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Radio 3 Unwind,10 Aug 2026,180 mins

Enhance your day with gentle melodies

Classical Unwind

Available for 26 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 peaceful and comforting melodies from composers, including Rebecca Dale, Percy Grainger, and Francis Poulenc, and music by Nils Frahm to accompany you finding your morning focus. Also, Sian spies some sheep while out to Take a Breath and wonders at the perfection of nature, and Professor Catherine Loveday explains why listening to music can make our imaginations more vivid.

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Symphony No 2 in B flat major, Op 52, 'Hymn of Praise' (1st mvt, 'Sinfonia')
    Symphony No 2 in B flat major, Op 52, 'Hymn of Praise' (1st mvt, 'Sinfonia')
    Felix Mendelssohn
  3. 2.
    Jasmine
    Jasmine
    Julian Lloyd Webber
  4. 3.
    Dans L'Orient
    Dans L'Orient
    Rudy Wiedoeft