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Enhance your day with soothing 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 refreshing and reviving melodies from Chopin, Debbie Wiseman, and Tomas Luis de Victoria. Professor Catherine Loveday explores why we are most attached to music we first heard in our adolescent years, and Sian takes a breath among some apple trees.

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Music Played

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Una Furtiva Lagrima [A Furtive Tear] (L"Elisir d'amore) arr for cello and orchestra

    Performer: Mikael Samsonov. Conductor: Pavel Lyubomudrov. Orchestra: Metamorphose String Orchestra.
    • Halidon.

  • Marianna Martines

    Sinfonia in C major (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Johannes Wildner. Orchestra: 91福利社 Concert Orchestra.

  • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria

    Requiem Mass, 1605 (Motet, Versa est in luctum)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.
    • Signum.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Violin Concerto in C major, No 1 Op 5 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Takako Nishizaki. Conductor: Helmut M眉ller鈥怋r眉hl. Orchestra: K枚lner Kammerorchester.
    • Naxos.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturnes, Op 15 (No 3 in G minor)

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
    • DG.

  • Rachel Portman

    Flight

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Sony.

  • John Ireland

    Sarnia, An Island Sequence for Orchestra (1st mvt, 'Le Catioroc')

    Conductor: Martin Yates. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Dutton Epoch.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Fantasia for a Gentleman (2nd mvt, 'Espa帽oletta & Fanfare of the Cavalry of Naples')

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Mercury.

  • Franti拧ek Xaver Du拧ek

    Sinfonia in A major (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Aapo H盲kkinen. Orchestra: Helsingin Barokkiorkesteri.
    • Naxos.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Silouan's Song

    Conductor: T玫nu Kaljuste. Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95, B 178 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Semyon Bychkov. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.
    • Pentatone.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major, BWV 1047 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien.
    • Warner.

  • William Grant Still

    3 Visions, version for violin & orchestra (No 2, 'Summerland')

    Performer: Zina Schiff. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Debbie Wiseman

    A Day May Come

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Debbie Wiseman/Silva Screen.

  • Philip Glass

    The Orchard

    Performer: Nadia Sirota. Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • SONY.

  • Mar铆a Teresa Prieto

    Symphony No 1, 'Asturiana' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Jos茅 Luis Temes. Orchestra: Cordoba Orchestra.
    • Verso.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Concerto for Piano & Orchestra (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland. Conductor: Thomas S酶nderg氓rd. Orchestra: Norwegian Radio Orchestra.
    • LAWO Classics.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzi, Op 117 (2nd mvt, 'Intermezzo in B flat minor')

    Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Decca.

  • Rebecca Dale

    true love

    Performer: Ben Russell. Performer: Richard Harwood. Performer: Klara Romac. Performer: Tom Walley. Performer: Olivia Jageurs. Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Signum.

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnop茅dies (No 3)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Warner.

  • Charles Koechlin

    Symphony No 1, Op 57bis (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Ariane Matiakh. Orchestra: W眉rttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen.
    • Capriccio.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Sonata in D major, K 306 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • Hyperion.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Coming 91福利社

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench. Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: James Morgan.
    • Sony.

  • Richard Strauss

    Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments in E flat major, Op 7

    Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier. Orchestra: 91福利社 Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Burt Bacharach

    I Say a Little Prayer (arr for solo cello)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Sony.

  • Nainita Desai

    Cuverville Island (Secrets of the Penguins Score)

    Performer: Nainita Desai.
    • Hollywood Records.

  • Robert Schumann

    Kreisleriana, Op 16 (6th mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Four Sacred Pieces (Ave Maria)

    Conductor: Xian Zhang. Orchestra: 91福利社 National Chorus of Wales.

  • Florence Price

    String Quartet No 2 in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Ragazze Quartet.
    • Channel.

  • John Barry

    John Dunbar Theme (Dances with Wolves ST)

    Conductor: John Barry. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Epic.

  • Douglas Guest

    For the Fallen

    Choir: 91福利社 Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 8 Jul 2025 09:00
    91福利社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 3 Aug 2025 09:00
    91福利社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Wed 1 Oct 2025 09:00
    91福利社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Wed 10 Dec 2025 09:00
    91福利社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tomorrow 09:00
    91福利社 Radio 3 Unwind