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Bring peace to your day with stirring 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 beautifully gentle and enriching pieces from composers including Beethoven, Strauss, and Alma Mahler, and a chance to Find Your Focus with the intimate music of composer Koshun Nakao. Sian Takes a Breath and muses on the joy of being surprised by nature after being woken by soulful birdsong, and Professor Catherine Loveday explores a study which shows that arts and cultural engagement can slow down the pace of ageing.

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Music Played

  • Samuel Coleridge鈥怲aylor

    Legende, Op 14

    Performer: Lorraine McAslan. Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • LYRITA.

  • Christopher Tin

    Song Offerings (4th mvt, 'Only Thee')

    Performer: Alicia Rigsby. Choir: Kantorei. Conductor: Nicholas Recuber.
    • DECCA.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Octet in E flat major, Op 103 (2nd mvt, Andante)

    Ensemble: MIB Wind Ensemble.
    • Channel.

  • Florence Price

    Violin Concerto No 1 in D major (2nd mvt, Andante)

    Performer: Fanny Clamagirand. Conductor: John Jeter. Orchestra: Malm枚 Operaorkester.
    • NAXOS.

  • Kanji Nakao

    Umbrellas

    Performer: Koshun Nakao.
    • Aemeralds.

  • Arnold Bax

    I Sing of a Maiden

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

  • Johann Mattheson

    Air from Harpsichord Suite No 5 in C minor

    Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski. Conductor: Matthias Bamert. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Ferdinando Carulli

    Andantino, Op 241 (5th mvt)

    Performer: Giulio Tampalini.
    • Edizioni Curci.

  • Laura Netzel

    Suite for Violin and String Orchestra, Op 83 (3rd mvt, 'Berceuse')

    Performer: Malin Broman. Orchestra: Musica Vitae Chamber Orchestra.
    • dB Productions.

  • Gerald Finzi

    I have loved Flowers that fade (7 Poems of Robert Bridges, Op 17: 2nd mvt)

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Frank Bridge

    Suite for String Orchestra, H 93 (1st mvt, 'Prelude')

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Chandos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor, K478 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Pierre Colombet. Performer: M谩t茅 Sz眉cs. Performer: Eckart Runge. Performer: Julien Libeer.
    • HM.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep May Safely Graze

    Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.
    • Collegium Records.

  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    5 Lieder (1st mvt, 'Die stille stadt')

    Performer: Ariana Kashefi. Performer: Peter Limonov.
    • Champs Hill.

  • Rutland Boughton

    Symphony No 1 'Oliver Cromwell' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Vernon Handley. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton.

  • Pau Casals

    Song Of The Birds

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: CBSO Cellos.
    • Decca.

  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    Piano Etude No 110 in A

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • BIS.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Oboe Concerto in A minor (1st mvt, 'Rondo pastorale')

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Conductor: James MacMillan. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
    • HM.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Il pastor fido, HWV 8a, (Overture: 5th mvt)

    Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. Orchestra: The English Concert.
    • DG.

  • Kathryn Bostic

    True Love (Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Lakeshore.

  • Joanna Marsh

    Going to Heaven!

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Signum.

  • Max Bruch

    Hermione, Op 40 (Prelude)

    Conductor: Robert Trevi帽o. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.
    • CPO.

  • Hiromi

    Somewhere

    Performer: Hiromi.
    • Telarc.

  • Valborg Aulin

    String Quartet in E minor, Op 17 No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Tale Quartet.
    • Musica Sveciae.

  • Percy Grainger

    Youthful Rapture

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Universal.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Scaramouche Suite, Op 71 (6th mvt)

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: Oulu Sinfonia.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Cassandra Miller

    Sinner, Don't Let this Harvest Pass (4th mvt, 'Sweetly, with forgiveness and patience')

    Performer: Joseph Havlat.
    • DIVINE ART.

  • Zygmunt Stojowski

    Romanze in E flat, Op 20

    Performer: Bartlomiej Niziol. Conductor: Lukasz Borowicz. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in A, K208

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • SONY.

  • Richard Strauss

    Tanzsuite aus Klavierst眉cke von Francois Couperin, Op 86 (7th mvt, 'Allemand')

    Conductor: Jun M盲rkl. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Lesley Barber

    Sentimental Journey (Mansfield Park OST)

    Conductor: Nigel Eaton. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • RCA Victor.

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