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Lift your spirits with beautiful 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 soothing and enriching melodies from Max Bruch, Jean Sibelius, and Cecile Chaminade, this episode also has a chance to Find Your Focus for the morning with music featuring a harp, strings and electronics by composer Lara Somogyi. Sian explores the comfort of the sound of home as she steps outside to Take a Breath after some time away. Also, Professor Catherine Loveday explains why music is particularly valuable to adolescents.

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Music Played

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    African Suite, Op 35 (2nd mvt, 'A Love Song')

    Conductor: Anthony Parnther. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Poemes provencaux, Op 127 (1st mvt, 'Dans la Lande')

    Performer: Joanna Kacperek.
    • Rubicon.

  • Luís de Freitas Branco

    Two Melodies for String Orchestra (No 2)

    Orchestra: Camerata Atlantica.
    • Naxos.

  • Max Bruch

    Odysseus, Op 41 (Prelude)

    Conductor: Robert Treviño. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.
    • CPO.

  • Lara Somogyi

    mirabel

    Ensemble: Lara Somogyi & Friends.
    • Mercury KX.

  • Anna Semple

    My bonny lies

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

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 33 in B flat major, KV 319 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Iona Brown. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Hanssler.

  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Serenade in F major (4th mvt, Notturno)

    Conductor: Hannu Koivula. Orchestra: Gävle symfoniorkester.
    • Naxos.

  • Eunike Tanzil

    Pearl's Lullaby

    Performer: Eunike Tanzil.
    • DG.

  • William Croft

    Ground

    Performer: Alis Huws.
    • Decca.

  • Hubert Parry

    Symphony No 4 in E minor (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Chandos.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Rossiniana, P 148 (3rd mvt, 'Intermezzo')

    Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Duet for cello and bass in D majo2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Chris Grist. Performer: Sebastian Pennar.
    • CMG.

  • Lucy Walker

    O Sacrum Convivium

    Choir: Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Sony.

  • Florence Price

    On A Summer's Eve

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Guild Music.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Sun Triptych (3rd mvt, 'Dusk')

    Performer: Roman Mints. Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • ECM.

  • Sir Henry Rowley Bishop

    Home Sweet Home

    Performer: Christopher Mallett.
    • Naxos.

  • Henry Purcell

    Harpsichord Suite No 2 in G minor, Z 661, arr for piano (2nd mvt, Allemande)

    Performer: Shani Diluka.
    • Warner.

  • Joseph Horovitz

    Music Hall Suite (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Onyx Brass. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Claude Debussy

    La boite a joujoux (Le sommeil de la boite)

    Conductor: Jun Märkl. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon.
    • Naxos.

  • Marques L. A. Garrett

    My Heart be Brave

    Choir: London Voices.
    • OUP.

  • Eric Coates

    The Jester at the Wedding (5th mvt, 'Caprice / The Princess')

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Jean Sibelius

    In Alten Heim, Op 74 No 4

    Performer: Annika Treutler.
    • decurio.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Romance, Op 37

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Conductor: François Leleux. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.
    • Warner.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Harp Sonata (1st mvt)

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Bertrand.
    • Ars.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in C major, Hob VIIg:C (2nd mvt)

    Performer: François Leleux. Orchestra: Münchener Kammerorchester.
    • Sony.

  • Alan Silvestri

    Feather Theme (Forrest Gump)

    Ensemble: Café del Mundo. Orchestra: Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg.
    • Sony.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madama Butterfly (Act 2: 'Un bel di')

    Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Universal.

  • Lyle Chan

    Untitled, for Steve

    Performer: Alex Raineri.
    • Decca.

  • Dave Brubeck

    Once When I Was Very Young

    Choir: Houston Chamber Choir. Director: Robert Simpson.
    • Navona.

  • Alexander Litvinovsky

    Snow White (1st mvt, 'Three Drops of Blood on the Snow')

    Conductor: Pavel Lyubomudrov. Orchestra: Metamorphose String Orchestra.
    • Halidon.

  • Antonio Lauro

    María Luisa

    Performer: Cristiano Poli Cappelli.
    • Brilliant.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Orchestral Suite No 2 in C major, Op 53 (2nd mvt, Valse)

    Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata 'In allen meinen Taten', BWV 97 (4th mvt, 'Ich traue seiner Gnaden')

    Ensemble: Ayres Extemporae.
    • Outhere.

  • Patrick Doyle

    The Newly Weds (Death on the Nile OST)

    • Hollywood Records.

Broadcast

  • Monday09:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind