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Transform your morning with gentle classical sounds

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, soaring melodies from Grieg, Schubert, and Margaret Bonds. Sian happens upon some rowers and some runners while out to Take a Breath, and Professor Catherine Loveday explores whether music can reduce misinformation on social media.

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Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Double Concerto in A minor, Op 102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
    • Ondine.

  • Dora Pejačević

    Erinnerung [Memory], Op 24

    Performer: Ivana Gavrić.
    • Signum.

  • Carl Stamitz

    Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Meyer. Orchestra: Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester.
    • CPO.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Montgomery Variations (2nd mvt, 'Prayer Meeting')

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

  • John Rutter

    Five Meditations for Orchestra (5th mvt, 'The Lord bless you and keep you')

    Conductor: Daniel Hyde. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
    • Kings College Cambridge.

  • Adolf von Henselt

    Piano Concerto in F minor, Op 16 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • James Whitbourn

    Luminosity (7th mvt, 'All Shall Be Well')

    Performer: Matthew Berry. Performer: Levine Andrade. Performer: Henry Parkes. Performer: Steffan Jones. Performer: Andrew Ker. Choir: Commotio.
    • Naxos.

  • Heinrich Marschner

    Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (Act II: Entr'acte)

    Conductor: Dario Salvi. Orchestra: Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op 40, version for strings (2nd mvt, Sarabande)

    Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Marie Jaëll

    Cello concerto in F major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Anna Rakitina.
    • Sony.

  • Peter Warlock

    The First Mercy

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: David Hill. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • EM Records.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Eclogue, Op 10

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Eunike Tanzil

    Some Things Never Change

    Performer: Eunike Tanzil. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
    • DG.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello Concerto in A major, H 439 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Hyperion.

  • Belle Chen

    Morning Post Rain

    Performer: Belle Chen.
    • Eito Music.

  • Thomas Tallis

    A New Commandment

    Choir: The Cardinall’s Musick. Director: Andrew Carwood.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Edward German

    Symphony No 2 in A minor, 'The Norwich' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton Epoch.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    Birthday

    Performer: Joe Hisaishi. Performer: Sawako Yasue. Performer: Koji Kyotani. Performer: Masayoshi Furukawa. Performer: Hiroyuki Koike.
    • Decca.

  • Giovanni Battista Bassani

    12 Balletti, correnti, gighe e sarabande, Op 1 (Sonata No 2: 1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Il Cimento Armonico.
    • Tactus.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 5 in F major, Op 76, B 54 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Warner.

  • Christian Badzura

    Petites Vagues

    Performer: Julius Asal.
    • DG.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Son of Mary

    Choir: London Voices. Conductor: Shivani Rattan.
    • Oxford University Press Music.

  • Charles‐Marie Widor

    La nuit de Walpurgis, Op 60 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Fabien Gabel. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.
    • CPO.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet in E major, No 5 Op 11, G 275 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Rita Strohl

    Solitude

    Performer: Marilies Guschlbauer. Performer: Julia Teresa Rinderle.
    • CAvi Music.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.8 in B minor D.759 'Unfinished' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • DG.

  • Lucy Walker

    A Hymn for St Cecilia

    Performer: Molly Hord. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Sony.

  • Lesley Barber

    You Will Marry Him (Mansfield Park)

    Performer: Nigel Eaton. Orchestra: Session Orchestra.
    • RCA.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 1 Dec 202509:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 27 Dec 202509:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind