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Refresh your morning with gentle 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 soothing, reflective melodies from Nadia Boulanger, Eric Coates and Ryuichi Sakamoto. Sian takes us up to a field on a hilltop to Take a Breath, and Professor Catherine Loveday explores why music makes us feel emotional.

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Music Played

  • Gunnar de Frumerie

    Pastoral Suite, Op 13b (1st mvt, Preludium)

    Conductor: Petter Sundkvist. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Valse Suite, Op 71 No 2

    Performer: Monica Gaylord.
    • Music and Arts Programs of America, Inc.

  • E虅riks Es虒envalds

    Only in Sleep

    Conductor: Stephen Layton. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge.
    • Hyperion.

  • Paul Carr

    Suddenly it's evening

    Performer: Rupert Marshall-Luck. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • EM Records.

  • Jean Fran莽aix

    Trio a cordes (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Black Oak Ensemble.
    • Cedille.

  • Philip Glass

    Japura River

    Performer: Danae D枚rken. Performer: Pascal Schumacher.
    • Neue Meister.

  • Trad.

    Jag vet en dejlig rosa

    Performer: Martin Fr枚st. Performer: Adolf Fredriks Girls Choir. Music Arranger: Hans Ek. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Nadia Boulanger

    3 Pieces for cello and piano, (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: Jos茅 Gallardo.
    • Naxos.

  • Franz Schubert

    Rosamunde, D 797 (No 2, 'Ballet')

    • The Classical Label.

  • Madame La Chauss茅e

    Menuet

    Performer: Sophie de Bardonn猫che.

  • Scott Joplin

    Wall Street Rag

    Performer: Alessandro Simonetto.
    • Onclassical.

  • William Wordsworth

    Divertimento in D major, Op 58 (2nd mvt, 'Air')

    Conductor: John Gibbons. Orchestra: Liep膩ja Symphony Orchestra.
    • Toccata Classics.

  • Itay Sher

    Sha'alu Shalom Yerushalayim

    Composer: Yitzchak Ginsburgh. Composer: Yosef Gutman. Performer: Itay Sher. Singer: Yosef Gutman.
    • Soul Song Records & Yosef Gutman Levitt.

  • Eric Coates

    Four Centuries Suite (2nd mvt, 'Pavane and Tambourin')

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Inhale

    Ensemble: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • NAXOS.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Notturno in G minor

    Performer: Heather Schmidt.
    • Naxos.

  • John Foulds

    Suite D'Orchestre, Op 3 (2nd mvt, 'Barcarolle des undines')

    Conductor: Ronald Corp. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton Epoch.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Happy End

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • Milan.

  • William Grant Still

    Wood Notes (1st mvt, 'Singing River')

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

  • Bill Connor

    Golden Fields

    Conductor: Harry Gregson鈥怶illiams. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • KPM.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita for Lute in C minor BWV997 (2nd mvt, 'Fugue')

    • NFI.

  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    Harriet Smith

    Orchestra: The Chamber Orchestra of London.
    • Universal.

  • Max Bruch

    Romanze in A minor, op 42

    Performer: Antje Weithaas. Conductor: Hermann B盲umer. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CPO.

  • 脫lafur Arnalds

    momentary (choir version)

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • DECCA.

  • Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Sinfonietta No 1 (2nd mvt, 'Song Form')

    Conductor: James Blachly. Orchestra: The Experiential Orchestra.
    • Bright Shiny Things.

  • Vladimir Cosma

    Reality (la boum)

    Composer: Min-Jung Kym. Performer: Min-Jung Kym.
    • Steinway.

  • Ronald Binge

    Sailing By

    Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Laura Netzel

    Romance in E major for violin & organ, Op 38

    Performer: Tobias Ringborg. Performer: Ulf Norberg.
    • CAPRICE.

  • Nkeiru Okoye

    African Sketches: II. Dusk

    Performer: Maria Corley.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 101 In D major, 'The Clock' (2nd mvt)

    • CPM Classical.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Mein Herr Marquis

    Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas.
    • Sain Cyf.

  • Stuart Hancock

    Violin Concerto - 2nd movement

    Performer: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Performer: Jack Liebeck. Conductor: Levon Parikian.
    • Orchid.

  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Piano Quintet, 'Detroit' (4th mvt, 'Prayer')

    Ensemble: Harlem Chamber Players.
    • Navonna Records.

  • Maria Catharina Linnemann

    A Prayer for Peace

    Performer: Laurine Ph茅lut.
    • Records DK.

  • Dmitry Bortniansky

    Sacred Concerto No 15 (Come let us praise people in song)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Cherubim.
    • Naxos.

  • Erik Satie

    Mercure - Poses plastiques en trois tableaux - VII. Bain des Gr芒ces

    Performer: The New London Orchestra. Performer: Ronald Corp.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 19 Feb 2025 09:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 9 Mar 2025 09:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thursday 09:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind