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Calm your morning with gently expressive 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 inspiring and evocative melodies from Anna Clyne, Gershwin, and Bach, and your daily opportunity to Find Your Focus with the music of Snorri Hallgrimsson. In this episode, Sian is taken by the strength and flexibility of trees while out to Takes a Breath, and Professor Catherine Loveday explains why some people prefer to listen to music on headphones.

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Music Played

  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux aurumque

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Decca.

  • Carl Stamitz

    Sinfonia in D major, WolS I D-24

    Conductor: Timo Handschuh. Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim.
    • CPO.

  • Max Bruch

    String octet in B flat, Op posth (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Fantasias for 6 viols, No 2

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Signum.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Keyboard trio in G, 'Gypsy' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Warner.

  • Snorri Hallgrímsson

    I Am Weary, Don't Let Me Rest (Nowhere Sessions)

    Performer: Snorri Hallgrímsson. Performer: Chrissie Telma Guðmundsdóttir. Performer: Karl Pestka. Performer: Unnur Jónsdóttir.
    • DG.

  • James MacMillan

    O Radiant Dawn

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

  • Julia Holter

    Midsummer's Eve (Idylle)

    Conductor: Atle Sponberg. Orchestra: Gjovik Sinfonietta.
    • Simax.

  • Claude Debussy

    Suite bergamasque (3rd mvt, 'Clair de lune')

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • DG.

  • Marianna Martines

    Sinfonia in C major (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Johannes Wildner. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.

  • Edward Elgar

    Elegy, Op 58

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

  • Leonora d'Este

    Angustiae Mihi Sunt

    Ensemble: Musica Secreta.
    • Obsidian.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Five Melodies for Piano Trio (2nd mvt, 'I was way down a-yonder')

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • Chandos.

  • Anna Clyne

    Within Her Arms

    Conductor: Rory Macdonald. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • LINN.

  • Trad.

    The Oak and the Ash

    Music Arranger: Gordon Langford. Choir: Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Hyperion.

  • Mel Bonis

    3 Femmes de legende (No 1, 'Ophelie', Op 165/2)

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

  • Bright Sheng

    3 Fantasies (No 1, 'Dream Song')

    Performer: Cho-Liang Lin. Performer: André-Michel Schub.
    • Naxos.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op 67

    Conductor: Laurence Equilbey. Orchestra: Insula Orchestra. Orchestra: Insula Camerata.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • George Gershwin

    I Loves You Porgy (Porgy and Bess)

    Performer: Wayne Marshall.
    • Warner.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Jane Grey, Op 15

    Performer: Alex Mitchell. Conductor: John Andrews. Orchestra: Manchester Collective.
    • Resonus.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Five Bagatelles, Op 23 (4th mvt, 'Forlana')

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Jocelyn Hagen

    The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (No 7, 'Nature')

    Ensemble: True Concord Voices & Orchestra. Conductor: Eric Holtan.
    • Reference.

  • Florence Price

    Sonata in E minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Guild.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in G minor, Op 4 No 6 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Simon Standage. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. Orchestra: The English Concert.
    • DG.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Serenade aux etoiles, Op 142

    Performer: Juliette Hurel. Performer: Hélène Couvert.
    • ALPHA.

  • Edward German

    Henry VIII (2nd mvt, 'Shepherds' Dance')

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

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Var 25)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Decca.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 6, 'Tragic' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Iván Fischer. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra.
    • Channel.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Ave Maris Stella

    Choir: Giovanni Gabrieli. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • DG.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Tempest Suite, Op 1 (No 12c, 'Epilogue')

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Johannes Brahms

    St Anthony Variations, Op 56a (Theme, 'Chorale St Anthony')

    Conductor: Adrian Boult. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • ICA CLASSICS.

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