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Boost your morning routine with restorative 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 elevating, and charming music, including pieces by Franz Liszt, Benjamin Britten and Margaret Bonds. Sian takes a walk for a breath of fresh air and is enchanted by the sound of bell ringers, and Professor Catherine Loveday joins the show to explain how music can boost our dopamine levels.

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Tue 10 Dec 2024 09:00
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Music Played

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Rhapsodie Orientale, Op. 29: I. Andante

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
    • Decca.

  • Franz Liszt

    12 脡tudes d'ex茅cution transcendante, S. 139: No. 3 Paysage (Poco adagio)

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.
    • Parlophone.

  • Claude Debussy

    Petite Suite: I. En bateau

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Os Justi

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Chorus of Wales.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 44 No. 1 - III. Andante espressivo ma con moto

    Performer: Artemis Quartet.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: III. Andante

    Performer: Alfredo Bernardini. Ensemble: Zefiro.

  • Fela Sowande

    African Suite: II. Nostalgia. Andante

    Performer: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta.
    • Cedille.

  • Bernard Hughes

    The Winter it is Past

    Ensemble: 麻豆社 Singers. Director: Paul Brough.
    • Signum.

  • Katharine Emily Eggar

    Idyll

    Orchestra: Suffrage Sinfonia. Director: Alice Farnham.
    • ABC.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    L'Ondine,Op.101

    Performer: Mark Viner.
    • PIANO CLASSICS.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 80: II. Andante semplice - Andantino

    Performer: Anthony Marwood. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Moods "Stimmungen", Op. 73: IV. Folketone

    • Mediaphon.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Pavane

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • San Francisco Symphony.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No. 10 in B flat major, K. 361 "Gran Partita": III. Adagio

    Ensemble: LSO Wind Ensemble.
    • LSO.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Tomorrow Song

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Suffolk Suite - Orford Ness

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's Suite in C major, Op. 29: III. Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Der Schneemann: Moderato

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Chandos.

  • Albert Ket猫lbey

    Bells Across the Meadows

    Performer: Slovak Radio Folk Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • NAXOS.

  • Florence Price

    Untitled Sketch No. 1

    Performer: Samantha Ege.
    • Lontano.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Hymn to the Virgin

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Director: Graham Ross.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Five Bagatelles, Op. 23: Romance (arr. for saxophone and piano)

    Performer: Naomi Sullivan. Performer: Robin Bigwood.
    • Boosey & Hawkes.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No. 5 in D - III. Romanza: Lento

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Director: Neville Marriner.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Pieces - Butterfly

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Triple Concerto in C major, Op. 56: II. Largo

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • Decca.

  • Hilda Dederich

    Moonlight through the Cedar Tree

    Performer: David Reeves.
    • Fleur de Son.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in C

    • Cavendish.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake, Op. 20 - Act I - Pas de Trois - Andante Sostenuto

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Margaret Bonds

    The Ballad of the Brown King, VII: Oh, sing of the king who was tall and brown

    Choir: The Dessoff Choirs. Director: Malcolm Merriweather.
    • The Desoff Choirs.

  • Grace Williams

    Sea Sketches: V. Calm Sea in Summer

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic.

  • Adrian Sutton

    Violin Concerto: II. Far Cliffs

    Performer: Fenella Humphreys. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Conductor: Michael Seal.
    • Chandos.

  • Vicente Lusitano

    Regina Coeli

    Ensemble: The Marian Consort.
    • Linn.

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations, Op. 36: Variation IX 'Nimrod'

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Ben Davies. Performer: Hannah Roberts. Performer: Josephine Knight. Performer: Caroline Dearnley. Performer: Ashok Klouda.
    • DECCA.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sinfonietta, FP 141: III: Andante Cantabile

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • Chandos.

  • 脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Violin Sonata no 1 in D minor - VI. Aria

    Performer: David Plantier. Performer: Daniela Dolci.
    • PAN CLASSICS.

  • Henry Purcell

    Rondeau from the Fairy Queen

    Performer: Gabrieli Consort.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 22 Nov 2024 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tue 10 Dec 2024 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind