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Lift your morning routine with serene classical 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 uplifting and gentle music from Bliss, Bonds, and Beethoven. Sian goes on the hunt for some sea treasures and Professor Catherine Loveday explores why some music might feel more friendly to us.

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Mon 8 Dec 2025 09:00
麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Arthur Bliss

    Cello Concerto F 120 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Guy Johnston. Conductor: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Onyx.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata for violin and continuo in G major, BWV 1021 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Kristin von der Goltz. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout.
    • Harmonia mundi.

  • George Butterworth

    Two English Idylls

    Conductor: Kri拧s Russman. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • BIS.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Glow

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Fields of Wonder (No 4, 'Moonlight Night')

    Choir: Cantus.
    • Signum.

  • Max Richter

    Infra 4

    • DG.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Cello Sonata No 2 in F major, Op 123 (3rd mvt, 'Romanza')

    Performer: Silvia Chiesa. Performer: Maurizio Baglini.

  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri Op.70

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • SOMM.

  • Amy Beach

    The Hermit Thrush, Op 92 (No 1, 'The Hermit Thrush at Eve')

    Performer: Hiroko Ishimoto.
    • Grand Piano.

  • Bob Chilcott

    Five Days That Changed the World (Friday 1 August 1834, 'The Abolition of Slavery')

    Performer: Markus Gruett. Performer: Gemma Beeson. Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Choir: Finchley Childrens Music Group. Conductor: David Hill.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Adolfo Mej铆a

    Bambuco

    Performer: Tom Gamble.
    • Tom Gamble.

  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Starlight

    Performer: Kristina Arakelyan.
    • Platoon.

  • Elfrida Andr茅e

    Fritiof Suite (4th mvt, 'Fritof's Infatuation')

    Conductor: Gustaf Sj枚kvist. Orchestra: Stockholm Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sterling.

  • Mel Bonis

    Piano Quartet No 1 in B flat major, Op 69 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Giardini.
    • Evidence.

  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto Symphonique No 3 in E flat major, Op 45, 'National Hollandais' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Conductor: Andrew Litton. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • John Tavener

    Threnos

    Performer: Natalie Clein.
    • Decca.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento No 17 in D major, K 334 (4th mvt)

  • Keiko Abe

    Memories of the Seashore

    Performer: Bogdan Bacanu.
    • CLASSIC CONCERT RECORDS.

  • Stacy Garrop

    Mythology Symphony (2nd mvt, 'Penelope Waits')

    Conductor: Alondra de la Parra. Orchestra: CCPA Symphony Orchestra.
    • Cedille.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op 67 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Warner.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Norfolk Rhapsody No 2

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Cello Sonata No 2 in F major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Steffan Morris. Performer: Alasdair Beatson.
    • Rubicon.

  • Rebecca Dale

    There Will Come Soft Rains

    Ensemble: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.
    • Signum.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 4 in F minor, Op 36 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony.
    • San Francisco Symphony.

  • Emil Hartmann

    Piano Quintet in G minor, Op 5 (2nd mvt, 'Romanza')

    Performer: Elisabeth Zeuthen Schneider. Performer: Nicolas Dupont. Performer: Tony Nys. Performer: Justus Grimm. Performer: Daniel Blumenthal.
    • DACAPO.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Cinnamon Grove (1st mvt)

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • Navona.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in A minor for violin BWV 1041 (2nd mvt)

  • Philip Glass

    Truman Sleeps (arr for guitar)

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham. Music Arranger: Gerard Cousins.
    • Decca.

  • Gordon Jacob

    Cradle Song

    Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson. Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra.
    • Marco Polo.

  • William Alwyn

    Peter Pan Suite (2nd mvt, 'Tinker Bell')

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 6 Nov 2025 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Mon 8 Dec 2025 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind