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Bathe your morning in spellbinding classical music

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 uplifting and heart melting melodies from Vaughan Williams, Beethoven, and Julie Cooper, this episode also gives you a chance to Find Your Focus through the slowly pulsing music of Ola Gjeilo. Sian Takes a Breath and finds inspiration in a group of fishermen she stumbles across on her run. Also, Professor Catherine Loveday explores what makes listening to music with other people so enjoyable.

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Music Played

  • Mel Bonis

    Danse sacrée, Op 37 / 3

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

  • Jacques Arcadelt

    Il bianco e dolce cigno

    Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Hyperion.

  • Robert Schumann

    3 Romances, Op 28 (No 2 in F sharp major)

    Performer: Kenji Miura.
    • Warner.

  • José Luis Merlin

    Suite del recuerdo (1st mvt, 'Evocación')

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Decca.

  • Hans Sitt

    Albumblätter for viola and piano, Op 39

    Performer: Adrien La Marca. Performer: Danae Dörken.
    • La Dolce Volta.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Chi sà, chi sà qual sia, K582

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Conductor: Andreas Spering. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.
    • Sony.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    4am feeling

    Performer: Ola Gjeilo.
    • Decca.

  • Eric Coates

    Miniature Suite (1st mvt, 'Children's Dance')

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

  • Joachim Raff

    Cavatina, Op 85 No 3

    Performer: Jan Vogler. Conductor: Helmut Branny. Orchestra: Dresdner Kapellsolisten.
    • Sony.

  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Harmonia das Esferas

    Performer: Karin Fernandes.
    • Azul Muisc.

  • Edward German

    Romeo & Juliet (Incidental Music: Pastorale)

    Conductor: Adrian Leaper. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No 2 in E minor, Op 27 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Robin Ticciati. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
    • Linn.

  • Clara Schumann

    6 Lieder, Op 13 (No 3, 'Liebeszauber')

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Olga Scheps.
    • Sony.

  • Adalbert Gyrowetz

    Symphony in E flat major, Op 6 No 2 (3rd mvt, Minuetto)

    Conductor: Matthias Bamert. Orchestra: London Mozart Players.
    • Chandos.

  • Kim André Arnesen

    Flight Song

    Choir: Kantorei. Conductor: Joel Rinsema.
    • Naxos.

  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for String Orchestra, Op 20 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Vincent Diamante

    Waltzing in the Rain (Sky OST)

    Performer: Cocomi. Performer: Kaori Muraji. Performer: Soichi Muraji. Music Arranger: Rei Mugi.
    • Decca.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 6 in C major, D 589 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Sony.

  • Omer Avital

    Ballad for Eli

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Yonathan Avishai. Performer: Omer Avital.
    • DG.

  • Ricard Lamote de Grignon

    El convent dels peixos [The Fish Convent]

    Performer: Jordi Masó.
    • Naxos.

  • Lionel Sainsbury

    Cuban Dance No 2

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia.
    • Dutton.

  • Julie Cooper

    Whispers On Water

    • Audio Network Rights Limited.

  • Slow Meadow

    Helium Life Jacket

    Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Choir: VOCES8.
    • DECCA.

  • Karen Tanaka

    Polar Bear

    Performer: Ian Buckle.
    • Rubicon.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

    Ensemble: LSO String Ensemble. Director: Roman Simović.
    • LSO Live.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D minor, Op 76 No 2, Hob III:76, 'Fifths' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Erato.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Reverie

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony.

  • Jessica Curry

    The Mourning Tree

    Choir: London Voices. Conductor: Ben Parry.
    • Jessica Curry Ltd.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony No 3, Op 57 (2nd mvt, 'Theme & Variations')

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

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 61 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Conductor: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Warner.

  • Jung Jae-il

    Esthesia [the capacity for sensation and feeling]

    Performer: Jung Jae-il. Conductor: Péter Illényi. Orchestra: Budapest Scoring Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • John Barry

    Gifts of Nature

    Conductor: David White. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 5 in E minor, Op 64 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Semyon Bychkov. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.
    • Decca.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Song of Prosperine

    Conductor: Michael Waldron. Orchestra: London Choral Sinfonia.
    • Orchid.

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  • Last Wednesday09:00
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