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Radio 3 Unwind,07 Sep 2026,180 mins

Destress your morning with gentle harmonies

Classical Unwind

Available for 28 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 pleasing, relaxing music from composers including Prokofiev, Hildegard von Bingen, and Mozart, and a chance to Find Your Focus in a piece by Sophia Jani which takes inspiration from the way change in our lives often happens slowly and without us noticing. Sian Takes a Breath outside and encounters an obstacle in her path, and Professor Catherine Loveday joins the show to explain how good for us listening to music really is.

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Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Cavallerina Rusticana (Intermezzo)
    Cavallerina Rusticana (Intermezzo)
    Pietro Mascagni
  3. 2.
    The Moorings
    The Moorings
    Dorothy Howell
  4. 3.
    O Waly Waly
    O Waly Waly
    Trad.