Ease into your day with welcoming harmonies
Calming classical music to inspire focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented by broadcaster, author and psychologist Dr Sian Williams.
Calming classical music to help you focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented by broadcaster, author and psychologist Dr Sian Williams.
Featuring soothing and nourishing melodies from Clara Schumann, JS Bach and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 鈥 plus learn if listening to classical music can make you more intelligent, and Sian goes on a walk to explores how embracing the seasons can be beneficial for our health.
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Music Played
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Serenade for Strings in E major, Op.22 (IV. Larghetto)
Performer: Archi di Santa Cecilia. Performer: Luigi Piovano.- ELOQUENTIA.
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Frank Bridge
Music When Soft Voices Die
Performer: Tenebrae. Performer: Nigel Short.- SIGNUM.
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Gustav Holst
The Planets, Op. 32 (Venus, the Bringer of Peace)
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- RPO/DE WOLFE.
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Clara Schumann
3 Romances, Op. 11 - No. 1, Andante
Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.- Romance 鈥 The Piano Music of Clara Schumann.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 4.
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Ruth Gipps
Symphony No. 2 in One Movement, Op. 30: V. Adagio
Performer: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Performer: Rumon Gamba.- CHANDOS.
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John Ireland
The Holy Boy
Performer: Sinfonia of London. Performer: John Wilson.- CHANDOS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude, Fugue & Allegro for Lute in E flat major, BWV998 (I. Prelude)
Performer: Sean Shibe.- DELPHIAN.
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Adolphus Hailstork
Symphony No.1 (II. Adagio: Lento ma non troppo)
Performer: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Performer: JoAnn Falletta.- NAXOS.
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Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante d茅funte, M. 19 (Arr. Maganini for Flute and Harp)
Performer: Markus Klinko. Performer: Beno卯t Fromanger.- ERATO.
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Maurice Ravel
Pell茅as et M茅lisande (Suite symphonique) [Arr. J. Nott for Orchestra], Act 1: M茅
Performer: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Performer: Jonathan Nott.- PENTATONE.
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H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult
Piano 脡tude No. 37 in G Major
Performer: Clare Hammond.- BIS.
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John Foulds
Isles of Greece
Performer: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Performer: Ronald Corp.- (DUTTON/麻豆社).
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Toru Takemitsu
Nami no Bon (I. Tray of Waves)
Performer: Sakkyo. Performer: Tadaaki Otaka.- CHANDOS.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Overture from La Traviata (Prelude to Act I)
Performer: Orchestra of the Budapest State. Performer: Iosif Conta.- CLASSICAL GALLERY.
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Elfrida Andr茅e
Four Piano Pieces: (I. Andantino)
Performer: Oskar Ekberg.- DAPHNE.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Les Bor茅ades / Act IV - Entr茅e de Polymnie (Live)
Performer: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Performer: Marc Minkowski.- DG.
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Sally Beamish
In the Stillness
Performer: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Performer: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Performer: Anna Lapwood.- SIGNUM.
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Takashi Yoshimatsu
Two Little Pieces (II. No毛l)
Performer: Craig Ogden.- CHANDOS.
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Ottorino Respighi
The Birds (Gli Uccelli): La Colomba
Performer: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Li猫ge. Performer: John Neschling.- BIS.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19: II. Adagio (Live)
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. Performer: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.- DG.
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Betty Jackson King
Four Seasonal Sketches for Piano: No. 1, Spring Intermezzo
Performer: Samantha Ege. -
Jean Sibelius
Suite For Violin And String Orchestra, Op. 117 - 1. Country Scenery
Performer: Esther Yoo. Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- DG.
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Mel Bonis
Piece Op.189
Performer: Juliette Hurel. Performer: H茅l猫ne Couvert.- ALPHA.
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Franz Schreker
Valse Lente
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky. -
Arthur Bliss
Kenilworth, F 13 (II. Serenade on the Lake)
Performer: Black Dyke Band. Performer: John Wilson.- CHANDOS.
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George Frideric Handel
Water Musick, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VI. Air
Performer: Alfredo Bernardini. Performer: Zefiro.- ARCANA.
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Louis Spohr
Concertante in G Major for Violin and Harp, WoO 13 (Adagio)
Performer: Mar铆a Due帽as. Performer: Volker Kempf. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker.- DG.
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Morten Lauridsen
O Nata Lux
Performer: Voces 8.- DECCA.
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Henriette Reni茅
Harp Concerto in C Minor (II. Adagio)
Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Performer: Orchestre R茅gional Avignon Provence. Performer: Samuel Jean.- NAIVE.
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R. Nathaniel Dett
Magnolia, Pt. 2 (IV. Mammy)
Performer: Clipper Erickson.- NAVONA.
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Edward Elgar
Chanson de Nuit, Op.15 No.1
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- RPO/DE WOLFE.
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Rebecca Dale
Materna Requiem (6. Paradisum Interlude)
Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Clark Rundell.- DECCA.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Quintet in E-Flat Major, K. 407/386c: II. Andante
Performer: Nash Ensemble.- PARLAPHONE.
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Imogen Holst
Variations on "Loth to Depart" (Theme)
Performer: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Performer: Alice Farnham.- NMC.
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Gerald Finzi
Love's Labour's Lost Suite, Op. 28a: IX. Soliloquy No. 3, Dumaine's Poem
Performer: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Performer: Howard Griffiths.- NAXOS.
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C茅cile Chaminade
Po猫mes Proven莽al, Op. 127 (II. Solitude)
Performer: Joanne Polk.- STEINWAY&SONS.
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Ronald Binge
The Watermill
Performer: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Ernest Tomlinson.- NAXOS.
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Rachel Portman
The Duchess: End Titles
Performer: Session Orchestra.- LAKESHORE RECORDS.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
6 Polish Songs, S. 480: II. Fr眉hling (Arr. Liszt after Chopin, Op. 74 No. 2)
Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.- WARNER.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64: III. Valse. Allegro moderato
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.- BERLIN PHILHARMONIC.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Romance for Violin, Op.39 (I. Larghetto)
Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Chineke! Orchestra. Performer: Kevin John Edusei.- DECCA.
Broadcasts
- Tue 5 Nov 2024 09:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
- Thursday 09:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind