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Open your day with tranquil 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 chance to Find Your Focus for the morning with music by the Icelandic composer-pianist Eydis Evensen and peaceful, reviving pieces from Copland, Beethoven, and Anne Dudley. Sian Takes a Breath in Manchester and muses on the importance of green spaces in cityscapes, and Professor Catherine Loveday explores "proof reader error" and explains how the phenomenon can help us to understand the way our brains process music.

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Sun 12 Apr 2026 09:00
麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Susan Spain-Dunk

    Suite in B minor for String Orchestra (3rd mvt, Romance)

    Conductor: Douglas Bostock. Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim.
    • CPO.

  • Franz Schubert

    Die sch枚ne M眉llerin, D 795 (No 19, 'The Miller and the Brook')

    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Daria Hovora.
    • DG.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No 1 in C minor, 'The Bells of Zlonice' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Karel Mark Chichon. Orchestra: Saarbrucken German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • SWR.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minuet in G major, WoO 10, No 2

    Ensemble: I Musici.
    • DG.

  • John Rutter

    When Music Sounds

    Performer: Matthew Jorysz. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Collegium.

  • Fela Sowande

    African Suite (2nd mvt, 'Nostalgia')

    Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta.
    • Cedille.

  • Eyd铆s Evensen

    Drifter

    Performer: Eyd铆s Evensen. Performer: S贸lveig Vaka Ey镁贸rsd贸ttir. Performer: Gu冒bjartur H谩konarson. Performer: Karl Pestka. Performer: Hrafnhildur Marta Gu冒mundsd贸ttir.
    • XXIM.

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Swan of Tuonela, Op 22 No 2

    Conductor: Thomas S酶nderg氓rd. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Linn.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Requiem, Op 48 (3rd mvt, Sanctus)

    Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Herv茅 Niquet.
    • Alpha.

  • Jean鈥怣ichel Damase

    Piano Concerto No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ashley Wass. Conductor: Martin Yates. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton Epoch.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Adagio in E major, K 261

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg. Orchestra: Nederlands Kamerorkest.
    • Pentatone.

  • Musashi Project

    Sadness and Sorrow arr for piano (Naruto)

    Performer: Lang Lang. Music Arranger: Rayan Telleria.
    • DG.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello Concerto in B flat major, H 436 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: Jonathan Cohen. Ensemble: Arcangelo.
    • Hyperion.

  • Florence Price

    Reverie

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Guild Music.

  • Aaron Copland

    Quiet City

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Conductor: Scott Stroman. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Georges Bizet

    Petite Suite, WD 39 (No 2, 'La poup茅e')

    Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud. Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland.
    • Naxos.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in F major, Op 3 No 4, HWV 315 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists.
    • Warner.

  • Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky

    Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 28 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Sir Edward Downes. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Marco Polo.

  • Anne Dudley

    Medhel an Gwyns

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jim茅nez. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Clara Schumann

    Romanze in B minor (posth)

    Performer: Sylviane Deferne.
    • Aparte.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Swansong

    Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi. Orchestra: Estonian Festival Orchestra.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Rachel Portman

    The Little Prince (The Taming)

    Conductor: David Charles Abell. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Orchestra: The Little Prince Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Johannes Brahms

    6 Piano Pieces, Op 118 (No 2, Intermezzo in A major)

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett.
    • Warner.

  • Jeno Hubay

    Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor, Op 21, 'Dramatique' (2nd mvt)

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

  • Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason

    Hiraeth

    Ensemble: The Kanneh鈥怣asons.
    • Decca.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet Suite No 2, Op 64 (5th mvt, 'Romeo and Juliet Before Parting')

    Conductor: Andrew Litton. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Suite from '24 Folk Melodies' (4th mvt, Lament / They Will Not Lend Me a Child)

    Conductor: Michael Repper. Orchestra: National Philharmonic.
    • Avie.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major, Op 38 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Divox.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Adagetto in F major

    Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi.
    • Decca.

  • Henry Purcell

    Suite from Abdelzar (5th mvt, Hornpipe)

    Conductor: Jeanne Lamon. Orchestra: Tafelmusik.
    • ANALEKTA.

Broadcasts

  • Thursday 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 12 Apr 2026 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind