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Still your morning with serene 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 inspiring, enriching melodies from composers including Bax, Price, and Dvorak, and a chance to Find Your Focus for the morning with music by Belle Chen meant to capture the feeling of being carefree and optimistic. Sian ponders on the difference between our cultivated and wild sides while out to Take a Breath, and Professor Catherine Loveday joins the show to explain why singing to a baby might have more profound effects than we realise.

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance in F major, Op 50

    Performer: Kristóf Baráti. Conductor: András Keller. Orchestra: Concerto Budapest.
    • Brilliant.

  • Florence Price

    Forest Scenes (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Clark.
    • Navona.

  • Edward Picton-Turbervill

    Spell of Creation

    Choir: London Choral Sinfonia. Conductor: Michael Waldron.
    • Orchid.

  • Paul Lewis

    Norfolk Suite (3rd mvt, 'Ranworth Broad')

    Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • EM.

  • Ernst Toch

    Spiel for Wind Orchestra, Op 39 (2nd mvt, 'Idyll')

    Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Belle Chen

    Breezy

    Performer: William Jack. Performer: Belle Chen.
    • Platoon.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Little Organ Book, BWV 599 (Now Come, Savior of the Nations, arr for orchestra)

    Conductor: José Serebrier. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Betty Jackson King

    Four Seasonal Sketches (No 1, 'Spring Intermezzo')

    Performer: Samantha Ege.
    • Lontano.

  • Richard Wagner

    Symphony in E major, WWV35 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Kathryn Bostic

    Solace (Compassion)

    Performer: Andreas Graf. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
    • Claves.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 4 in E flat major, K 282 (2nd mvt, Menuetto I & II)

    Performer: Mao Fujita.
    • Sony.

  • Philip Stopford

    Stabat Mater

    Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Christopher Gray. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Chapter of Truro Cathedral.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 1 in C minor, 'The Bells of Zlonice' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Libor Pešek. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Warner.

  • Orit Wolf

    Stillness

    Performer: Orit Wolf.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Nine Irish Folksongs (No 5, 'When She Answered Me')

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op 76 No 5 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Erato.

  • Ignaz Moscheles

    Les Contrastes 'Grand Duo', Op 115 (3rd mvt, Choral & Variation)

    Conductor: Ivor Bolton. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Ensemble: MultiPiano Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.

  • Dorothy Howell

    2 Pieces for Muted Strings (No 2, Moto perpetuo)

    Conductor: Douglas Bostock. Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim.
    • CPO.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Prométhée, Op 82 (Act III: Choir, 'Des ruisseaux et des sources claires')

    Choir: Chamber Choir Ireland. Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.
    • Naxos.

  • August Klughardt

    Wind Quintet, Op 79 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Les Vents Français.
    • Warner.

  • Pavel Grigorievich Chesnokov

    Cherubic Hymn, Op 7 No 1

    Choir: St John's Voices. Choir: Cambridge University Chamber Choir. Conductor: Graham Walker.
    • Naxos.

  • Arnold Bax

    Four Orchestral Pieces, GP 152 (3rd mvt, 'From the Mountains of Home')

    Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Franz Liszt

    Apparitions, S 155 (No 1)

    Performer: Eunhee Baek.
    • Da Vinci.

  • Libby Larsen

    Alaska Spring (3rd mvt, 'Fiddlehead')

    Choir: Allmänna Sången. Conductor: Maria Goundorina.
    • Swedish Society.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    12 Pieces, Op 40 (No 8, Valse)

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre.
    • Claves.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Aleko (Women's Dance)

    Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Lullaby Baby

    Choir: Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir. Director: Paul Spicer.
    • SOMM.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Ave Maria

    Conductor: Pavel Lyubomudrov. Orchestra: Metamorphose String Orchestra.
    • Halidon.

  • Rosey Chan

    A Short Story About Love

    Performer: Rosey Chan.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    Harp Concerto (Movement 2)

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Ave Maria, WAB 6

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Signum.

  • Lionel Sainsbury

    Cello Concerto Op 27 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Raphael Wallfisch. Conductor: Martin Yates. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Dutton.

  • Anon.

    Autumn Comes and Goes

    Performer: Takako Nishizaki. Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Breiner.
    • NAXOS.

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  • Monday09:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind