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Relieve your morning stress with beautiful 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 comforting and enriching melodies from composers including John Rutter, Chiquinha Gonzaga, and Mozart, and a chance to Find your Focus for the morning with luminous music by Marta Cascales Alimbau. Sian has an emotional experience when out to Take a Breath when she happens upon some benches in a field, and Professor Catherine Loveday joins the show to explain the science behind why music may heighten spiritual and religious experiences.

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Music Played

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Notturno for strings & harp

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Jane Berthe. Orchestra: Zurcher Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Ortuda

    Performer: Karin Fernandes.
    • Azul Music.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    I am the resurrection

    Choir: ORA Singers. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Orchid Classics.

  • Johann Baptist Vanhal

    Symphony in F major, Bryan F5 (3rd mvt, Menuetto)

    Conductor: Ivan Repu拧i膰. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra.
    • CPO.

  • John Lennon and Paul Mccartney

    Yesterday

    Performer: Jan Vogler. Orchestra: Neuhardenberg Ensemble.
    • Sony.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 21 in C, K467, 'Elvira Madigan' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Robert Fuchs

    Serenade No 4 in G minor, Op 51 (3rd mvt, Menuett)

    Conductor: Christian Ludwig. Orchestra: K枚lner Kammerorchester.
    • Naxos.

  • Marta Cascales Alimbau

    Moonlit

    Performer: Marta Cascales Alimbau.
    • DG.

  • Leonardo Andersen

    Media Zamba

    Performer: Leonardo Andersen.
    • Prima Classic.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Caesar and Cleopatra (5th mvt, 'Dance Interlude III / Waltz Time')

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    8 Slavonic Dances, Op 72 (2nd mvt, Dumka)

    Performer: Adrienne So贸s. Performer: Ivo Haag.
    • Prospero Classical.

  • Hildegard of Bingen

    O eterne Deus

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gordon Hamilton.
    • Sony.

  • Umberto Giordano

    Fedora (Intermezzo to Act II)

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

  • Ernst von Wanczura

    Symphonie Russe (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Altera Pars. Conductor: Pavel Serbin.
    • CPO.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto No 2 in F major, Op 102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Goodnight Moon

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Sony.

  • Young-Seop Choi

    Longing for Mt Geumgang (arr for cello & piano)

    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Daria Hovora. Music Arranger: Mischa Maisky.
    • DG.

  • Percy Grainger

    Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Shreyas Murali

    Rebuilding Trust

    Performer: Shreyas Murali.
    • Platoon.

  • Steve Reich

    Duet

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Soyoung Yoon. Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer. Orchestra: Scoring Berlin.
    • DG.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony No 1 in F minor, Op 22 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Chad Lawson

    fields of forever

    Performer: Chad Lawson. Performer: Esther Yoo. Performer: Peter Gregson.
    • DECCA.

  • Max Bruch

    In der nacht, Op 72 (arr for violin & orchestra)

    Performer: Eldbjorg Hemsing. Conductor: Gergely Madaras. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic.
    • SONY.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Nach dir Herr verlanget mich, BWV 150 (No 7, Chorus: 'Meine Tage in dem Leide')

    Choir: VOCES8. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.
    • VCM Records.

  • Mel Bonis

    Largo in E flat major, Op 83

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.7 in A major Op.92 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER.

  • Joseph Bologne

    String Quartet No 5 in E flat, Op 14 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Prelude (49th Parallel)

    Performer: Bradley Creswick. Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • Warner.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    White Landscapes (No 3, 'Disappearance of Snow')

    Performer: John Barrow. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.
    • CHANDOS.

  • John Rutter

    Lead, Kindly Light

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Collegium.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Orientale, Op 22

    Performer: Anna Caterina Binda.
    • Movimento Classical.

  • Joanna Borrett

    Rebellion (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Her Ensemble.
    • Signum.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Missa Papae Marcelli (4th mvt, 'Sanctus')

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • Decca.

  • Fred Hartley

    Rouge et noir

    Conductor: Ronald Corp. Orchestra: New London Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Poppy Ackroyd

    Between Two Worlds

    Performer: Poppy Ackroyd.
    • One Little Independent Records.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No 6 in A (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker.

  • Johann Pachelbel

    Nun Danket alle Gott

    Choir: Academic Choir of the Gdansk University. Ensemble: Gda艅sk Philharmonic Brass. Conductor: Roman Perucki.
    • Soliton.

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