Welcome the morning with peaceful 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 relaxing, enriching melodies from Bizet, Clarice Assad, and Brian Eno. There's a chance to Find You Focus this morning with music by Alexandra Streliski, and Sian Takes a Breath in inclement weather to survey a misty valley. Also, Professor Catherine Loveday joins the show again to reveal why we all blink unconsciously while listening to music.
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Jean Sibelius
Suite from Belshazzar's Feast, Op 51 (2nd mvt, Solitude)
Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.- Chandos.
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Orlande de Lassus
Missa Bell' amfritit' altera (Agnus Dei)
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Johannes Brahms
11 Chorale Preludes, Op 122 (No 8, 'Es ist ein ros entsprungen')
Performer: Samson Tsoy. Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni.- LINN.
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Dorothy Howell
2 Pieces for Muted Strings (No 2)
Conductor: Teresa Riveiro B枚hm. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. -
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Louiguy
La vie en rose
Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.- Orchid.
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Alexandra Str茅liski
Plus t么t
Performer: Lavinia Meijer.- Sony.
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Alexander Scriabin
6 Preludes, Op 13 (Prelude No 5 in D major)
Performer: Anthony Hewitt.- Champs Hill.
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Morten Lauridsen
Lux aeterna (3rd mvt, 'O nata lux')
Choir: Chamber Choir of Europe. Conductor: Nicol Matt.- DG.
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Thomas Pitfield
Theme and Variations (Var II, 'Air - Canon')
Conductor: Douglas Bostock. Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim.- CPO.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No 20 in D major, K 499, 'Hoffmeister' (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.- Warner.
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Ruth Gipps
Symphony No 1 in F minor, Op 22 (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.- Chandos.
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Alberto Ginastera
Danzas argentinas, Op 2 (2nd mvt, 'Danza de la moza donosa')
Performer: Fran莽ois-Xavier Poizat.- Piano Classics.
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Joanna Borrett
Us
Ensemble: Her Ensemble.- Her Ensemble.
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Mikl贸s R贸zsa
The Jungle Book Suite (4th mvt, Lullaby)
Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.- Chandos.
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Trad.
Amazing Grace
Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Carlos Simon. Music Arranger: Carlos Simon.- Decca.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Gipsy Suite, Op 20 (3rd mvt, Ballade)
Conductor: Adrian Leaper. Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra.- Naxos.
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Cipriani Potter
Symphony in B flat major (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales.- CPO.
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Florence Price
Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight (No 5, 'He Cannot Rest until a Spirit-Dawn shall come')
Choir: Malm枚 Operak枚r. Orchestra: Malm枚 Operaorkester. Conductor: John Jeter.- Naxos.
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Carl Nielsen
The Mist is Rising (The Mother)
Ensemble: Ensemble MidtVest.- CPO.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata, BWV 159 (Es ist vollbracht)
Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.- DG.
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Carlos de Seixas
Sinfonia in B flat major (1st mvt)
Conductor: 脕lvaro Cassuto. Orchestra: Orquestra do Algarve.- Naxos.
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Bernard Hughes
Three Swans (The Bereaved Swan)
Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Paul Brough.- Signum.
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Robert Schumann
12 Klavierstucke fur kleine und grosse kinder, Op 85 No 12 (Abendlied)
Performer: Kian Soltani. Conductor: Gregory Ahss. Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg.- DG.
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Brian Eno
An Ending (Ascent)
Performer: Eleanor Turner. Conductor: Daniele Rosina. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan.- Signum.
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Gabriela Montero
Improvisation No 1
Performer: Gabriela Montero.- Orchid.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Oboe Concerto (2nd mvt, 'Minuet & Musette')
Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Conductor: James MacMillan. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.- HM.
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Jocelyn Pook
Introspection
Performer: Ang猫le Dubeau. Ensemble: La Piet脿.- Analekta.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No 28 in A major, Op 101 (1st mvt)
Performer: Paul Wee.- BIS.
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Freddie Aguilar
Anak [Child]
Performer: Xuefei Yang.- Warner.
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Edward Elgar
The Wand of Youth Suite, No 1, Op 1a (No 6, 'Slumber Scene')
Conductor: Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hall茅.- Halle.
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Clarice Assad
4 Miniatures (3rd mvt, Lullaby)
Performer: Connie Sheu.- Connie Sheu.
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Edvard Grieg
Hjertesar [The Wounded Heart]
Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.- BIS.
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Leo Brouwer
Ojos brujos [Bewitching Eyes]
Performer: Marco Tamayo.- Naxos.
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Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin (2nd mvt, Fugue)
Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.- Warner.
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Esther Abrami
Nightlight
Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Kim Barbier.- Sony.
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Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphony No 1 in D minor, Op 13 (3rd mvt)
Conductor: Alexander Anisimov. Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland.- Naxos.
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Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No 1 (2nd mvt, Intermezzo)
Conductor: Fran莽ois Leleux. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.- Outhere.
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Reinhold Moritzevich Gli猫re
Harp Concerto in E flat major, Op 74 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne.- Sony.
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Andrey Bondarenko
Our Father
Choir: Chamber Choir of the Grodno Chapel. Conductor: Larisa Ikonnikova.- Soliton.
Broadcasts
- Mon 16 Mar 2026 09:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
- Saturday 09:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind