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Embrace the morning with peaceful 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 graceful, soothing melodies from Ravel, Tailleferre, and Howard Skempton. Sian encounters a host of sparrows while out to Take a Breath. Plus, Professor Catherine Loveday explores how music can affect our shopping habits.

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Wed 26 Feb 2025 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Abendlied, No 12 Op 85 (arr for string orchestra)

    Performer: Daniel Dodds. Ensemble: Lucerne Festival Strings.
    • Sony.

  • Millicent B. James

    Interlude

    Performer: Millicent B. James.
    • Millicent B James.

  • David Amram

    Theme and Variations on 'Red River Valley' for flute and strings

    Performer: Carla Auld. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen. Orchestra: The Beauty In America Orchestra.
    • MSR.

  • Yosef Gutman

    Tsama Lecha Nafshi (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yosef Gutman. Performer: Itay Sher.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Cello Sonata in G major, Op 65 (3rd mvt, largo)

    Performer: Emmanuelle Bertrand. Performer: Pascal Amoyel.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Cyril Scott

    Aubade, Op 77

    Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Marco Polo.

  • Marie Awadis

    ?tude No 8, 'Through The Window' (C B rework)

    Composer: Christian Badzura. Performer: Marie Awadis. Orchestra: Scoring Berlin.
    • DG.

  • William Henry Monk

    Abide With Me (arr for saxophone and vocal ensemble)

    Performer: Christian Forshaw. Conductor: Nigel Short. Choir: Tenebrae.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Symphony No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Jacobus Clemens non Papa

    Adieu delices de mon ceur

    Ensemble: Harmonia Recorder Ensemble.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 41 in C major, Kv 551, 'Jupiter' (2nd mvt)

    • enterprises sonor.

  • Ramin Djawadi

    The Rains of Castamere

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • DECCA.

  • Patrick Hadley

    Kinder Scout

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Poppy Ackroyd

    Glass Sea

    Performer: Poppy Ackroyd.
    • ONLI.

  • ?lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Céphale et Procris (Act 3, Scn 3, Passacaille)

    Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis. Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen.
    • CVS.

  • Frank Bridge

    The Open Air (2 Poems of Richard Jeffries: No 1)

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Lyrita.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Tropic Winter (2nd mvt, 'A Bayou Garden')

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • Navona.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Concertino (2nd mvt, 'Intermezzo')

    Performer: Anthony Robb. Performer: Diana Ambache.
    • Ambache Recordings.

  • Lars‐Erik Larsson

    Violin Concertino, Op 45 (No 8, 'Cavatina')

    Performer: Sven-Ole Svarfvar. Orchestra: ?rebro Kammarorkester.
    • Bluebell.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Adieux

    Performer: Ludovico Einaudi.
    • Decca.

  • Benjamin Britten

    2 Portraits (No 2)

    Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis Et Chloe, Suite No 2, (2nd mvt, 'Pantomime')

    • enterprises sonor.

  • Sumino Hayato

    7 Variations on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

    Performer: Sumino Hayato.
    • Sony.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Norfolk Rhapsody No 1 in E minor

    Orchestra: The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • 鸟山雄司

    An Evening Calm

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Zenobia Powell Perry

    Clarinet Sonata (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Berkeley Price. Performer: Deon Nielsen Price.
    • Cambria.

  • Howard Skempton

    Lento

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.

  • Thomas Morley

    The Third Dirge Anthem: I Heard A Voice From Heaven

    Performer: Jean-Fran?ois Madeuf. Ensemble: Les Trompettes des Plaisirs. Conductor: Lionel Meunier. Ensemble: Vox Luminis.
    • Ricercar.

  • Richard Addinsell

    Tune in G

    Performer: Roderick Elms. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Richard Strauss

    Le bourgeois gentilhomme (5th mvt, 'Lully's Minuet')

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Alexei Aigui

    Trio Li?

    Performer: Alexei Aigui. Ensemble: Ensemble 4′33″.
    • kdg.

  • María Luisa Anido

    De mi tierra

    Performer: María Isabel Siewers.
    • Acqua Records.

Broadcast

  • Wed 26 Feb 2025 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3 Unwind