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Elevate your morning with refreshing classical 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 uplifting, soothing tunes from Bach, Cecile Chaminade, and Anton Bruckner, Sian explores the idea of soft focus while getting some fresh air, and Professor Catherine Loveday explains some of the ways in which music can actually connect us.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Edward MacDowell

    Suite No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 48: II. Love Song

    Performer: Ulster Orchestra. Performer: Takuo Yuasa.
    • Naxos.
  • Florence Price

    5 Folksongs in Counterpoint for String Quartet: No. 3, Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

    Performer: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture - TH.42 - Love Theme

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra. Performer: Giuseppe Sinopoli.
    • UMG.
  • Taylor Scott Davis

    Sonnet 81

    Performer: Apollo5.
    • VOCES8.
  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor Op. 22: II. Romance. Andante ma non troppo

    Performer: Bomsori.
    • Warner.
  • Max Richter

    Love Song

    Performer: Max Richter.
    • UMG.
  • Henry Eccles

    Double Bass Sonata in G Minor, No 11: 1. Largo

    Performer: Jacek Miruki.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314: II. Adagio non troppo

    Performer: Ivan Podyomov. Performer: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Performer: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Aparte.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Ave Maria

    Performer: 麻豆社 National Chorus of Wales.
    • 麻豆社.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Dies Natalis, Op. 8

    Performer: Orchestra of the Swan. Performer: Philip Sheppard. Performer: David Le Page.
    • Signum.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne No.1

    • EXTREME.
  • Frederick Delius

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden

    Performer: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.
    • 麻豆社.
  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    Sonata in A minor, Op. 2 No. 3: II. Adagio

    Performer: Sophie Rosa. Performer: Ian Buckle.
    • Rubicon.
  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    Symphonie Concertante in A Major, Op. 9 No. 2: I. Allegro

    Performer: Yury Revich. Performer: Libor Je啪ek. Performer: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Performer: Michael Hal谩sz.
    • Naxos.
  • Georges Bizet

    Jeux d'enfants, Op. 22: XI. Petit Mari, Petite Femme

    Performer: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth. Performer: Les Si猫cles.
    • Mirare.
  • Elfrida Andr茅e

    Piano Trio in G Minor: II. Andante con espressione

    Performer: Trio Nordica.
    • Intim Musik.
  • Eric Whitacre

    i carry your heart

    Performer: 麻豆社 Singers.
    • 麻豆社.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: VIII. Epilogue

    Performer: Marc Soustrot. Performer: Aarhus Symfoniorkester.
    • Danacord.
  • Alexis Ffrench

    Forever Song

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench. Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: James Morgan.
    • Sony.
  • Claude Debussy

    Danse sacr茅e (I. Dans sacree)

    Performer: The Cleveland Orchestra.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041: II. Andante

    Performer: Daniel Lozakovich. Performer: Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • Kate Bush

    This Woman's Work

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Performer: Richard Balcombe.
    • Decca.
  • Hubert Parry

    'Hypatia' - Incidental Music: I. Andante (Hypatia and Philammon) Act 3: Entr'act

    Performer: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125 - XIII. The Swan (Arr. Hodge for Cello, Harp and Ensemble)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Katherine Thomas. Performer: CBSO Cellos.
    • Decca.
  • Gabriela Montero

    So帽ando Contigo (Improvisation)

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Warner.
  • William Alwyn

    5 Preludes: No 4: Andante Con Moto

    Performer: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
  • Margaret Bonds

    The Ballad of the Brown King - I. Of the three wise men

    Choir: The Dessoff Choirs. Orchestra: The Dessoff Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Merriweather. Conductor: Malcolm Merriweather.
    • AVIE Records.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No.9 in E Minor, Op. 95 - From the New World - 2 - Largo

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • De Wolfe.
  • Evangeline Livens

    Shadows

    Performer: Duncan Honeybourne.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 \"Classical\": II. Larghetto

    Performer: Gianandrea Noseda. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • LSO Live.
  • Sheila Mary Power

    Suite for Cello & Piano No. 1 in E Major: II. Arioso

    Performer: Catherine Wilmers. Performer: Simon Marlow.
    • Decca.
  • Manuel Ponce

    Chapultepec: II. Nocturno (Live)

    Performer: Orquesta Sinf贸nica de San Luis Potos铆. Performer: Jos茅 Miramontes Zapata.
    • Toccata.
  • Trad.

    Uti V氓r Hage

    Performer: Lunds students氓ngare. Performer: Mats Paulson. Music Arranger: Hugo Alfv茅n.
    • Naxos.
  • William Byrd

    Infelix ego, Mass for 5 Voices & Motets - Kyrie

Broadcasts

  • Thu 14 Nov 2024 09:00
  • Fri 3 Jan 2025 09:00