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Soothing Sounds from Scotney Castle for 麻豆社 Nature Week

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

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 from Scotney Castle in Kent.

Featuring gentle and refreshing music from Janacek, Hildegard of Bingen, and Anoushka Shankar. Sian explores the beautiful landscape of the National Trust's Scotney Castle, and muses on the way reflections can change the way we see things. Plus, Professor Catherine Loveday explains how it can be helpful to think about our ancestors.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Roberto Molinelli

    Lady Walton's Garden (2nd mvt, 'Victoria Amazonica')

    Performer: Anna Serova. Conductor: Roberto Molinelli. Orchestra: Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento.
    • NAXOS.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    In the Mists (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • ONDINE.
  • Rachel Portman

    Tipping Points (2nd mvt, 'Air')

    Performer: Niklas Liepe. Conductor: Erina Yashima. Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester.
    • SONY.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Ave maris stella, EG 150

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • VOCES8 RECORDS.
  • Rosey Chan

    Forest Mystique (Rebirth)

    Performer: Rosey Chan. Orchestra: The Sonic Orchestra.
    • SONIC APOTHECARY.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Fantasia on 'The Last Rose of Summer', Op 15

    Performer: Benjamin Frith.
    • NAXOS.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto in D major (2nd mvt, 'Canzonetta')

    Performer: Guy Braunstein. Conductor: Kirill Karabits. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Tsuneo Imahori

    Stars of Sand (Trigun)

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham.
    • DECCA.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Concerto No 1 in G major, K 313 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Anna Besson. Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen. Orchestra: A Nocte Temporis.
    • ALPHA.
  • Josephine Lang

    Liederbuch, Vol 2 (No 5, 'How brightly beams your eye')

    Performer: Lorraine Campet. Performer: Nathana毛l Gouin. Music Arranger: Lorraine Campet.
    • 础笔础搁罢脡.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 1 in D major, 'Titan' (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Semyon Bychkov. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Vos flores rosarum [You are the flowers of the rose]

    Choir: Voices of Ascension Chorus. Conductor: Dennis Keane.
    • DELOS.
  • Trad.

    My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose (arr for violin and orchestra)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Music Arranger: Paul Campbell. Conductor: Rory MacDonald. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • DECCA.
  • Herbert Howells

    Summer Idyls (No1, 'Meadow-Rest')

    Performer: Matthew Schellhorn.
    • NAXOS.
  • Jon Lord

    To Notice Such Things (1st mvt, 'As I Walk Out One Evening')

    Performer: Cormac Henry. Performer: Jon Lord. Conductor: Clark Rundell. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • AVIE.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Frozen River Flows

    Performer: Janey Miller. Performer: Joby Burgess.
    • OBOE CLASSICS.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Suite for string orchestra, JW 6 / 2 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Iona Brown. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Eclogue, Op 10

    Performer: Mark Bebbington. Conductor: Howard Williams. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • SOMM.
  • Hubert Clifford

    A Kentish Suite (3rd mvt, 'Pastoral and Folk Song')

    Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.
  • William Grant Still

    Folk Suite No 1, arr for violin and piano (1st mvt, 'Bambalele e Spin Garda')

    Performer: Clifford Panton Jr. Performer: Jason Alfred.
    • CENTAUR.
  • Xiaogang Ye

    Sichuan Image, Op 70 (No 28, 'Dreaming back to South Sichuan')

    Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • BIS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 6 in D major, BWV1012 (4th mvt, 'Sarabande')

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • COLUMBIA.
  • Leonel Power

    Sanctus

    Choir: Gothic Voices. Conductor: Christopher Page.
    • HYPERION.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 4 in B flat major, Op 60 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: 脕d谩m Fischer. Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra.
    • NAXOS.
  • Kerry Andrew

    Apples, Plums, Cherries

    Ensemble: Juice Vocal Ensemble.
    • RESONUS CLASSICS.
  • Anoushka Shankar

    Say Your Prayers

    Composer: Manu Delago. Performer: Manu Delago. Singer: Larry Grenadier.
    • DG.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 13 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.
    • ALPHA.
  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Cello Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 49 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Marina Tarasova. Conductor: Veronika Dudarova. Orchestra: 小懈屑褎芯薪懈褔械褋泻懈泄 芯褉泻械褋褌褉 袪芯褋褋懈懈.
    • ALTO.

Broadcast

  • Tue 7 Oct 2025 09:00