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Radio 3 Unwind,17 Aug 2026,180 mins

Start your morning right with beautiful harmonies

Classical Unwind

Available for 29 days

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, warming pieces from composers including Gabriel Faure, Florence Price, and Alice Mary Smith, and a chance to find your focus with mesmerising music for piano by Hania Rani. Sian spies some beautiful blooms while out to Take a Breath, and Professor Catherine Loveday explores whether we all have an inbuilt, dedicated capacity for music from birth.

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104 (2nd mvt)
    Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104 (2nd mvt)
    Antonín Dvořák
  3. 2.
    Salammbo Suite (5th mvt, arr for chamber orchestra)
    Salammbo Suite (5th mvt, arr for chamber orchestra)
    Modest Mussorgsky
  4. 3.
    Song without Words in F major, Op 2 (No 3 arr for cello & piano)
    Song without Words in F major, Op 2 (No 3 arr for cello & piano)
    Pyotr Tchaikovsky