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Refresh your day with gentle 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 soothing, uplifting classical harmonies from Saint-Saens, Tabakova and Szymanowski. Professor Catherine Loveday explains how music can affect how things taste, and Sian takes her worries on a walk.

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Sun 1 Feb 202609:00
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Music Played

  • Brent Faiyaz

    Aberfan

    Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Rubicon.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Six Irish Folksongs, Op 78 (No 5, 'It is not the tear')

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet in E flat major, Op 20 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Sebastian Manz. Performer: Theo Plath. Performer: Felix Klieser. Performer: Franziska Hölscher. Performer: Haesue Lee. Performer: Andrei Ioniţă. Performer: Dominik Wagner.
    • AVI.

  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No 3, 'The Sunday Symphony' (2nd mvt, 'Prayer')

    Conductor: John Jeter. Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony.
    • Naxos.

  • Lauri Porra

    Sammalen asukkaat (Moss critters)

    • Lauri Porra.

  • Edward Elgar

    Violin Concerto in B minor, Op 61 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Conductor: John Storgårds. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Ondine.

  • Annabel Rooney

    Keep me as the apple of the eye

    Choir: The Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge. Conductor: David Rowland.
    • Regent.

  • Michio Kitazume

    Orasho

    Performer: Shin-Ichi Fukuda.
    • NAXOS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Laudate dominum (Vespers, arr for violin and orchestra)

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Conductor: Michael Stern. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke’s.
    • Sony.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Cameos, Op 56 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Waka Hasegawa.
    • Metropolis.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Petite Suite pour Orchestre (1st mvt, Prelude)

    Conductor: Sora Elisabeth Lee. Orchestra: Orchestre Pasdeloup.
    • Presences Compositrices.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Snow Maiden, Op 12, Prologue (No 1)

    Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Deborah Pritchard

    The Light Thereof

    Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Conductor: Owain Park. Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six.
    • Hyperion.

  • Henry Purcell

    Trumpet Sonata in D major, Z 850 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists.
    • Warner.

  • William Byrd

    Pavana lachrymae

    Performer: Mishka Rushdie Momen.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Walk

    Performer: Ludovico Einaudi.
    • Decca.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Nocturne (arr for solo violin and piano)

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • DG.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    The Apple Tree

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Paul Brough.
    • Signum.

  • Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

    Miške, MKČ 101 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France.
    • DG.

  • Grace Williams

    Sea Sketches (5th mvt, 'Calm sea in summer')

    Performer: Malin Broman. Orchestra: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in B flat major, Op 7 No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Fumika Mohri. Conductor: Michael Halász. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.
    • Naxos.

  • Karol Szymanowski

    9 Preludes Op.1 (no.2 in D minor)

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
    • DG.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le nozze di Figaro, K 492 (Deh vieni non tardar)

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Conductor: Daniel Dodds. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings.
    • Sony.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Violin Concerto No 3 in B minor, Op 61 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Conductor: Juanjo Mena. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Kerry Andrew

    Night-time Songs

    Choir: The Blossom Street Singers. Conductor: Hilary Campbell.
    • Naxos.

  • Hector Berlioz

    La captive, 'Orientale' , H 60 (arr for viola and orchestra)

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Music Arranger: Andrew Manze. Conductor: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Henry Purcell

    If music be the food of love

    Choir: The King’s Singers.
    • RCA.

  • Marie Jaëll

    String Quartet in G minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Florestan Quartet.
    • Solstice.

  • Antônio Carlos Jobim

    Wave

    Performer: Gerald Garcia.
    • Naxos.

  • Pawel Lukaszewski

    Responsoria Tenebrae (4th mvt, 'O vos omnes')

    Choir: Tenebrae.
    • SIGNUM.

  • João Domingos Bomtempo

    Symphony No 1 in E flat major, Op 1 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Álvaro Cassuto. Orchestra: Orquestra do Algarve.
    • Naxos.

  • Gabriel Dupont

    Jour d'été (No 2, Sous-bois)

    Conductor: Patrick Davin. Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège.
    • Fuga Libera.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 4, 'Italian' (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • LSO Live.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 15 Jan 202609:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 1 Feb 202609:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind