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Radio 3 Unwind,05 Mar 2026,180 mins

Brighten the day with healing classical harmonies

Classical Unwind

Available for 45 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 enchanting, soul-stirring melodies from Arthur Bliss, Erland Cooper, and Helen Leach. Catherine Loveday joins the show to Open Our Minds about how classical music might be able to help our short-term memory, and Sian Takes an early morning Breath to reveal the wonders of the dawn chorus. Plus music by Max Richter to encourage us all to Find Our Focus this morning.

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Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Harp Concerto in E flat major, Op 74 (1st mvt)
    Harp Concerto in E flat major, Op 74 (1st mvt)
    Reinhold Moritzevich Glière
  3. 2.
    Cherry Blossoms in Her Hair
    Cherry Blossoms in Her Hair
    Florence Price
  4. 3.
    Diary of the Bee (3rd mvt, 'Forget-Me-Not')
    Diary of the Bee (3rd mvt, 'Forget-Me-Not')
    Helen Leach