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Start the day right with tranquil classical music

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 warm and inspiring melodies from Franz Schubert, Germaine Tailleferre and William Grant Still. Plus, Sian heads outside to admire the beauty of letting things grow, and Professor Catherine Loveday explores the links between learning an instrument and brain function.

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Music Played

  • Hubert Clifford

    Five English Nursery Tunes (IV. Curly Locks)

    • CHANDOS.

  • Johannes Brahms

    6 Piano Pieces Op.118 (No. 5, Romance in F Major)

    Performer: Radu Lupu.
    • DECCA.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Mon c艙ur s'ouvre 脿 ta voix (from Samson et Dalila)

    Performer: Bomsori. Performer: Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Giancarlo Guerrero.
    • DG.

  • Kate Rusby

    Underneath the Stars

    Performer: VOCES8.
    • DECCA.

  • William Grant Still

    Serenade for Orchestra

    Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Performer: Avlana Eisenberg.
    • NAXOS.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Trio for clarinet, cello & piano in E flat major, Op. 44 (II. Adagio)

    Performer: Dieter Kl枚cker. Performer: Peter H枚rr. Performer: Werner Genuit.
    • DIVOX.

  • Evelyn Glennie

    A little prayer

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie.
    • RCA.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102 (II. Andante)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Vasily Petrenko.
    • NAXOS.

  • Kevin Cowen

    搁锚惫别谤颈别

    Performer: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Performer: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Florence Price

    On a Quiet Lake

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • GUILD.

  • Caryl Florio

    Quartette (I. Andante)

    Performer: Rasch猫r Saxophone Quartet.
    • BIS.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Clear and gentle stream, Op. 17, No. 4

    Performer: Aurora Orchestra. Performer: Nicholas Collon.
    • DECCA.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No.5 In F Major - Adagio Molto Espressivo

    • ULTIMATE CLASSIX.

  • Joby Talbot

    Suite from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice Alone)

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Christopher Austin.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Helen Leach

    Where Hope Was Sown (I. The Day of the Peewits' Return)

    Performer: Richard Simpson. Performer: Victoria String Quartet.
    • DIVINE ARTS.

  • Franz Krommer

    Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat Major, Op. 70 (III. Adagio quasi: Andante)

    Performer: The Vienna Consortium. Performer: Thomas Wicky-Borner.
    • TUDOR.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    On An Overgrown Path (No. 7 Good Night!)

    Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • ONDINE.

  • Michael Nyman

    If (The Diary of Anne Frank)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
    • SONY.

  • Claude Debussy

    La Cathedrale engloutie (from Preludes)

    Performer: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Martyn Brabbins.
    • 麻豆社.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • NAVONA.

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations, Op. 36: Variation IX 'Nimrod'

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Ben Davies. Performer: Hannah Roberts. Performer: Josephine Knight. Performer: Caroline Dearnley. Performer: Ashok Klouda.
    • DECCA.

  • Gang Chen

    Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (VII. Adagio cantabile)

    Performer: Chloe Chua. Performer: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Mario Venzago.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Franz Schubert

    Psalm 23 'Gott ist mein Hirt', D706

    Performer: Pygmalion. Performer: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Cello Concerto No. 9 in B flat major, G482 (II. Andantino grazioso)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Juha Kangas.
    • ERATO.

  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Quartet in F Minor, Op. 28 (II. Adagio)

    Performer: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Kurt Atterberg

    Symphony No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 14, "Sinfonia piccola" (II. Andantem - Tranquillo

    Performer: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Adriano Spampanato

    Romance

    • ETYMOLOGY CLASSICS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622: 2 - Adagio

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • DE WOLFE.

  • Mary Howe

    Restaurant Pieces (II. Melody at Dusk)

    Performer: Laura Talbott-Clark. Performer: Pi-Ju Chiang. Music Arranger: J. Skara.
    • NAVONA RECORDS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: Chorale - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Sti

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • ERATO.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    And birds are still... Op.72

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria

    Lamentations for Holy Saturday - Lectio II - Aleph. Quomodo obscuratum

    Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • ARCHIV.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 9 Nov 2024 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tue 19 Nov 2024 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Friday 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tue 14 Jan 2025 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind