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Radio 3 Unwind,12 May 2025,180 mins

Clear your mind and destress with calming 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. Today Sian features uplifting, and soothing melodies from Rachmaninov, Schubert, and Laure Chan. Professor Catherine Loveday explores how group singing can reduce anxiety, and Sian explains how bookending your day with natural light can encourage positivity.

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Meditation (Thais)
    Meditation (Thais)
    Jules Massenet
  3. 2.
    Holiday Sketches (3rd mvt, 'Evening in the Odenwald')
    Holiday Sketches (3rd mvt, 'Evening in the Odenwald')
    John Foulds
  4. 3.
    Symphony No 3 in B minor (2nd mvt)
    Symphony No 3 in B minor (2nd mvt)
    Rutland Boughton