'May Nights')

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in A major, Op 5, No 2 (2nd mvt Largo)

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Ensemble: Mutter鈥檚 Virtuosi.
    • DG.

  • Gwenllian Ll欧r

    Strawberry Moon

    Performer: Gwenllian Ll欧r.
    • SAIN.

  • Constant Lambert

    Saraband for the followers of Virgo from Horoscope, Ballet Suite

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • HYPERION.

  • Imogen Holst

    Suite for String Orchestra (3rd mvt 'Intermezzo')

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Alice Farnham.
    • NMC.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les tendres plaintes (The Tender Complaints)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • DG.

  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No 3, 'The Sunday Symphony' (2nd mvt, Prayer)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • NAXOS.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op 47 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Gabriele Pieranunzi. Performer: Rocco Filippini. Performer: Francesco Fiore. Performer: Alfons Kontarsky.
    • AULICUS CLASSICS.

  • Maria Linnemann

    Ballade pour christine et richard

    Performer: Jose Luis Ruiz del Puerto.

  • Caroline Shaw

    To Music

    Composer: S艒 Percussion. Performer: S艒 Percussion. Performer: Adam Sliwinski. Performer: Eric Cha-Beach. Performer: Jason Treuting. Performer: Josh Quillen.
    • NONESUCH.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Sonata in C minor, Hob XVI No 20 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.

  • Anoushka Shankar

    Daydreaming

    Composer: Nils Frahm. Performer: Anoushka Shankar. Performer: Nils Frahm. Featured Artist: Nils Frahm.
    • Chapter I: Forever, For Now.
    • LEITER.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 6 in F major, Op 68 'Pastoral' (2nd mvt, Scene by the Brook)

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: 脕d谩m Fischer.
    • NAXOS.

  • Trad.

    Scarborough Fair

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Pl铆nio Fernandes.
    • DECCA.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No 3 in D Major, K 185 (5th mvt, Andante grazioso)

    Ensemble: Accademia Litta. Conductor: Carlo de Martini.
    • AMADEUS BEST.

  • Eric Coates

    The Three Men (2nd mvt, 'The Man about Town')

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Jonathan Dove

    Vertue

    Performer: VOCES8. Performer: Barnaby Smith.
    • VOCES8 Records.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 27 Jan 2025 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Saturday 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thu 20 Feb 2025 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3 Unwind