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Bring light to your morning with gentle harmonies

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 soothing, enveloping music from composers including Mendelssohn, Beach, and Debussy, and a chance to Find your Focus with piano music juxtaposed with the sound of lapping waves by composer Yu-Peng Chen. Sian takes a breath and explains how a morning walk can help ease anxiety by discharging cortisol, and Professor Catherine Loveday explores whether lyrics or music have the most impact on us as listeners.

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Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird Suite (Round Dance of the Princesses)

    Conductor: F茅lix Ardanaz. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Orpheus.

  • Pamela Harrison

    Septet (2nd mvt, Tranquillo)

    Orchestra: Royal Welsh Chamber Players.
    • Resonus.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Drei Gesange, Op 42 (2nd mvt, 'Vineta')

    Choir: Danish National Radio Choir. Conductor: Stefan Parkman.
    • Chandos.

  • Madeleine Dring

    3 Pieces for Oboe and Piano (No 1, Waltz)

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Antonio Oyarzabal.
    • Chandos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 15 in G major, K 124 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Hans Graf. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg.
    • Capriccio.

  • Yu鈥怭eng Chen

    Yellow Shore

    Performer: Yu鈥怭eng Chen.
    • DG.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Symphony No 2 in D minor, 'Elegiac' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: David Lloyd鈥怞ones. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Cantique de Jean Racine, Op 11

    Performer: Stephen Cleobury. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: George Guest.
    • Decca.

  • Andrzej Panufnik

    Love Song

    Performer: Bo啪idar Vukoti膰. Conductor: Alexander Walker. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Resonus.

  • Mel Bonis

    Suite en forme de valse (2nd mvt, Interlude)

    Conductor: Joseph Bastian. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne.
    • CPO.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz No 13 in D flat major, Op 70 No 3

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Hyperion.

  • Cl茅mence de Grandval

    Mazeppa (Act III: Pr茅lude)

    Conductor: Mihhail Gerts. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra.
    • Palazzetto Bru Zane.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio No 1 in D minor, Op 49 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Trio Zadig.
    • Naive.

  • Hubert Parry

    Lady Radnor's Suite (5th mvt, 'Slow Minuet')

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.
    • Warner.

  • Heung-Yeol Lee

    Child of the Island House

    Choir: The National Chorus of Korea. Conductor: Sang-Hoon Lee.
    • DUX.

  • Hubert Clifford

    The Casanova Melody

    Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Agust铆n Barrios Mangor茅

    Choro da saudade

    Performer: Pietro Locatto.
    • Evidence.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Peace

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony.

  • Charlotte Sohy

    Symphony in C sharp minor, Op10, 'Grande Guerre' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Bar Avni. Orchestra: Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine.
    • Alpha.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bushes and Briars

    Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Hyperion.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 27 in G major, Hob I:27 (2nd mvt, Siciliano)

    Conductor: Thomas Fey. Orchestra: Heidelberger Sinfoniker.
    • Hanssler.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major, BWV 848 (WTK Book 1)

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Sony.

  • Adolf von Henselt

    Piano Concerto in F minor, Op 16 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Marc鈥怉ndr茅 Hamelin. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No 3 in G minor, Op 36 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Laurence Equilbey. Orchestra: Insula Orchestra.
    • Erato.

  • Amy Beach

    Dusk in June

    Performer: Lyyra.
    • Voces8.

  • Hayato Sumino

    Larghetto

    Composer: Fr茅d茅ric Chopin. Performer: Hayato Sumino.
    • Sony.

  • Alan Bush

    Homage to William Sterndale Bennett, Op 27

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

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Lead, Kindly Light

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    7 Bagatelles, Op 33 (No 6 in D major)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • HM.

  • Claude Debussy

    2 Danses (No 2, 'Danse profane')

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon.
    • Naxos.

  • Samuel Coleridge鈥怲aylor

    The Evening Star

    Choir: London Choral Sinfonia. Conductor: Michael Waldron.
    • Orchid.

  • Frederick Delius

    Air and Dance

    Conductor: David Lloyd鈥怞ones. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North.
    • Naxos.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Symphonie Concertante in A major, Op 9 No 2 (2nd mvt, Rondeau)

    Performer: Yury Revich. Performer: Libor Je啪ek. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Hal谩sz.
    • Naxos.

  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    A Musical Snuffbox, Op 32

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre.
    • Sony.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Chisso Co (Minamata OST)

    • Masterworks.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 15 Jul 2026 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 15 Aug 2026 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind