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Begin your day with uplifting 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 peaceful music from Keiko Abe, Gabriel Faur茅, and Felix Mendelssohn, Sian is inspired by a walker as she is out to Take a Breath. And Professor Catherine Loveday joins the show to explore music and nostalgia.

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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 22 in E flat major, 'The Philosopher' (1st mvt)

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

  • Koji Kondo

    Zelda's Lullaby

    Performer: Lise Vandersmissen. Choir: VOCES8.
    • DECCA.

  • Alma Deutscher

    In Memoriam (adagio from Piano Concerto)

    Performer: Alma Deutscher.
    • Sony.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Babar the Elephant

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Performer: John Lenehan.
    • PHILIPS.

  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No 2 in G minor, 'Song of a New Race' (2nd mvt)

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

  • Samuel Barber

    Agnus Dei

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op 40 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Keiko Abe

    Michi

    Performer: Sarah Mouradoglou.
    • Naxos.

  • Frank Bridge

    Summer

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

  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    Etude No 62 en Mi Bemol Majeur

    Performer: Bruno Robilliard.
    • Editions Hortus.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Requiem, Op 48 (Offertoire)

    Conductor: Bernard Thomas. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra Bernard Thomas.
    • Classical.com.

  • Eugene Goossens

    By The Tarn, No 1 Op 15

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

  • Marina Dranishnikova

    笔辞茅尘别

    Performer: Leslie Odom. Performer: Soomee Yoon.
    • Ravello Records.

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • AVIE.

  • Roderick Elms

    Cantilena for Guitar and Orchestra

    Performer: Carlos Bonell. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Trad.

    As I Walked Out

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • ECM.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in G major

    Composer: Christian Badzura. Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • DG.

  • Sarah Quartel

    Lux aeterna (Sanctum)

    Choir: The Oxford Choir.
    • OUP.

  • Daniel Bacheler

    Galliard

    Performer: Alex McCarthy.

  • Karl Amadeus Hartmann

    Concerto fun茅bre (4th mvt, 'Choral')

    Performer: Linus Roth. Orchestra: W眉rttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Conductor: Ruben Gazarian.
    • Challenge Classics.

  • Dana Suesse

    Concerto for 2 Pianos in E minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Long Duo.

  • Percy Sherwood

    Concerto for violin and cello (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Rupert Marshall-Luck. Performer: Joseph Spooner. Conductor: John Andrews. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • EMR.

  • Sumino Hayato

    Nocturne II (After Dawn)

    Performer: Sumino Hayato.
    • Sony.

  • John Farrar

    English Pastoral Impressions (1st mvt, 'Spring Morning')

    Conductor: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Les Adams

    Etude No 5 in C minor

    Performer: Thomas Otten.
    • Albany.

  • Ahmed Alabaca

    Ascension for Solo Clarinet and Orchestra

    Orchestra: Jan谩膷kova filharmonie Ostrava.
    • Navona.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Songs Without Words in A major for orchestra, Op 62 (No 6, 'Spring Melody')

    Conductor: Ilm膩rs Lapi艈拧. Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Orchestra: Latvijas Valsts filharmonijas kameror姆estris.
    • EMG.

  • Joseph Marx

    Quartetto in modo classico, version for string orchestra (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Steven Sloane. Orchestra: Bochumer Symphoniker.
    • Naxos.

  • Kaori Muraji

    Memory Of An Island

    Performer: Kaori Muraji.
    • DECCA.

Broadcast

  • Monday 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3 Unwind