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Enrich 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 recharging, gentle melodies from composers including Frank Bridge, Lucy Walker, and Puccini, and a chance to Find Your Focus with the music of Elena Kats-Chernin. Sian muses on the different routes we can take in our lives while out to Take a Breath, and Professor Catherine Loveday explores the theory that musical performance and listening can affect the genetic pathways that allow the brain to grow and develop.

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Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Romance in F major, Op 11

    Performer: Jan Mráček. Conductor: James Judd. Orchestra: Czech National Symphony Orchestra.
    • PM Classics.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    In flight

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • SONY.

  • James MacMillan

    For a Thousand Years

    Choir: Caritas Chamber Choir. Conductor: Benedict Preece.
    • Ulysses Arts.

  • Richard Wagner

    Wesendonck Lieder (No 5, Traume)

    Music Arranger: Johan Svendsen. Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Moon Feather Magic

    Performer: Emily Granger. Performer: Claire Edwardes.
    • Hush Foundation.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 13 in D major, Hob I:13 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Johannes Klumpp. Orchestra: Heidelberger Sinfoniker.
    • Hanssler.

  • Gustavo Santaolalla

    Theme from 'The Last of Us'

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • DG.

  • John Rutter

    A Flower Remembered

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Collegium.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Symphony No 5 in D major, Op 56, 'L'allegro ed il Pensieroso' (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut)

    Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Universal.

  • William Grant Still

    Folk Suite No 3 (2nd mvt, 'Inca Song')

    Ensemble: Salon Trio.
    • Salon Trio.

  • Edward Elgar

    Queen Alexandra's Memorial Ode

    Choir: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Conductor: William Vann.
    • SOMM.

  • Tom Donald

    Prelude No 1 in C major

    Performer: Tom Donald.
    • Thames International.

  • Ida Moberg

    Sunrise Orchestral Suite (Stillness)

    Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • Nilento.

  • Shreyas Murali

    Paths Less Travelled

    Performer: Shreyas Murali.
    • Karma Sounds.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bucolic Suite (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Karl‐Heinz Steffens. Orchestra: Staatsphilhamonie Rheinland-Pfalz.
    • CapriccioNR.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto in F major, RV 489 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sophie Dervaux. Orchestra: La Folia Barockorchester.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Emmanuel Ceysson

    Le Fil Rouge d'apres un theme de Mathias

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson.
    • Little Tribeca.

  • Fedir Yakymenko

    Angel, Poem-Nocturne

    Conductor: Dalia Stasevska. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Platoon.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Pieces, Book 9, Op 68 (5th mvt, 'Cradle Song')

    Performer: Vladimir Feltsman.
    • Wyastone Estate.

  • Blake Morgan

    Moonrise

    Choir: VOCES8. Ensemble: Ringmasters.
    • Voces8.

  • Charlotte de Rothschild

    4 pieces for piano (No 4, Waltz)

    Performer: Inbar Rothschild.
    • CRD.

  • Frank Bridge

    The Two Hunchbacks (Act III: Prelude)

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Chandos.

  • Noah Ryder

    Five Sketches for Piano (No 4, Poem)

    Performer: Geoffrey Kiorpes.
    • Noah Ryder.

  • Julia Perry

    Yee Who Seek the Truth

    Conductor: James Blachly. Orchestra: Experiential Orchestra.
    • Bright Shiny Things.

  • Marie Dare

    Elegy

    Performer: Yan Levionnois. Performer: Héloïse Luzzati. Performer: Xavier Phillips. Performer: Caroline Sypniewski.
    • La Boite a Pepites.

  • Lucy Walker

    In peace, I will lie down and sleep

    Choir: Continuum. Conductor: Harry Guthrie.
    • Continuum Choir Ltd.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Adagio und Rondo (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Jean-Philippe Poncin. Ensemble: Wolf.
    • OUTHERE.

  • Luke Howard

    Interlinked (5th mvt, 'Growth')

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia.
    • Mercury.

  • Carl Reinecke

    Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in E minor, Op 182 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Conductor: Hannu Lintu. Orchestra: Staatsphilhamonie Rheinland-Pfalz.
    • Claves.

  • Frederick Delius

    On Craig Dhu, (No 2, 'An Impression of Nature')

    Choir: The Carice Singers. Conductor: George Parris.
    • NAXOS.

  • Nino Rota

    Romeo and Juliet (Love Theme)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Singer: Marina Viotti. Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jiménez. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Concerto for violin & horn (2nd mvt: Elegy "In Memoriam")

    Performer: Sophie Langdon. Performer: Richard Watkins. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Odaline de la Martínez.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Mel Bonis

    3 Danses, Op 62/2 (No 1, Bourée)

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus

    Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Warner.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    I Should Like in a Single Word

    Performer: Takako Nishizaki. Conductor: Peter Breiner. Orchestra: Queensland Orchestra.
    • NAXOS.

Broadcast

  • Wednesday 09:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind