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Harness your day with peaceful 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 enriching and relaxing melodies from Michael Nyman, Gustav Holst, and Luise Adolpha Le Beau, this episode explores the beauty of letting nature take over. Plus, Professor Catherine Loveday reveals how musical memories can be resistant to memory loss.

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Music Played

  • Agathe Backer-Gr酶ndahl

    Fantasy Pieces, Op. 45: Summer Song

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • NAXOS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus, K618

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • DG.

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Notturno

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Jane Berthe. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Nunc dimittis

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • DECCA.

  • Uuno Klami

    Sea Pictures (IV. Song of the Watch [Nocturne])

    Performer: Leif Segerstam. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • FAZER/FINLANDIA.

  • Trad.

    Unst Boat Song (Arr. For String Quartet)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • ECM.

  • Gustav Holst

    A Somerset Rhapsody, Op. 21 No. 2

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • DE WOLFE.

  • Sophie Hutchings

    Billow Gently

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Spring.
    • SONY.

  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No. 1 'Afro-American' (II. Adagio)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • CEDILLE.

  • Humiwo Fumio Hayasaka

    Autumn

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • BIS.

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (III. Lento)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: 麻豆约拍 Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Stravaganza: 2. Dreams & Drones

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Chorus.
    • Stravaganza.
    • DECCA.
    • 5.

  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Romanze, Op. 35

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • SONY.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16 (Adagio)

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • DG.

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Media vita

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • DECCA.

  • Charles Ives

    In The Morning

    Performer: Richard Stoltzman. Performer: Bill Douglas. Performer: Jeremy Wall. Performer: Eddie Gomez.
    • SONY.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313: 2 - Adagio Non Troppo

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • DE WOLFE.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Peace on Earth

    Performer: Catrin Meek. Choir: The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.
    • DELPHIAN.

  • Howard Shore

    The Forest: II

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Orchestra: National Arts Centre Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Shelley.
    • DECCA.

  • Trad.

    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
    • DECCA.

  • Sir George Dyson

    Woodland Suite (I. At Evening Bell)

    Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Var. VI: Andante)

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Manuel Ponce

    Por Ti Mi Coraz贸n

    Performer: John Williams.
    • JCW RECORDINGS.

  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Piano Concerto Op.33 (Adagio con estro poetico)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • CHANDOS.

  • David Lang

    I lie

    Ensemble: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Florence Price

    Adoration (Version for Solo Violin and String Orchestra)

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester.
    • DG.

  • Joan Tower

    Love Letter

    Performer: Kara Huber.
    • SACRED BLACK RECORDS.

  • Ernest Farrar

    English Pastoral Impressions, Op. 26 (I. Spring Morning)

    Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Alasdair Mitchell.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Michael Nyman

    Three movements from String Quartet No. 2 (II.)

    Ensemble: Amstel Quartet.
    • CHALLENGE CLASSICS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1 (2. Adagio)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • DG.

  • Orlande de Lassus

    Justorum animae

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • COLLEGIUM.

  • Cipriani Potter

    Symphony in C Minor II. Andante con moto

    Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • CPO.

  • Agust铆n Barrios Mangor茅

    Julia Florida

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Louis W. Ballard

    The Four Moons Ballet (The Cherokee Variation. Yvonne Choteau)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • NAXOS.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Suite for violin and orchestra, Op 32 (II. Allemande)

    Performer: Anthony Marwood. Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • HYPERION.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 15 Nov 2024 09:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tue 3 Dec 2024 09:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 3 Unwind