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Radio 3 Unwind,05 Aug 2026,180 mins

Fill your morning with joyful classical 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 lilting, enriching melodies from composers including Mozart, Valerie Coleman, and George Butterworth, and a chance to Find Your Focus for the morning in the music of Max Richter. Sian discovers an ancient Yew tree while she is out on a walk to Take a Breath, and Professor Catherine Loveday returns to the show to explain how the music we listen to, may remarkably have an impact on the food we want to eat.

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    The Banks of Green Willow
    The Banks of Green Willow
    George Butterworth
  3. 2.
    Symphony No 89 in F major, Hob I:89 (2nd mvt)
    Symphony No 89 in F major, Hob I:89 (2nd mvt)
    Joseph Haydn
  4. 3.
    Captain Horatio Hornblower RN (4th mvt, 'Lady Barbara')
    Captain Horatio Hornblower RN (4th mvt, 'Lady Barbara')
    Robert Farnon