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Recharge with soothing classical melodies

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 beautiful, soaring music from Binge, Awadis, and Brahms, and a chance to Find Your Focus with the music of Takashi Yoshimatsu. Sian Takes a Breath and tries her hand at disconnecting from tech and reconnecting with nature, and Professor Catherine Loveday joins the show to explore whether the shiver down the spine we can all experience when listening to music could, in fact, be genetic.

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Music Played

  • Malcolm Arnold

    4 Scottish Dances Op 59 (No 3, Allegretto)

    Conductor: Andrew Penny. Orchestra: Queensland Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto no.2 in E Major BWV.1053 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • Warner.

  • William Lawes

    Fantasie First

    Conductor: Philippe Pierlot. Ensemble: Ricercar Consort.
    • Mirare.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95, 'From the New World' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann. Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
    • Warner.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Canticle of Quiet Rain

    Ensemble: Music Lab Collective.
    • UMG.

  • Bernhard Crusell

    Clarinet Quartet No 3 in D major, Op 7 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Dame Thea King. Ensemble: Allegri String Quartet.
    • Hyperion.

  • Anton Rubinstein

    Symphony No 4 in D minor, Op 95, 'Dramatic' (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Igor Golovchin. Orchestra: Russian State Symphony Orchestra.
    • Delos.

  • Felice Anerio

    Missa Che Fa Oggi Il Mio Sole (Kyrie)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.

  • John Barry

    Dances with Wolves (John Dunbar Theme)

    Conductor: John Barry. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Epic.

  • Elfrida Andrée

    Five Small Tone Pictures in Sequence, Op 7 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Oskar Ekberg.
    • Daphne.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello Concerto in A minor, H 432 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Director: Jonathan Cohen. Ensemble: Arcangelo.
    • Hyperion.

  • Jessica Curry

    Disappearing (Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Soundtrack)

    Choir: Metro Voices. Choir: London Voices. Conductor: James Morgan.
    • Sony.

  • Frederick Delius

    La Calinda (Concert Version)

    Conductor: Myer Fredman. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz No 3 in A minor, Op 34 No 2

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • DG.

  • Ilse Weber

    Ich wandre durch Theresienstadt

    Choir: Vlaams Radiokoor. Conductor: Bart Van Reyn.
    • Antarctica.

  • John Ireland

    Decorations, Suite for Piano (The Island Spell)

    Performer: Mark Bebbington.
    • SOMM.

  • Edward Elgar

    The Wand of Youth, Suite No 2, Op 1b (4th mvt, 'Fountain Dance')

    Conductor: Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.
    • Halle.

  • York Bowen

    Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 33 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Lorraine McAslan. Conductor: Vernon Handley. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton.

  • Nobuo Uematsu

    Tifa's Theme, arr for guitar (Final Fantasy 7)

    Performer: Kaori Muraji. Music Arranger: Yoshihiro Koseki.
    • universal.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet in E major, Op 11 No 5 (3rd mvt, Minuetto)

    Director: Fabio Biondi. Orchestra: Europa Galante.
    • Warner.

  • Judith Bingham

    Beneath These Alien Stars

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Signum.

  • Eric Coates

    Four Ways Suite (2nd mvt, 'Southwards Valse')

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton Epoch.

  • H. Leslie Adams

    Etude No 14 in C major

    Performer: Thomas Otten.
    • Albany.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O felix anima, response for St Disibod

    Choir: Anonymous 4.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Double Concerto in A minor, Op 102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Tianwa Yang. Performer: Gabriel Schwabe. Conductor: Antoni Wit. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
    • Naxos.

  • Friedrich Anton Fleischmann

    Wiegenlied, K 350

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Music Arranger: Nicholas Ellis. Ensemble: Pavão String Quartet.
    • DG.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Four Sacred Pieces (Ave Maria)

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Decca.

  • Henriëtte Bosmans

    Cello Sonata in A minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • Sony.

  • Marie Awadis

    Étude No 7, 'Exodus' (Orchestral Version)

    Performer: Marie Awadis. Orchestra: Scoring Berlin.
    • DG.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Symphony No 1 in E flat major, Op 2 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France.
    • Warner.

  • Ronald Binge

    Sailing By

    Performer: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.
    • Warner.

  • Peteris Vasks

    Skumja mate (Sad Mother)

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava.
    • ONDINE.

Broadcast

  • Last Monday09:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind