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Enhance your day with restful classical music

Calming classical music to inspire focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented by broadcaster, author and psychologist Dr Sian Williams.

Calming classical music to help you focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented by broadcaster, author and psychologist Dr Sian Williams.

Featuring delightfully gentle melodies from Cécile Chaminade, Franz Schubert, and George Butterworth. Plus Sian pays a visit to one of her favourite spots in nature and Professor Catherine Loveday explores how music can affect our driving.

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Music Played

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Rêverie, Op. 24

    Performer: José Serebrier. Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Warner.

  • Hugo Alfvén

    Gustav II Adolf, Op 49: VII. Elegy

    Performer: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester. Performer: Okko Kamu.
    • Naxos.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Nocturne, Op. 165

    Performer: Olga Kopylova.
    • Azul Music.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Petite Suite de Concert, Op 77 (3rd mvt, Un sonnet d'amour)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
    • DECCA : 4853322.
    • DECCA.
    • 17.

  • Gustav Holst

    Brook Green Suite, H. 190: 2 - Air

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • De Wolfe.

  • Undine Smith Moore

    We Shall Walk Through the Valley

    Performer: VocalEssence.

  • Albert Dietrich

    Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 30: II. Adagio ma non troppo

    Performer: Klaidi Sahatçi. Performer: European Soloists, Luxembourg. Performer: Christoph König.
    • Naxos.

  • Max Richter

    The Poetry of Earth (Geophony)

    Performer: Max Richter.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No.3 in E flat major, Op.97: Rhenish - 3 - Nicht schnell

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • De Wolfe.

  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik, D.547 (transcribed for cello and piano by Thedéen & Shirinyan)

    Performer: Marianna Shirinyan. Performer: Torleif Thedéen.
    • Lawo Classics.

  • Henri Duparc

    Aux étoiles

    Performer: Nikolaj Znaider. Performer: Orchestre national de Lyon.
    • Bru Zane.

  • Claude Debussy

    Doctor Gradus

    Performer: Dino Ciani.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    3 Chorales, P. 167: No. 3, Andante (After J.S. Bach's BWV 645)

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach. Performer: Seattle Symphony.
    • Naxos.

  • Toru Takemitsu

    Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear?

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: Jâms Coleman.
    • Chandos.

  • Franz Berwald

    Symphony No. 4 in E flat major: 2. Adagio

    Performer: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Neeme Järvi.
    • DG.

  • José White Lafitte

    Violin Concerto in F-Sharp Minor: II. Adagio ma non troppo

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Performer: Encore Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Daniel Hege.
    • Cedille.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto for Three Pianos and Orchestra in F major, K. 242 - Adagio

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • De Wolfe.

  • Carlos Simon

    Warmth from Other Suns (Excerpts): III. Settle

    Performer: Ivalas Quartet.
    • Rising Sun Records.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68, B. 133 - V. Silent Woods (Arr. Niefind & Ribke

    Performer: Kian Soltani. Performer: Staatskapelle Berlin. Performer: Cellists of the Staatskapelle Berlin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata No 4 in A minor, D 537: II Allegretto quasi andante

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    3 Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes: No. 2, Rhosymedre (Orch. Foster)

    Performer: Neville Marriner.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Amy Beach

    From Grandmother's Garden, Op. 97: Morning Glories

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Guild GmbH.

  • Gustav Holst

    Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic (Original Version, Ed. C. M

    Performer: Sir Mark Elder. Performer: Hallé. Performer: Hallé Choir.
    • Hyperion.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Intermezzo, Manon Lescaut (between Acts 2 and 3)

    Performer: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic. Performer: Gianandrea Noseda.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Spiritual Suite: II. The Bells

    Performer: Michelle Cann.
    • Curtis Studio.

  • Frédéric d’Erlanger

    Poeme in D major

    Performer: Philippe Graffin. Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Hyperion.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act I: Introduction

    Performer: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Lawo Classics.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    6 Lieder, Op. 7: No. 1. Nachtwanderer

    Performer: Amaro Dubois. Performer: TingTing Yao.
    • DG.

  • Yuja Wang

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1 (1917 Final Version)

    • DG.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    O Oriens

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.

  • Philip Glass

    Etudes No.14

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Performer: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Sakari Oramo.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Suite for Strings, Op. 1A: I. Allegro con brio (re-arrangement from String Quint

    Performer: Joshua Weilerstein. Performer: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
    • Claves Records.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218 - II. Andante cantabile

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Frederick Delius

    2 Aquarelles: No. 1, Lento, ma non troppo

    Performer: English Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber.
    • Naxos.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 8 Nov 2024 09:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tue 26 Nov 2024 09:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3 Unwind