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Enrich your morning with enchanting harmonies

Calming classical music to inspire focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented by broadcaster, author and counselling psychologist Dr Sian Williams.

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 gentle, enriching music from Ireland, Bruch and Beach, and a chance to Find your Focus for the morning with the music of Chad Lawson. Sian finds solace from stress with the sound of song birds while out to Take a Breath, and Professor Catherine Loveday explores how early we connect with music, via a fascinating study which has found that babies' brains can follow a beat as soon as they are born.

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Music Played

  • Granville Bantock

    Serenade for String Orchestra, 'In the Far West' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Douglas Bostock. Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim.
    • CPO.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in C minor, K 388/384a (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: MIB Wind Ensemble.
    • Channel.

  • Edward MacDowell

    Romanze in E Minor, Op. 35

    Performer: Peter Dixon. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Taylor Scott Davis

    I carry your heart with me

    Choir: VOCES8 Foundation Choir. Orchestra: VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.
    • Voces8.

  • Hilde Loewe-Flatter

    Das alte Lied

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.

  • Chad Lawson

    Sanctuary (Together)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Chad Lawson.
    • Decca.

  • Howard Goodall

    And the Bridge is Love

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Warner.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    3 Romances sans paroles, Op 17 (No 3 in A flat major)

    Performer: Margarita Balanas. Performer: Alexandra Whittingham.
    • Decca.

  • Otýlie Dvořáková-Suková

    Ukolébavka (Lullaby)

    Performer: Antonio Oyarzabal.
    • IBS.

  • Max Bruch

    Kol Nidrei, Adagio for Cello, Op 47

    Performer: Natalie Clein. Conductor: Ilan Volkov. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Scenes de ballet, Op 52 (2nd mvt, 'Marionettes')

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Hubert Parry

    An English Suite (5th mvt, 'Pastoral')

    Conductor: Douglas Bostock. Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim.
    • CPO.

  • William Grant Still

    Ennanga (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Videmus.
    • New World.

  • M. Camargo Guarnieri

    Choro for Violin and Orchestra (2nd mvt, 'Calmo')

    Performer: Davi Graton. Conductor: Isaac Karabtchevsky. Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • George Walker

    Lyric for Strings

    Conductor: Kellen Gray. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Linn.

  • Constance Warren

    Idyll

    Performer: Duncan Honeybourne.
    • Grand Piano.

  • Antônio Carlos Gomes

    Condor (Act III: Notturno)

    Conductor: Fabio Mechetti. Orchestra: Orquestra filarmônica de Minas Gerais.
    • Naxos.

  • Amy Beach

    A Hermit Thrush at Morn, Op 92 No 2

    Performer: Finghin Collins.
    • Claves.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 28 in A major, Hob I:28 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Johannes Klumpp. Orchestra: Heidelberger Sinfoniker.
    • Haenssler.

  • Ernest Chausson

    7 Mélodies, Op 2 (7th mvt, 'Le colibri')

    Performer: Harriet Krijgh. Performer: Magda Amara.
    • Universal.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Sonatine, M 40 (2nd mvt, 'Mouvement de Menuet')

    Music Arranger: John Rutter. Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.
    • Collegium.

  • Franz Liszt

    Consolations, S 172 (No 4 in D flat major)

    Performer: Alis Huws.
    • Decca.

  • Edward Elgar

    Romance, Op 62

    Performer: Karen Geoghegan. Conductor: Benjamin Wallfisch. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North.
    • Chandos.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 2 in B flat major, Op 52, 'Hymn of Praise' (No 8, Chorale)

    Choir: MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig. Orchestra: MDR Sinfonieorchester. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • Naxos.

  • Dora Pejačević

    Blumenleben, Op 19 (No 2, 'Violets')

    Performer: Nataša Veljković.
    • CPO.

  • Shirō Sagisu

    When I Find Peace of Mind

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Conductor: Michael England. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • John Ireland

    3 Dances (No 2, 'Country Dance')

    Performer: Mark Bebbington.
    • SOMM.

  • Frederic Hymen Cowen

    Reverie

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Four poems of Thomas Campion (The Hours of Sleepy Night)

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Paul Brough.
    • Signum.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue No 5 in D major, BWV 874 (Fugue)

    Performer: Aaron Pilsan.
    • Alpha.

  • Robert Schumann

    Bilder aus Osten, Op 66 (4th mvt, 'Chanson orientale')

    Conductor: Daniel Dodds. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings.
    • SONY.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade No 1 in D major, Op 11 (4th mvt, Menuetto I & II)

    Conductor: Jaime Martín. Orchestra: Gävle symfoniorkester.
    • Ondine.

  • Emilie Mayer

    String Quartet in G Major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Amai Quartet.
    • Da Vinci.

  • Agnes Tyrrell

    8 Choruses, Op 7 (No 1, 'Vorüber')

    Choir: Gewandhauschor Leipzig. Conductor: Gregor Meyer.
    • CPO.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony No 3 in C minor (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Léo Delibes

    Coppelia (Act II: Valse de la poupee)

    Conductor: Andrew Mogrelia. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 27 Apr 202609:00
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