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Radio 3 Unwind,16 Feb 2026,180 mins

Illuminate your morning with calming classical music

Classical Unwind

Available for 39 days

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 enriching melodies from John Barry, Julie Cooper, and John Barry, Sian ponders on the effect of us having so much choice in our lives while exploring an orchard, and Professor Catherine Loveday explains what happens in our brain when we hear pleasurable music. Plus there's another chance to Find Your Focus as Sian plays a mesmerising arrangement of a Prelude by Olivia Belli for two guitars.

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Joyous Youth Suite (2nd mvt, Serenade)
    Joyous Youth Suite (2nd mvt, Serenade)
    Eric Coates
  3. 2.
    Sunken Dreams
    Sunken Dreams
    Alban Claudin
  4. 3.
    8 Pièces brèves, Op 84 (No 5, 'Improvisation in C sharp minor')
    8 Pièces brèves, Op 84 (No 5, 'Improvisation in C sharp minor')
    Gabriel Fauré