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Lift your morning with gentle classical sounds

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 warm harmonies from Emilie Mayer, Maurice Ravel, and Erich Korngold, Sian also takes time to notice the smaller things in nature while on a walk. Plus, Professor Catherine Loveday explores how music affects our ability to study - enhancement or distraction?

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Music Played

  • John Foulds

    Keltic Suite, Op.29: ii. A Lament (Lento eroico)

    Performer: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.
    • 麻豆社.

  • Max Richter

    Winter 2 (2022)

    Performer: Max Richter. Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Chineke! Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Young Prince & Princess

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Extreme.

  • Harry Burleigh

    Southern Lullaby

    Performer: Lara Downes. Performer: PUBLIQuartet.
    • Rising Sun Records.

  • Laura Mvula

    Sing to the Moon

    Performer: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge.
    • Signum Records.

  • Michael Nyman

    The Heart Asks Pleasure First

    Performer: Ahn Trio.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54: Intermezzo (Andantino Grazioso)

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki. Performer: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Sylvia, ou La Nymphe de Diane Suite, Act I: No. 4b, Valse lente

    Performer: Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op 72 no 2

    Performer: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Ryan Wigglesworth.
    • 麻豆社.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: II. Andante

    Performer: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Performer: Juanjo Mena.
    • 麻豆社.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Hymn Tune Prelude on Song 13 by Orlando Gibbons

    Performer: Mark Bebbington.
    • SOMM.

  • William Grant Still

    Africa: Land of Romance

    Performer: Fort Smith Symphony.
    • Naxos.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35: II. Romanze

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne No. 20 In C Sharp Minor

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Peter Limonov.
    • Decca.

  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    Piano Sonata No. 9 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 5, No. 3: II. Adagio non troppo

    Performer: Nicolas Horvath.
    • Grand Piano.

  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 5 No. 2: II. Largo

    Performer: Fumika Mohri.
    • Cedille.

  • Elisabetta de Gambarini

    Sonata in F Major, Op 1 No 4: Tempo di Gavotta

    Performer: Margherita Torretta.
    • Piano Classics.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty, Prologue: March-Entrance Of Fairies

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Extreme.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma m猫re l'Oye, M. 60: V. Le jardin f茅erique

    Performer: Sakari Oramo. Performer: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.
    • 麻豆社.

  • Ayo Bankole

    African Suite: II. Ioahun Re

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • Heritage.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 2: III. Adagio

    Performer: Georges Pr锚tre.
    • Warner.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante Festivo

    Performer: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • UMG.

  • Franz Waxman

    Tristan and Isolde. Love Music (After Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"). Moderately

    Performer: Svetlin Roussev. Performer: Yeol Eum Son.
    • Believe International.

  • Louis Glass

    Sommerliv Suite, Op 27: IV. In the Twilight

    Performer: Daniel Raiskin. Performer: Rheinische Philharmonie.
    • CPO.

  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Blumenleben, Op. 19: No. 5, Rose

    Performer: Hiroko Ishimoto.
    • Grand Piano.

  • Ferruccio Busoni

    7 Short Pieces for the Cultivation of Polyphonic Playing, BV 296: No. 7

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • HYPERION.

  • Elfrida Andr茅e

    Sommarminnen fr氓n Bjursl盲tt: 2. Andante

    • ALTFIOL i V脛ST.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Nuvole Bianche

    Performer: Ludovico Einaudi. Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: I Virtuosi Italiani. Performer: Parco della Musica Contemporanea Ensemble.
    • Decca.

  • Gerald Finzi

    5 Bagatelles, Op. 23a (Arr. L. Ashmore for Clarinet & Strings): No. 4, Forlana.

    Performer: Robert Plane.
    • Naxos.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No 2 in E minor, III. Un Poco adagio

    Performer: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Leo McFall.
    • CPO.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No 13 in A minor, Op 29: Andante

    Performer: Artemis Quartet.
    • WARNER.

  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's Suite, Op 29, No 2 IV. Finale, "The Dargason"

    Performer: Kenneth Sillito. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra & Uppsala Chamber Orchestra.
    • AMERITZ MUSIC.
    • 1.

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  • Last Tuesday 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind