
Ease into your day with welcoming harmonies
Calming classical music to inspire focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented by broadcaster, author and psychologist Dr Sian Williams.
Calming classical music to help you focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented by broadcaster, author and psychologist Dr Sian Williams.
Featuring soothing and nourishing melodies from Clara Schumann, JS Bach and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – plus learn if listening to classical music can make you more intelligent, and Sian goes on a walk to explores how embracing the seasons can be beneficial for our health.
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Antonín Dvořák
Serenade for Strings in E major, Op.22 (IV. Larghetto)
Performer: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Performer: Luigi Piovano. -
Frank Bridge
Music When Soft Voices Die
Performer: Tenebrae. Performer: Nigel Short. -
Gustav Holst
The Planets, Op. 32 (Venus, the Bringer of Peace)
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. -
Clara Schumann
3 Romances, Op. 11 - No. 1, Andante
Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. -
Ruth Gipps
Symphony No. 2 in One Movement, Op. 30: V. Adagio
Performer: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Performer: Rumon Gamba. -
John Ireland
The Holy Boy
Performer: Sinfonia of London. Performer: John Wilson. -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude, Fugue & Allegro for Lute in E flat major, BWV998 (I. Prelude)
Performer: Sean Shibe. -
Adolphus Hailstork
Symphony No.1 (II. Adagio: Lento ma non troppo)
Performer: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Performer: JoAnn Falletta. -
Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 (Arr. Maganini for Flute and Harp)
Performer: Markus Klinko. Performer: Benoît Fromanger. -
Maurice Ravel
Pelléas et Mélisande (Suite symphonique) [Arr. J. Nott for Orchestra], Act 1: Mé
Performer: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Performer: Jonathan Nott. -
Hélène de Montgeroult
Piano Étude No. 37 in G Major
Performer: Clare Hammond. -
John Foulds
Isles of Greece
Performer: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Performer: Ronald Corp. -
Toru Takemitsu
Nami no Bon (I. Tray of Waves)
Performer: Sakkyo. Performer: Tadaaki Otaka. -
Giuseppe Verdi
Overture from La Traviata (Prelude to Act I)
Performer: Magyar Állami Operaház zenekara. Performer: Iosif Conta. -
Elfrida Andrée
Four Piano Pieces: (I. Andantino)
Performer: Oskar Ekberg. -
Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Les Boréades / Act IV - Entrée de Polymnie (Live)
Performer: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Performer: Marc Minkowski. -
Sally Beamish
In the Stillness
Performer: Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Performer: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Performer: Anna Lapwood. -
Takashi Yoshimatsu
Two Little Pieces (II. Noël)
Performer: Craig Ogden. -
Ottorino Respighi
The Birds (Gli Uccelli): La Colomba
Performer: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège. Performer: John Neschling. -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19: II. Adagio (Live)
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Gábor Takács‐Nagy. -
Betty Jackson King
Four Seasonal Sketches for Piano: No. 1, Spring Intermezzo
Performer: Samantha Ege. -
Jean Sibelius
Suite For Violin And String Orchestra, Op. 117 - 1. Country Scenery
Performer: Esther Yoo. Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. -
Mel Bonis
Piece Op.189
Performer: Juliette Hurel. Performer: Hélène Couvert. -
Franz Schreker
Valse Lente
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky. -
Arthur Bliss
Kenilworth, F 13 (II. Serenade on the Lake)
Performer: Black Dyke Band. Performer: John Wilson. -
George Frideric Handel
Water Musick, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VI. Air
Performer: Alfredo Bernardini. Performer: Zefiro. -
Louis Spohr
Concertante in G Major for Violin and Harp, WoO 13 (Adagio)
Performer: María Dueñas. Performer: Volker Kempf. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. -
Morten Lauridsen
O Nata Lux
Performer: VOCES8. -
Henriette Renié
Harp Concerto in C Minor (II. Adagio)
Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Performer: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Performer: Samuel Jean. -
R. Nathaniel Dett
Magnolia, Pt. 2 (IV. Mammy)
Performer: Clipper Erickson. -
Edward Elgar
Chanson de Nuit, Op.15 No.1
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. -
Rebecca Dale
Materna Requiem (6. Paradisum Interlude)
Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Clark Rundell. -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Quintet in E-Flat Major, K. 407/386c: II. Andante
Performer: Nash Ensemble. -
Imogen Holst
Variations on "Loth to Depart": Theme
Performer: Alice Farnham. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. -
Gerald Finzi
Love's Labour's Lost Suite, Op. 28a: IX. Soliloquy No. 3, Dumaine's Poem
Performer: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Performer: Howard Griffiths. -
Cécile Chaminade
Poèmes Provençal, Op. 127 (II. Solitude)
Performer: Joanne Polk. -
Ronald Binge
The Watermill
Performer: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Ernest Tomlinson. -
Rachel Portman
The Duchess: End Titles
Performer: Session Orchestra. -
Frédéric Chopin
6 Polish Songs, S. 480: II. Frühling (Arr. Liszt after Chopin, Op. 74 No. 2)
Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Mariam Batsashvili. -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64: III. Valse. Allegro moderato
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko. -
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Romance for Violin, Op.39 (I. Larghetto)
Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Chineke! Orchestra. Performer: Kevin John Edusei.
Broadcasts
- Tue 5 Nov 2024 09:00ѿý Radio 3 Unwind
- Thu 21 Nov 2024 09:00ѿý Radio 3 Unwind
- Sat 4 Jan 2025 09:00ѿý Radio 3 Unwind
- Thu 16 Jan 2025 09:00ѿý Radio 3 Unwind
- Sun 16 Mar 2025 09:00ѿý Radio 3 Unwind