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Get inspired for the day with uplifting harmonies

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 and refreshing melodies from Elgar, Emilie Mayer, and Meredith Monk. Professor Catherine Loveday explores how maths can be used to explain music, and Sian finds some brambles while out to take a breath.

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Music Played

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No 1 in C minor (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Leo McFall. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CPO.

  • Lara Somogyi

    résilience

    Composer: Jean‐Michel Blais. Performer: Lara Somogyi. Performer: Jean‐Michel Blais.
    • MERCURY.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Ballata and Ballabile, Op 160 (1st mvt, 'Ballata')

    Performer: Gemma Rosefield. Conductor: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • HYPERION.

  • Henry Purcell

    Fantasy in A Minor, Z 740

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Oswald Russell

    Three Jamaican Dances (No 2)

    Performer: William Chapman Nyaho.
    • MSR CLASSICS.

  • Meredith Monk

    Winter Variation

    Performer: Todd Reynolds. Performer: Courtney Orlando. Performer: Nadia Sirota. Performer: Ha-Yang Kim. Performer: Bohdan Hilash. Performer: John Hollenbeck. Performer: Meredith Monk.
    • ECM.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    In Dulci Jubilo

    Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Matthew Curtis

    On The Move Flute Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jennifer Stinton. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia.
    • CAMPION CAMEO.

  • Edward Elgar

    Four Part-songs Op 53 (No 1, 'There Is Sweet Music')

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • COLLEGIUM.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Trio Sonata in G minor, HWV 393, transcr for two cellos and piano (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mariatu Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • DECCA.

  • Franz Schubert

    Rosamunde, Op 26, D 797 (Entr'acte III)

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

  • Michael Tippett

    Variations on an Elizabethan Theme (Var 2, 'Lament')

    Orchestrator: Imogen Holst. Conductor: Jac van Steen. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • NMC.

  • Florence Price

    Octet for Brasses and Piano (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Viv McLean. Ensemble: Onyx Brass. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    The Song of Hiawatha, Op 30 (No 1, Hiawatha's Wedding Feast: 5th mvt, 'Then Said They to Chibiabos')

    Choir: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn.
    • WARNER.

  • Franz Liszt

    Consolation No 3, S 172 / 3 (arr for saxophone & ensemble)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Music Arranger: Julie Cooper. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • DECCA.

  • Manuel Ponce

    Estrellita (arr for guitar)

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham. Music Arranger: Mario Abril. Music Arranger: Manuel Barrueco.
    • DECCA.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No 4 in D major, K218 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Chloe Chua. Conductor: Hans Graf. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Percy Grainger

    Harvest Hymn

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

  • Wilhelmine von Bayreuth

    Concerto in G minor for Harpsichord, Strings and Basso continuo (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Spišský. Performer: Marcus Mohlin. Ensemble: Camerata Øresund.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Sonata in C minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Heather Schmidt.
    • NAXOS.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.5 in E flat major, Op.82 (2nd mvt)

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

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O Virtus Sapientiae [O Strength of Wisdom]

    Singer: Kirsteen Rogers. Conductor: Christopher Monks. Ensemble: Armonico Consort.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Symphony No 3 in C minor, Op 78, 'Organ Symphony' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Iveta Apkalna. Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • BR KLASSIK.

  • Camille Pépin

    Iridescence-glace

    Performer: Nicolas Royez.
    • NOMADMUSIC.

  • Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie

    Pibroch Suite, Op 42 (1st mvt, 'Rhapsody')

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Conductor: Alexander Platt. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
    • CEDILLE.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Fireflies

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • SONY.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de Matin, No 2 Op 15

    Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
    • SONY.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue in G minor, BWV578, 'Little'

    Performer: David Goode.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Anna Rocławska-Musiałczyk

    lullaby for another time, for viola and piano

    Performer: Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf. Performer: Małgorzata Walentynowicz.
    • ODRADEK RECORDS.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 80 in D minor (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.
    • ALPHA.

  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No 4, 'Autochthonous' (4th mvt)

    Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Ólafur Arnalds

    nyepi

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • UME.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 13 Nov 202509:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tue 16 Dec 202509:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind