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Soothe your morning routine 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 uplifting and enchanting tunes from composers including Mayer, Bach and Saint-Saens, and piano music by Stephan Moccio inspired by his honeymoon gives us a chance to Find our Focus for the morning. Sian takes inspiration in the layers of history she can see around her while out on a walk to Take a Breath, and Professor Catherine Loveday explores the links between music and empathy.

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Music Played

  • Franz Liszt

    A Faust Symphony in three character pictures (2nd mvt, 'Gretchen')

    Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Magnolia Suite (4th mvt, 'Mammy')

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • Navona.

  • Dan Jones

    I'd Do Anything

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Decca.

  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Elegy in G minor, Op 44

    Performer: Jinwoo Lee. Performer: Eunice Kim.
    • Navona.

  • Agust铆n Barrios Mangor茅

    Un sue帽o en la floresta

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • Warner.

  • Stephan Moccio

    Positano

    Performer: Stephan Moccio.
    • Decca.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Violin Concerto No 1 in C major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Lisa Jacobs. Ensemble: The String Soloists.
    • Cobra Records.

  • Federico Moreno Torroba

    Suite castellana (2nd mvt, 'Arada')

    Performer: Vicente Coves.
    • Naxos.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Lullabye for Lucy

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

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Shylock Suite, Op 57 (4th mvt, '脡pithalame')

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

  • Dorothy Howell

    Prelude in C major (Moderato semplice)

    Performer: Hiroaki Takenouchi.
    • Artalinna.

  • Paul Leonard鈥怣organ

    Together (A History of Scotland)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Rage Music.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Symphony in A major, R 159 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Kazuki Yamada. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Alpha.

  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    Night

    Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Hilary Campbell.

  • Richard Strauss

    Don Quixote Variation

    Performer: Jan Vogler. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Kl枚pfel. Conductor: Julien Quentin. Ensemble: Moritzburg Festival Ensemble.
    • Sony.

  • Karen Tanaka

    Crested Ibis

    Performer: Ian Buckle.
    • Rubicon.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op 120 No 1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille.
    • Pentatone.

  • Mikhail Pletnev

    Rachmaniana (Landscape)

    Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev. Orchestra: Rachmaninoff International Orchestra.
    • EuroArts.

  • Clive Osgood

    3 Folksong Arrangements (No 1, 'The Crystal Spring')

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Convivium.

  • Trad.

    The Bard of Armagh

    Performer: Barry Douglas. Music Arranger: Barry Douglas.
    • Chandos.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony No 1 in E minor (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Taylor Scott Davis

    Effortlessly

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.

  • Max Bruch

    Symphony No 1 in E flat major, Op 28 (2nd mvt, Intermezzo)

    Conductor: Robert Trevi帽o. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.
    • CPO.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in A major, BWV 234 (Kyrie)

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Ye Xiaogang

    Sichuan Image (No 28, 'Dreaming Back to South Sichuan')

    Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concertone in C major, KV190/186E (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Veriko Tchumburidze. Performer: Sofiko Tchumburidze. Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg.
    • Alpha.

  • Katharine Parker

    A Water Colour

    Performer: Dinara Klinton.
    • ABRSM.

  • Joseph Bologne

    String Quartet Op 14, No 2 in B flat major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica.

  • Trad.

    A Farmer's Boy

    Music Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams. Choir: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Conductor: William Vann.
    • Albion.

  • Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

    She Walks in Beauty

    Choir: Quartonal.
    • Sony.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Ambarvalia, Op 70

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Emilie Mayer

    String Quartet in G minor, Op 14 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Constanze Quartet.
    • CPO.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Paulus, Op 36, Pt 1 (No 11, 'Siehe! Wir preisen selig')

    Choir: MDR Radio Choir Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
    • DG.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Hungarian Sketches, Sz 97 (1st mvt, 'An Evening in the Village')

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
    • UME.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 3 Aug 2026 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Last Sunday 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind