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Bring peace to your morning with beautiful melodies

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 charming, touching music from Nan Avant, Felix Mendelssohn, and Scarlatti. Sian delights in watching the rain while out to Take a Breath and Professor Catherine Loveday explains why playing the piano might help you deal with pain.

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Sun 28 Dec 202509:00
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Music Played

  • Aaron Copland

    Down a Country Lane

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

  • Nitin Sawhney

    Daydream

    Performer: Ashwin Srinivasan. Performer: Nitin Sawhney.
    • POSITIV-ID.

  • Tom Myron

    Monhegan Sunrise

    Performer: Katherine Bryan. Conductor: Miran Vaupotic. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • NAVONA RECORDS.

  • Amanda Röntgen-Maier

    6 Pieces for Violin and Piano (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Liv Migdal. Performer: Mario Häring.
    • RADIO BREMEN.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.

  • Aloys Schmitt

    Piano Concerto No 1 in C minor, Op 14 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Howard Shelley. Conductor: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.
    • HYPERION.

  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

    Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • SANCHO PANZA RECORDS.

  • Imogen Holst

    Suite for String Orchestra (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Alice Farnham. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • NMC.

  • Iris de Cairos-Rego

    Happy Morning

    Performer: Jeanell Carrigan.
    • WIRRIPANG.

  • Kevin Puts

    Oboe Concerto No 2, 'Moonlight' (3rd mvt, Air -'The Eye Begins to See')

    Performer: Katherine Needleman. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
    • NAXOS.

  • Tin Pui Kwong

    Rose of Love

    Performer: Takako Nishizaki. Conductor: Peter Breiner. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 5 in D major, Op 107, 'Reformation' (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik

    Pastorale for Orchestra

    Conductor: Christoph-Mathias Mueller. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • MDG.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in B minor, K27

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • HYPERION.

  • Ella Macens

    A Love Worth Fighting For (1st mvt, 'Love')

    Ensemble: Flinders Quartet.
    • ABC CLASSICS.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E major, RV 267, 'per Anna' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Le Consort.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • deVon Russell Gray

    Even This Laughter; Even Your Tears

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV29 'Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir' (Chorale)

    Choir: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Keane Wang

    Misty Breeze

    Performer: Keane Wang.
    • PLATOON.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Two Little Pieces (1st mvt, 'Canticle')

    Performer: Craig Ogden.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Isidora Žebeljan

    The Cherry Orchard (Theme with Variations for Piano Quartet)

    Ensemble: Arethusa Quartet. Conductor: David Cohen. Orchestra: Žebeljan Orchestra.
    • CHALLENGE CLASSICS.

  • Edward Elgar

    Carissima

    Conductor: James Judd. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
    • NAXOS.

  • Sarah Class

    Astralucía

    Performer: Huw Davies. Choir: Cantamus Girls Choir. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: David Angus.
    • WARNER.

  • Richard Strauss

    Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 8 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Tanja Becker-Bender. Conductor: Garry Walker. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • HYPERION.

  • Thomas Adès

    Arcadiana (6th mvt, 'O Albion')

    Ensemble: Calder Quartet.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Du Mingxin

    Violin Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Takako Nishizaki. Conductor: Kenneth Jean. Orchestra: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • Nan Avant

    Sirens of the Salish Sea (5th mvt, 'Sirens of the Salish Sea')

    Performer: Anna Kislitsyna. Conductor: Miran Vaupotic. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • NAVONA.

  • William Byrd

    Mass for Five Voices (Domine Deus)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMELL.

  • Franz Liszt

    Three Concert Studies, S144 / R5

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • DG.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 61 in D major (2nd mvt)

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

  • Laurie Christman

    Running with Horses

    Conductor: Robert Ziegler. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • NAVONA.

  • Lesley Barber

    Mary's Harp (Mansfield Park OST)

    • RCA Victor.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 27 Nov 202509:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 28 Dec 202509:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind