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Restorative music to clear your mind

Let the gentle sound of lush strings and flowing piano melodies guide you into focus, with music from Edvard Grieg, Yumiko Morioka, and Ruth Gipps.

Find calm and clarity amidst the bustle of daily life with this restorative classical music mix, crafted to provide a soothing backdrop for study and creative work. Featuring a tranquil guitar rendition of an iconic piece by Mel Bonis, a Studio Ghibli soundtrack piece performed by pianist Tamara Anna Cislowska, and pastoral orchestral works by quintessential British composers including Ruth Gipps and George Butterworth.

Produced by Jamie Green
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Fri 9 Oct 2026 12:00
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Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood (Arr. Lawson for Harp)

    Performer: Alis Huws.
    • Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites, Symphonic Dances & Old Norwegian Melody.

  • Alexander Chapman Campbell

    Dance

    Performer: Gordon Bragg. Performer: Brian Schiele. Performer: Su-a Lee. Performer: Rick Standley.
    • For The Love of Life.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Oboe Concerto in D Minor, Op. 20: II. Andante

    Performer: Juliana Koch. Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2.

  • Yumiko Morioka

    Ever Green

    Performer: Yumiko Morioka.
    • Resonance.

  • Takeo Toyama

    Rondeau

    Performer: Throwing a Spoon.
    • Bored to death.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Song to the Moon (from Rusalka)

    Performer: HAUSER. Performer: Robert Ziegler. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Song to the Moon (from Rusalka).

  • Joe Hisaishi

    Mother Sea (from "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea") - Piano Version

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • One Summer's Day: Studio Ghibli Favourites for Solo Piano by Joe Hisaishi.

  • Mel Bonis

    Prélude, Op. 10

    Performer: Rosie Bennet.
    • Prélude, Op. 10.

  • Simon Rackham

    Three Parts in Nine

    Performer: Simon Rackham.
    • Three Parts in Nine.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    12 Etudes, Op.8, No. 8 in A-flat major

    Performer: Alexander Gadjiev.
    • 12 Etudes, Op.8, No. 8 in A-flat major.

  • Alanna Crouch

    Ebb and Flow

    Performer: Alanna Crouch.
    • From Another Perspective.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach, JS: Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C Minor, BWV 1060: II. Adagio

    Performer: Nemanja Radulović. Performer: Double Sens. Performer: Sébastien Giot.
    • Winter Adagios.

  • Dustin O’Halloran

    Opus 20

    Performer: Dustin O’Halloran.
    • Piano Solos, Vol. 2.

  • Takuro Kikuchi

    緑に揺れる

    Performer: Takuro Kikuchi.
    • 春の音.

  • George Butterworth

    II. Adagio non troppo

    Performer: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Performer: Krišs Russman.
    • Butterworth: Orchestral Works.

  • Lydia Clapperton

    Reconnaissance

    Performer: Lydia Clapperton.
    • fluviale.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Berceuse Op. 16

    Performer: Ann Hobson Pilot.
    • A Dream.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    I'll bid my heart be still

    Performer: Peter Mallinson. Performer: Lynn Arnold.
    • Brief Encounters.

  • Megan Perry Fisher

    Pensée iv

    Performer: Megan Perry Fisher.
    • Pensées.

  • Rosey Chan

    The Improvisation That Led Me To Moon River

    Performer: Rosey Chan.
    • The Improvisation That Led Me To Moon River.

  • Pauline Viardot

    Hai Luli!, VWV 1106 (Arr. for Violin, Harp and String Quintet by Jan-Peter Klöpf

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Performer: Esther Abrami Ensemble.
    • Women.

  • Margaret Jacobsohn

    Romanza

    Performer: Alexandra Mackenzie. Performer: Ingrid Sawers.
    • Beyond Twilight: Music for Cello & Piano by Female Composers.

  • Michael Price

    Breaking the Horizon

    Performer: Michael Price.
    • The Hope of Better Weather.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in C Major, H. 649, Wq. 174: II. Andante

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Performer: Mayumi Hirasaki.
    • C.P.E. Bach: Symphonies.

  • Tony Njoku

    Lost Forever

    Performer: Tony Njoku.
    • Sketches & Noodles of Bloom.

Broadcast

  • Fri 9 Oct 2026 12:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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