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Welcome the day with inspiring 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 uplifting and enriching melodies from Gareth Malone, Imogen Holst, and Dvořák, Professor Catherine Loveday explains why we naturally remember vocal music better than instrumental music and she also joins Sian to Take a Breath down an overgrown path.

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Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    4 Lieder, Op 82, arr for solo cello & cello ensemble (1st mvt)

    Performer: Kian Soltani. Performer: Otto Tolonen. Music Arranger: Kian Soltani. Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin.
    • DG.

  • Henriette Renié

    Contemplation

    Performer: Joel von Lerber.
    • COSTA.

  • Healey Willan

    How they so softly rest, Op 302

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

  • Peter Warlock

    Serenade for the 60th Birthday of Federick Delius

    Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North.
    • NAXOS.

  • Meredith Monk

    The Games (Spaceship)

    Music Arranger: Michael Gordon. Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars.
    • CANTALOUPE.

  • Johannes Brahms

    6 Studies in Canonic Form, Op 56 (No 2, 'Gently lilting, flowing')

    Orchestrator: Robin Holloway. Conductor: Paul Mann. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • TOCCATA CLASSICS.

  • Anton Rubinstein

    Piano Concerto No 4 in D minor, Op 70 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin. Conductor: Michael Stern. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • HYPERION.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    energy flow

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • KAB.

  • Debbie Wiseman

    Father Brown (Live)

    Conductor: Debbie Wiseman. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • SILVA SCREEN.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 14 in A major, K114 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Brian Eno

    By This River

    Composer: Hans‐Joachim Roedelius. Composer: Dieter Moebius. Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Christian Badzura. Music Arranger: Christian Badzura. Orchestra: Konzerthausorchester Berlin.
    • DG.

  • Mica Levi

    The End (Jackie, OMPS)

    Orchestra: Session Orchestra.
    • MILAN.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Credo (No 5, 'I Believe in the Prince of Peace')

    Performer: Lara Downes. Choir: Los Angeles Master Chorale. Conductor: Grant Gershon.
    • RISING SUN.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 2 in C major, Op 61 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • RPO/DE WOLFE.

  • Lü Wencheng

    Autumn Moon Over the Calm Lake

    Performer: Roger Lord.
    • LEAF MUSIC.

  • Leos Janáček

    On the Overgrown Path, Book I (No1, 'Our Evenings')

    Conductor: Gregory Rose. Orchestra: London Jupiter Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet No 6 Op 1 in C major (3rd mvt)

    • KPM CLASSICAL SERIES.

  • Richard Wagner

    Tristan and Isolde (Prelude to Act I)

    Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
    • DG.

  • Vittoria Aleotti

    Vidi speciosam sicut columbam

    Ensemble: Cappella Artemisia. Conductor: Candace Smith.
    • TACTUS.

  • Tunde Jegede

    The Waters

    Performer: Tunde Jegede.
    • XIOM MUSIC.

  • Eric Coates

    Under the Stars

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Annie Maria Grimson

    Nocturne

    Performer: Alexandra Mackenzie. Performer: Ingrid Sawers.
    • DELPHIAN.

  • Xian Xinghai

    Concerto for Piano & Orchestra,'The Yellow River' (2nd mvt, 'Ode to the Yellow River')

    Performer: Lang Lang. Performer: Shasha Chen. Performer: Yuxia Wu. Orchestra: China Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Long Yu.
    • DG.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 5 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • DE WOLFE.

  • Gareth Malone

    May

    Performer: Shlomy Dobrinsky. Performer: Elizabeth Ball. Performer: Meghan Cassidy. Performer: Gabriella Swallow. Performer: Gareth Malone.
    • DECCA.

  • John Field

    Nocturne no.10 in E Major H.54 'Nocturne Pastorale'

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • DG.

  • Trad.

    Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Music Arranger: Tom Poster. Music Arranger: Alison Balsom.
    • WARNER.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Serenade (2nd mvt, 'Siesta')

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude, Fugue & Allegro for Lute in E flat major, BWV998 (2nd mvt, Fugue)

    Performer: John Williams.
    • SONY.

  • Imogen Holst

    String Quartet, 'Phantasy'

    Performer: Simon Hewitt Jones. Performer: David Worswick. Performer: Tom Hankey. Performer: Oliver Coates.
    • NMC.

  • Herbert Howells

    Requiem (6th mvt, 'I heard a voice from Heaven')

    Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 21 Sep 202509:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
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  • Wed 17 Dec 202509:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind