Bring some focus to your morning 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 energising, and restorative music from Sally Beamish, William Byrd, and Schubert. Sian takes time to explore some moss when out to Take a Breath, and Professor Catherine Loveday explains why music can mean different things to people from different cultures.
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Music Played
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Edward Elgar
Rosemary
Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.- SOMM.
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Teresa Carre?o
Reverie-Impromptu, Op 3
Performer: Alexandra Oehler.- GRAND PIANO.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata No 2 in A minor, BWV 1004 (3rd mvt)
Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski. Conductor: Matthias Bamert. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.- CHANDOS.
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Benjamin Britten
Come Heavy Sleep
Composer: John Dowland. Performer: Craig Ogden.- NIMBUS.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Symphonie Concertante in A major, No 2 Op 9 (1st mvt)
Performer: Yury Revich. Performer: Libor Je?ek. Conductor: Michael Halász. Orchestra: ?eská Komorní Filharmonie.- NAXOS.
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Beata Moon
Prelude
Performer: Beata Moon.- ALBANY.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Concerto No 2 in D major, K314 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Patrick Gallois. Performer: Roderick Shaw. Conductor: Katarina Andreasson. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.- NAXOS.
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Sally Beamish
Suite for Cello and Orchestra (4th mvt, 'Nocturne' after Nuit d'etoiles)
Composer: Claude Debussy. Performer: Steven Isserlis. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta.- BIS.
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Franz Danzi
Sonata in B flat major for Clarinet and Piano, Op 47 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Aldo Botta. Performer: Giuseppe Galiano.- AULICUS CLASSICS.
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William Byrd
Mass for Five Voices (Agnus Dei)
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.- GIMMEL.
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Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No 2 in D major, Op 101, Hob VIIb:2 (1st mvt)
Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.- PENTATONE.
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桥本国彦
Symphony No 1 in D major (III Tema con variazioni e fuga: Var VII)
Conductor: Ryūsuke Numajiri. Orchestra: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.- NAXOS.
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Mel Bonis
The Little One Falls Asleep (arr for brass ensemble)
Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Music Arranger: Jarle Storl?kken. Ensemble: tenThing.- LAWO.
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Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No 1 Op 46 (2nd mvt, 'The Death of ?se')
Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.- NAXOS.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio No 2 in G major, No 2 Op 1 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Sitkovetsky Trio.- BIS.
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Fergus McCreadie
Forest Floor
Ensemble: Fergus McCreadie and Friends.- EDITION.
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Jennifer Higdon
Trumpet Songs (3rd mvt, 'In Our Quiet')
Performer: Scott Meredith. Performer: Rubia Santos.- ALBANY.
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Tan Dun
Love in Distance
Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Ensemble: Kodō. Ensemble: China Philharmonic Orchestra.- SONY.
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Rachel Portman
Moment in Time
Performer: Niklas Liepe. Performer: Rachel Portman.- SONY.
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Nigel Westlake
Spirit Of The Wild (3rd mvt)
Performer: Diana Doherty. Conductor: Nigel Westlake. Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra.- ABC CLASSICS.
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Franz Schubert
String Quintet in C, D 956 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich.- THE CLASSICAL LABEL.
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William Grant Still
Wood Notes (3rd mvt, 'Moon Dusk')
Conductor: John Jeter. Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony.- NAXOS.
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Kate Bush
Running Up That Hill
Performer: Lara Somogyi.- UNIVERSAL.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 7 in C major, 'Le Midi' (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico.- ALPHA.
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Jean Sibelius
Swanwhite Suite, Op 54 (4th mvt, 'Listen, the Robin Sings')
Conductor: Nicholas Collon. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.- ONDINE.
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Frédéric Chopin
?tude No 11 in E flat major, 'Arpeggio' (12 ?tudes, Op 10)
Performer: Yunchan Lim.- DECCA.
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Antonín Dvo?ák
Songs My Mother Taught Me, No 4 Op 55
Performer: Joshua Bell. Music Arranger: Michael Stern. Conductor: Craig Ogden. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- SONY.
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Hubert Parry
There is an old belief (Songs of Farewell)
Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.- SIGNUM.
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Emil Szymon M?ynarski
Violin Concerto No 2 in D major, Op 16 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Eugene Ugorski. Conductor: Micha? Dworzyński. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.- HYPERION.
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Frederick Delius
Hassan (Intermezzo)
Music Arranger: Thomas Beecham. Conductor: David Stanhope. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.- ABC Classics.
Broadcasts
- Mon 27 Oct 2025 09:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
- Sat 22 Nov 2025 09:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
- Fri 9 Jan 2026 09:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind