Start your day with inspiring 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 a wealth of relaxing, recharging melodies from composers like Dvorak, Takemitsu, and Laura Snowden. Sian spies a crescent moon while out to take a breath and finds encouragement in it to look up more often. Also, Professor Catherine Loveday explores whether understanding music can help us learn other languages too, and there's music by Ludovico Einaudi to help us to find our morning focus.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Organ Sonata Variation (after 'Organ Sonata No 4 in E minor, BWV 528: 2nd mvt')
Performer: Eldbj酶rg Hemsing. Music Arranger: Tim Allhoff. Ensemble: Norwegian String Quartet.- Sony.
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Mel Bonis
Meditation in F major, Op 33
Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.- Sony.
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Ola Gjeilo
Dreamweaver (5th mvt, 'Paradise')
Singer: Grace Davidson. Choir: Choir of Royal Holloway. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ian Watson.- Decca.
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Max Reger
Serenade, Op 95 (3rd mvt)
Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.- Chandos.
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Emanuele Barbella
Mandolin Concerto in D major (2nd mvt)
Performer: Avi Avital. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico.- DG.
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Ludovico Einaudi
Rolling Like a Ball
Performer: Ludovico Einaudi.- Decca.
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Laufey
What Love Will Do to You
Performer: Rosie Bennet.- Sony.
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Anthony Collins
Santa Cecilia (A Madrigal)
Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.- Dutton.
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Christopher Gunning
Five Little Pigs
Performer: Yuri Torchinsky. Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.- Chandos.
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Claude Nougaro
C茅cile ma fille
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- Erato.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Suite for Viola & Orchestra, Group 3 (1st mvt, Musette)
Performer: Timothy Ridout. Conductor: Jamie Phillips. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.- Claves.
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Josef Myslivecek
Symphony in A major (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Matthias Bamert. Orchestra: London Mozart Players.- Chandos.
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Florence Price
Elfentantz (arr for viola & piano)
Ensemble: Carr-Petrova Duo.- EmpowHERS.
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Harry Dexter
Siciliano
Conductor: Ronald Corp. Orchestra: The New London Orchestra.- Hyperion.
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Eunike Tanzil
Remembering
Performer: Eunike Tanzil. Conductor: Anna Handler. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.- DG.
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Claude Bolling
Suite for Flute & Jazz Trio (Irlandaise)
Performer: Jasmine Choi. Performer: Hugh Sung. Performer: Sam Minaie. Performer: Nathaniel Smith.- Sony.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Viola, K 498, 'Kegelstatt-trio'
Performer: Nils M枚nkemeyer. Performer: Sabine Meyer. Performer: William Youn.- Sony.
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Eric Coates
From Meadow to Mayfair Suite (2nd mvt, 'A Song by the Way - Romance')
Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.- Chandos.
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Teng Yu-Hsien
Spring Wind
Performer: Lang Lang.- DG.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Rusalka, Op 114 (Act 1 : 'Song to the Moon')
Performer: Pablo Ferr谩ndez. Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.- Sony.
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Rachel Portman
The Little Prince (On My Planet)
Performer: Niklas Liepe. Music Arranger: James Welland. Conductor: Erina Yashima. Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester.- Sony.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Valse Sentimentale
Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.- Sony.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No 4 in C minor (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Kevin John Edusei. Orchestra: M眉nchner Symphoniker.- Solo Musica.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Exultate Deo
Choir: Stile Antico.- Decca.
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Robert Schumann
Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 97 'Rhenish' (3rd mvt)
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony.- SFS Media.
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Dora Peja膷evi膰
The Life of Flowers (No 7, Lilies)
Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva.- Piano Classics.
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Laura Snowden
Picking up the Pieces
Performer: Amy Green. Performer: Laura Snowden.- Bandcamp.
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Ye Xiaogang
Sichuan Image (No 27, 'Fogs of Suining')
Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.- BIS.
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John Field
Nocturne in B flat major (version for harp)
Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.- DG.
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Edward MacDowell
Suite No 1 in A minor, Op 42 (2nd mvt, 'Sommer-Idylle')
Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.- Chandos.
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Toru Takemitsu
Small Sky (version for mixed choir)
Choir: SWR Vocal Ensemble, Stuttgart. Conductor: Marcus Creed.- SWR Classic.
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George Frideric Handel
Rinaldo, HWV 7: Lascia ch'io pianga (arr for piano)
Performer: Martin Stadtfeld.- Sony.
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Carl Stamitz
Sinfonia Concertante No 12 in B flat major (2nd mvt)
Performer: Hans鈥怭eter Hofmann. Performer: Paul Meyer. Conductor: Christoph Eberle. Orchestra: Kurpf盲lzisches Kammerorchester.- CPO.
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Florian Christl
Budapest
Performer: Florian Christl. Performer: Clara Busel. Performer: Leandro Hauxwell. Performer: Alona Khlevna. Performer: Gereon Theis. Performer: Benedikt Wagner.- Sony.
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Matthew Martin
Justorum animae
Choir: Choir of Jesus College Cambridge. Director: Mark Williams.- Signum.
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Christopher Tin
Wild Swans
Choir: VOCES8. Conductor: Barnaby Smith. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- Decca.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Symphony No 8 in G minor, Op 88 (3rd mvt)
Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- LSO Live.
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Jean Sibelius
Chorus of the Winds from 'The Tempest'
Choir: Opera Festival Chorus. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka鈥怭ekka Saraste.- Ondine.
Broadcasts
- Thu 12 Mar 2026 09:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
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