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Lift your spirits with beautiful classical music

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 and enriching melodies from Max Bruch, Jean Sibelius, and Cecile Chaminade, this episode also has a chance to Find Your Focus for the morning with music featuring a harp, strings and electronics by composer Lara Somogyi. Sian explores the comfort of the sound of home as she steps outside to Take a Breath after some time away. Also, Professor Catherine Loveday explains why music is particularly valuable to adolescents.

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麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Samuel Coleridge鈥怲aylor

    African Suite, Op 35 (2nd mvt, 'A Love Song')

    Conductor: Anthony Parnther. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Poemes provencaux, Op 127 (1st mvt, 'Dans la Lande')

    Performer: Joanna Kacperek.
    • Rubicon.

  • Lu铆s de Freitas Branco

    Two Melodies for String Orchestra (No 2)

    Orchestra: Camerata Atlantica.
    • Naxos.

  • Max Bruch

    Odysseus, Op 41 (Prelude)

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

  • Lara Somogyi

    mirabel

    Ensemble: Lara Somogyi & Friends.
    • Mercury KX.

  • Anna Semple

    My bonny lies

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

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 33 in B flat major, KV 319 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Iona Brown. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Hanssler.

  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Serenade in F major (4th mvt, Notturno)

    Conductor: Hannu Koivula. Orchestra: G盲vle symfoniorkester.
    • Naxos.

  • Eunike Tanzil

    Pearl's Lullaby

    Performer: Eunike Tanzil.
    • DG.

  • William Croft

    Ground

    Performer: Alis Huws.
    • Decca.

  • Hubert Parry

    Symphony No 4 in E minor (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Chandos.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Rossiniana, P 148 (3rd mvt, 'Intermezzo')

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

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Duet for cello and bass in D majo2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Chris Grist. Performer: Sebastian Pennar.
    • CMG.

  • Lucy Walker

    O Sacrum Convivium

    Choir: Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Sony.

  • Florence Price

    On A Summer's Eve

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Guild Music.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Sun Triptych (3rd mvt, 'Dusk')

    Performer: Roman Mints. Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.
    • ECM.

  • Sir Henry Rowley Bishop

    Home Sweet Home

    Performer: Christopher Mallett.
    • Naxos.

  • Henry Purcell

    Harpsichord Suite No 2 in G minor, Z 661, arr for piano (2nd mvt, Allemande)

    Performer: Shani Diluka.
    • Warner.

  • Joseph Horovitz

    Music Hall Suite (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Onyx Brass. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Claude Debussy

    La boite a joujoux (Le sommeil de la boite)

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

  • Marques L. A. Garrett

    My Heart be Brave

    Choir: London Voices.
    • OUP.

  • Eric Coates

    The Jester at the Wedding (5th mvt, 'Caprice / The Princess')

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Jean Sibelius

    In Alten Heim, Op 74 No 4

    Performer: Annika Treutler.
    • decurio.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Romance, Op 37

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Conductor: Fran莽ois Leleux. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.
    • Warner.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Harp Sonata (1st mvt)

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Bertrand.
    • Ars.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in C major, Hob VIIg:C (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Fran莽ois Leleux. Orchestra: M眉nchener Kammerorchester.
    • Sony.

  • Alan Silvestri

    Feather Theme (Forrest Gump)

    Ensemble: Caf茅 del Mundo. Orchestra: Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg.
    • Sony.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madama Butterfly (Act 2: 'Un bel di')

    Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.
    • Universal.

  • Lyle Chan

    Untitled, for Steve

    Performer: Alex Raineri.
    • Decca.

  • Dave Brubeck

    Once When I Was Very Young

    Choir: Houston Chamber Choir. Director: Robert Simpson.
    • Navona.

  • Alexander Litvinovsky

    Snow White (1st mvt, 'Three Drops of Blood on the Snow')

    Conductor: Pavel Lyubomudrov. Orchestra: Metamorphose String Orchestra.
    • Halidon.

  • Antonio Lauro

    Mar铆a Luisa

    Performer: Cristiano Poli Cappelli.
    • Brilliant.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Orchestral Suite No 2 in C major, Op 53 (2nd mvt, Valse)

    Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata 'In allen meinen Taten', BWV 97 (4th mvt, 'Ich traue seiner Gnaden')

    Ensemble: Ayres Extemporae.
    • Outhere.

  • Patrick Doyle

    The Newly Weds (Death on the Nile OST)

    • Hollywood Records.

Broadcast

  • Mon 24 Aug 2026 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind