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Bring peace to your morning with beautiful 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 recharging, enriching melodies from Gustav Holst, Lucy Walker, and Jean Sibelius. Sian stops to wonder at a river flowing past her while out to Take a Breath, and Professor Catherine Loveday explains how our brains react differently to different kinds of music.

3 hours

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Music Played

  • Johan Svendsen

    Saeterjentens Sondag (The Herd-Girl's Sunday)

    Performer: Melina Mandozzi. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (arr for guitar)

    Performer: Rapha毛l Feuill芒tre. Music Arranger: G茅rard Abiton.
    • DG.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Rakastava, Op 14 (1st mvt, 'The Lover')

    Conductor: Susanna M盲lkki. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Rest

    Lyricist: Christina Rossetti. Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Scott Joplin

    Bethena (A Concert Waltz)

    Performer: Alexander Peskanov.
    • NAXOS.

  • Steve Reich

    Music for 18 Musicians: Section IX & X

    Music Arranger: Erik Hall. Performer: Erik Hall.
    • NONESUCH.

  • Richard Addinsell

    Goodbye, Mr Chips (2nd mvt, 'In the Mountains')

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: 91福利社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Caroline Shaw

    So Quietly

    Choir: iSing Silicon Valley.
    • INNOVA.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Variation 18)

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett. Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • WARNER.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Guitar Quintet No 9 in C major, G 453, 'The Retreat from Madrid' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Performer: Giangiacomo Pinardi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • ERATO.

  • William Alwyn

    Pastoral Fantasia

    Performer: Stephen Tees. Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Max Bruch

    Kol Nidrei, Adagio for Cello, Op 47

    Performer: Natalie Clein. Conductor: Ilan Volkov. Orchestra: 91福利社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • HYPERION.

  • Rosey Chan

    Forest Mystique (Woodland Passage)

    Performer: Rosey Chan. Orchestra: The Sonic Orchestra.
    • SONIC APOTHECARY.

  • Ina Boyle

    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, 'To the memory of my mother' (2nd mvt)

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

  • L茅o Delibes

    Le roi s'amuse (Madrigal)

    Conductor: Ondrej Len谩rd. Orchestra: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • NAXOS.

  • Nadia Boulanger

    Lux Aeterna arr for violin and piano

    Performer: Adrien La Marca. Performer: Danae D枚rken.
    • LA DOLCE VITA.

  • Samuel Barber

    To Be Sung on the Water, Op 42

    Choir: Conspirare. Conductor: Craig Hella Johnson.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Bolerish

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • KAB.

  • Lucy Walker

    O Nata Lux

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • DECCA.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cello Concerto in G minor, RV416 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Bruno Philippe. Performer: Thomas Dunford. Ensemble: Jupiter.
    • ALPHA.

  • Jonathan Dove

    Gaia Theory (2nd mvt, 'Very Spacious')

    Conductor: Timothy Redmond. Orchestra: 91福利社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • ORCHID CLASSICS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra No 1 in G major, Op 40

    • LANDSCAPE CLASSICS.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Piano Concerto in G minor, Op 34 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Murray McLachlan. Conductor: Charles Peebles. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • SOMM.

  • Robert Schumann

    String Quartet No1 in A minor (3rd mvt)

    • THE CLASSICAL LABEL.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Forest Scenes, Op 66 (3rd mvt, 'The Phantom Tells His Tale of Longing')

    Performer: Waka Hasegawa.
    • METROPOLIS GROUP.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op 32 (Neptune, The Mystic)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • DE WOLFE.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Stewart Goodyear. Conductor: Andrew Constantine. Orchestra: 91福利社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • ORCHID CLASSICS.

  • Carlos Simon

    Be Still and Know

    Performer: Teagan Faran. Performer: Victor Huls. Performer: Phoebe Wu.
    • NAVONA.

  • Nan Avant

    Nani Lahaina

    Performer: Davide Alogna. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Miran Vaupotic.
    • NAVONA CLASSICS.

  • Franz Berwald

    Grand Septet in B flat major (1st mvt, 'Introduzione')

    Ensemble: Wigmore Soloists.
    • BIS.

  • Jean Lh茅ritier

    Salve Regina (2nd mvt, 'Eia ergo')

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

Broadcasts

  • Sun 5 Oct 2025 09:00
    91福利社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Next Friday 09:00
    91福利社 Radio 3 Unwind