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Radio 3 Unwind,02 Apr 2026,180 mins

Settle into the day with flowing classical harmonies

Classical Unwind

Available for 46 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 uplifting and enriching melodies from Leo Delibes, Margaret Bonds, and Benjamin Britten. Sian ponders on the positives of an unexpected diversion while out to Take a Breath, there's a chance to Find Your Focus with the music of Marie Awadis, and Professor Catherine Loveday explores how music stimulates the brain's "printing press for our memories" - the hippocampus.

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Suite No 4 in G, 'Mozartiana' (Preghiera)
    Suite No 4 in G, 'Mozartiana' (Preghiera)
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  3. 2.
    L'enharmonique
    L'enharmonique
    Jean‐Philippe Rameau
  4. 3.
    Musette guerriere (Etienne Marcel)
    Musette guerriere (Etienne Marcel)
    Camille Saint‐Saëns