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Radio 3 Unwind,20 Jan 2025,180 mins

Begin your day with refreshing classical music

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 flowing, soothing melodies from Rachmaninov, Ethel Barns, and Palestrina. Sian is inspired by a distant horizon, and Professor Catherine Loveday explains how is our brain able to distinguish different instruments from each other when we listen to music.

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Enfants D'Un Reve, Op 43 (2nd mvt, 'Dream Children')
    Enfants D'Un Reve, Op 43 (2nd mvt, 'Dream Children')
    Edward Elgar
  3. 2.
    Rise up, my love, my fair one, Op 314
    Rise up, my love, my fair one, Op 314
    Healey Willan
  4. 3.
    Song for Orchestra, Op 33
    Song for Orchestra, Op 33
    Ruth Gipps