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Peaceful Music from Brede High Woods for 麻豆社 Nature Week

Calming classical music to inspire focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented from Brede High Woods 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 from Brede High Woods by broadcaster, author and counselling psychologist Dr Sian Williams.

Featuring uplifting and enriching melodies from Part, Sibelius, and Strohl. Sian explores the beautiful natural surroundings of Brede High Wood, and muses on the joy of getting rid of things. Plus, Professor Catherine Loveday explains the concept of awe.

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Mon 6 Oct 2025 09:00
麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    From the Bohemian Forest, Op 68, B 133 (5th mvt, 'Silent Woods')

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Conductor: Mario Venzago. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Robert Schumann

    Papillons, Op 2 (No 5 in B flat major)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • ECM.

  • Philip Stopford

    Ave Maris Stella [Hail, Star of the Sea]

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • VCM.

  • Johann Rosenm眉ller

    Sonata seconda in E minor

    Performer: Ingrid Matthews. Performer: Emily Walhout. Performer: Byron Schenkman. Performer: Scott Metcalfe. Ensemble: Ensemble La Luna.
    • Wildboar.

  • Ren Guang

    Colourful Clouds Chasing the Moon

    Performer: Yundi.
    • Warner.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 4 in A minor, Op 63 (3rd mvt)

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

  • Blake Ewing

    Forest for the Trees (solo piano version)

    Performer: Blake Ewing.
    • Blake Ewing.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Clarinet Concerto in G minor, Op 9 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Robert Plane. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Champs Hill.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    The Deer's Cry

    Ensemble: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra No 2 in F major, Op 50

    Performer: James Ehnes. Conductor: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Onyx.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Pines of Rome (The Pines of the Janiculum)

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

  • William Wallace

    Pell茅as and M茅lisande Suite (3rd mvt, 'The Love of Pell茅as for M茅lisande')

    Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Rosey Chan

    Autumn

    Performer: Rosey Chan.
    • Rosey Chan.

  • Trad.

    The Gartan Mother's Lullaby

    Performer: Geraldine O'Doherty. Music Arranger: Desmond Earley. Singer: Hazel Conway. Choir: UCD Choral Scholars.
    • Signum.

  • Rita Strohl

    Great Dramatic Sonata, 'Titus et B茅r茅nice' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Edgar Moreau. Performer: David Kadouch.
    • Erato.

  • Franz Schubert

    Winterreise, Op 89, D 911 (No 5, 'Der Lindenbaum')

    Music Arranger: Ernst Radorff. Choir: Carl Maria von Weber Men's Choir, Berlin. Conductor: Andreas Wiedermann.
    • Capriccio.

  • Bryan Kelly

    Lest We Forget (2nd mvt, 'Epitaph for Peace')

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Heritage.

  • William Smethergell

    Symphony No 2 Op 5 in B flat (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Graham Lea-Cox. Orchestra: The Hanover Band.
    • Decca.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    10 Legends, Op 59, B 122 (No 8)

    Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Charles Gounod

    Faust, Ballet Music,1869 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Decca.

  • Edward MacDowell

    New England Idyls, Op 62 (No 5, 'In Deep Woods')

    Performer: James Barbagallo.
    • Marco Polo.

  • Constant Lambert

    Elegiac Blues (1927)

    Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.
    • ASV.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.3 in C minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • DG.

  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Violin Concerto No 5 in A minor, MS 78 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandre Dubach. Conductor: Lawrence Foster. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Teresa Carre帽o

    Impromtu, Op 5, 'A Tear'

    Performer: Alexandra Oehler.
    • Grand Piano.

  • Anonymous

    The Ash Grove

    Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
    • Warner.

  • Harry Burleigh

    From the Southland, arr for piano (2nd mvt, 'In the Cold Moonlight')

    Performer: Lara Downes. Music Arranger: Lara Downes.
    • Rising Sun Music.

  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Symphony No 1 in D minor, Op 9 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Roberto Paternostro. Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland鈥怭falz.
    • Capriccio.

  • Joanna Borrett

    Highlands

    Performer: Joanna Borrett. Ensemble: Her Ensemble.
    • Clan.

  • Anthony Collins

    The Song of Erin (Lamentation)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton Epoch.

  • Bob Chilcott

    The Modern Man I Sing (No 2, 'The Last Invocation')

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

Broadcast

  • Mon 6 Oct 2025 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind

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