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Refresh your morning with calming 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 gently moving music from Rachmaninov, Haydn, and Avril Coleridge-Taylor, Sian marvels at the resilience of nature while out to Take a Breath. Plus, Professor Catherine Loveday explains why it is that classical music can make us feel more serene.

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Music Played

  • John Rutter

    Suite for Strings (3rd mvt, 'O, Waly Waly')

    Conductor: Tzelaw Chan. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Music Makers.
    • OMM.

  • Guido Santorsola

    Suite all'antica (3rd mvt, 'Piccola arietta')

    Performer: Luis Orlandini. Performer: Raimundo Luco.
    • Naxos.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Come away, come away death, Op 18 No 1 (Instrumental)

    Performer: Amy Dickson. Conductor: Nicholas Collon. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Edward Elgar

    Four Choral Songs, Op 53 (Deep in my soul)

    Choir: The Rodolfus Choir. Conductor: Ralph Allwood.
    • Signum.

  • Philip Glass

    Metamorphosis (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Floraleda Sacchi.
    • Decca.

  • Albert Roussel

    Symphony No 1 Op 7, 'Le Poeme dans la foret' (3rd mvt, 'Soir d'ete')

    Conductor: St茅phane Den猫ve. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Montgomery Variations (No 7, 'Benediction')

    Conductor: Kellen Gray. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Linn.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    3 Melodies, Op 4 (No 2 in C sharp minor)

    Performer: Pierpaola Porqueddu.
    • Halidon.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Miracle in the Gorbals (4th mvt, 'The Young Lovers')

    Conductor: Michael Seal. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons, Op 37a (3rd mvt, 'March, Song of the lark')

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • DG.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

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

    Orchestrator: Chris Cameron. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in E flat, H XVI No 49 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Florence Price

    Song for Snow

    Performer: Chloe Flower. Conductor: Jessica Cottis. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Popsical Music Group.

  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasiest眉cke, Op 73 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Performer: Leonid Ogrintchouk.
    • Harmonia mundi.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Reverie, Op 24

    Conductor: Fabio Luisi. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Peter Phillips

    Ecce panis angelorum a 8

    Choir: Choir of Royal Holloway. Ensemble: The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble. Conductor: Rupert Gough.
    • Hyperion.

  • John Ireland

    Two Pieces for Piano (1st mvt, April)

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • Resonus Classics.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no. 2 in B flat major D.125 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Berlin Phil.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    Spring

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • DG.

  • Alan Hovhaness

    Hymn to Glacier Peak (2nd mvt, 'Love Song to Hinako')

    Conductor: Gerard Schwarz. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • TELARC.

  • Eugen d鈥橝lbert

    Cello Concerto in C major, Op.20 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Kalmar.
    • Hyperion.

  • William Walton

    Sinfonia Concertante (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Clare Hammond. Conductor: George Vass. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Margaret Rizza

    Trinity Blessing

    Ensemble: Gaudete Ensemble. Conductor: Eamonn Dougan.
    • Convivium Records.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto in D major, K 107 No 1, after Bach (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean鈥怑fflam Bavouzet. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.
    • Chandos.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D minor, K 32

    Performer: Martin Fr枚st. Performer: Sebastien Dub茅.
    • Sony.

  • Elfrida Andr茅e

    Sommarminnen fr氓n Bjursl盲tt (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mats Larsson Gothe. Performer: David Bergstr枚m. Performer: Mattais Johansson. Performer: Lars-Erik Persson. Performer: Bengt Erson.
    • Altfiol i V盲st.

  • Cyril Scott

    Early One Morning

    Performer: Howard Shelley. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Piano Concerto in F minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Samantha Ege. Conductor: John Andrews. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Resonus Classics.

  • Sara Dowling

    Adios (arr for cello & guitar quartet)

    Performer: Sara Dowling. Music Arranger: Giorgio Serci. Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet.
    • Chandos.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne No 20 in C sharp minor (arr for violin and orchestra)

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Conductor: Michael Stern. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • SONY.

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Nocturne in E flat major

    Performer: Valery Kamyshov.
    • Melodiya.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Aleko (Intermezzo)

    Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Franz Liszt

    Ave Maria (1st mvt)

    Performer: Anna Pasetti.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Legends, Op 59 (No 8)

    Conductor: Tom谩拧 Netopil. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.
    • Pentatone.

  • M氓rten Jansson

    Requiem Novum (Pie Jesu)

    Choir: VOCES8. Choir: Apollo5.
    • Voces8 Records.

Broadcasts

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