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Start your day off with the uplifting sound of 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 serene and enchanting music from Gerald Finzi, Anna Lapwood, and Aaron Copland, this episode explores the emotional affect that live music has on us. Plus, Sian dips her feet in the sea!

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Music Played

  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arlessiene (3rd mvt, Adagietto)

    Orchestra: Grenoble Chamber Orchestra. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • NAIVE.

  • Franz Schubert

    Adagio in E flat Major for Piano and Strings, D987

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • CRD Records.

  • Rebecca Dale

    Materna Requiem: In Paradisum ('If I Should Go')

    Choir: Kantos Chamber Choir. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • Decca.

  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    I Pagliacci: Intermezzo

    • Ultimate Classix.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Suite for Violin and Piano ('Cavatina')

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.
    • Decca.

  • Frank Merrick

    Suite in the 18th Century Style (Siciliano)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis.
    • Hyperion.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Concerto in F H 18.3 (2nd mvt, Largo cantabile)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Josef Suk

    Serenade in E flat for String Orchestra (1st mvt, Andante con moto)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • WARNER.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fantasia in D minor K 397

    Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.
    • 麻豆社.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Violin Concerto (2nd mvt, Molto Sereno)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Tarik O鈥橰egan

    Locus iste

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Director: Timothy Brown.
    • King's College Cambridge.

  • Haydn Wood

    Concert for Piano and Orchestra in D minor (2nd mvt, Andante)

    Performer: Hamish Milne. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.

  • Henry Purcell

    Fantazia No 5 in B flat major

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Warner.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    5 Variants of Dives & Lazarus

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • 麻豆社.

  • Nkeiru Okoye

    African Sketches for piano ('Dusk')

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Albany Records.

  • Adrian Sutton

    5 Theatre Miniatures ('Polperro Beach')

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Conductor: Michael Seal.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Pieces ('Notturno')

    Performer: Unknown.
    • Extreme Music Library Ltd..

  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude a l'apres midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.
    • 麻豆社.

  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Somm.

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Sonata in G minor ('2nd mvt, Adagio)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • DECCA.

  • Anna Lapwood

    O Nata Lux

    Choir: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Signum Records.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony No 1 in E minor (2nd mvt, Largo maestoso)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.
    • DECCA.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon in Double Echo a 12

    Performer: Eric Crees. Ensemble: LSO Brass.
    • LSO Live.

  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    Concerto for violin in Bb major, Op 7 No 2 ('Adagio')

    Performer: Fumika Mohri.
    • NAXOS.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne Op 27 No 2 in D fat major

    Performer: Mieczyslaw Horszowski.
    • 麻豆社.

  • William Walton

    Two Pieces for Strings from Henry V ('Death of Falstaff')

    Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Kenneth Sillito.
    • 2014 Ameritz Music Ltd.

  • Aaron Copland

    Concerto for clarinet, strings, harp and piano ('Slowly and expressively')

    Performer: David Shifrin. Ensemble: New York Chamber Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Warenr Classics.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Trinity Triptych ('O Nata Lux')

    Choir: Phoenix Chorale. Conductor: Christopher Gabbitas.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 11 Dec 2024 09:00
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