Ease into your day with welcoming harmonies
Calming classical music to inspire focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented by broadcaster, author and psychologist Dr Sian Williams.
Calming classical music to help you focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented by broadcaster, author and psychologist Dr Sian Williams.
Featuring soothing and nourishing melodies from Clara Schumann, JS Bach and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor β plus learn if listening to classical music can make you more intelligent, and Sian goes on a walk to explores how embracing the seasons can be beneficial for our health.
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Music Played
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AntonΓn DvoΕΓ‘k
Serenade for Strings in E major, Op.22 (IV. Larghetto)
Performer: Archi di Santa Cecilia. Performer: Luigi Piovano.- ELOQUENTIA.
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Frank Bridge
Music When Soft Voices Die
Performer: Tenebrae. Performer: Nigel Short.- SIGNUM.
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Gustav Holst
The Planets, Op. 32 (Venus, the Bringer of Peace)
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- RPO/DE WOLFE.
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Clara Schumann
3 Romances, Op. 11 - No. 1, Andante
Performer: Isata KannehβMason.- Romance β The Piano Music of Clara Schumann.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 4.
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Ruth Gipps
Symphony No. 2 in One Movement, Op. 30: V. Adagio
Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Performer: Rumon Gamba.- CHANDOS.
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John Ireland
The Holy Boy
Performer: Sinfonia of London. Performer: John Wilson.- CHANDOS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude, Fugue & Allegro for Lute in E flat major, BWV998 (I. Prelude)
Performer: Sean Shibe.- DELPHIAN.
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Adolphus Hailstork
Symphony No.1 (II. Adagio: Lento ma non troppo)
Performer: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Performer: JoAnn Falletta.- NAXOS.
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Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante dΓ©funte, M. 19 (Arr. Maganini for Flute and Harp)
Performer: Markus Klinko. Performer: BenoΓt Fromanger.- ERATO.
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Maurice Ravel
PellΓ©as et MΓ©lisande (Suite symphonique) [Arr. J. Nott for Orchestra], Act 1: MΓ©
Performer: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Performer: Jonathan Nott.- PENTATONE.
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Hélène de Montgeroult
Piano Γtude No. 37 in G Major
Performer: Clare Hammond.- BIS.
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John Foulds
Isles of Greece
Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Performer: Ronald Corp.- (DUTTON/ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ).
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Toru Takemitsu
Nami no Bon (I. Tray of Waves)
Performer: Sakkyo. Performer: Tadaaki Otaka.- CHANDOS.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Overture from La Traviata (Prelude to Act I)
Performer: Magyar Γllami OperahΓ‘z zenekara. Performer: Iosif Conta.- CLASSICAL GALLERY.
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Elfrida AndrΓ©e
Four Piano Pieces: (I. Andantino)
Performer: Oskar Ekberg.- DAPHNE.
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JeanβPhilippe Rameau
Les BorΓ©ades / Act IV - EntrΓ©e de Polymnie (Live)
Performer: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Performer: Marc Minkowski.- DG.
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Sally Beamish
In the Stillness
Performer: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Performer: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Performer: Anna Lapwood.- SIGNUM.
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Takashi Yoshimatsu
Two Little Pieces (II. NoΓ«l)
Performer: Craig Ogden.- CHANDOS.
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Ottorino Respighi
The Birds (Gli Uccelli): La Colomba
Performer: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège. Performer: John Neschling.- BIS.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19: II. Adagio (Live)
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. Performer: GΓ‘bor TakΓ‘csβNagy.- DG.
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Betty Jackson King
Four Seasonal Sketches for Piano: No. 1, Spring Intermezzo
Performer: Samantha Ege. -
Jean Sibelius
Suite For Violin And String Orchestra, Op. 117 - 1. Country Scenery
Performer: Esther Yoo. Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- DG.
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Mel Bonis
Piece Op.189
Performer: Juliette Hurel. Performer: Hélène Couvert.- ALPHA.
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Franz Schreker
Valse Lente
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky. -
Arthur Bliss
Kenilworth, F 13 (II. Serenade on the Lake)
Performer: Black Dyke Band. Performer: John Wilson.- CHANDOS.
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George Frideric Handel
Water Musick, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VI. Air
Performer: Alfredo Bernardini. Performer: Zefiro.- ARCANA.
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Louis Spohr
Concertante in G Major for Violin and Harp, WoO 13 (Adagio)
Performer: MarΓa DueΓ±as. Performer: Volker Kempf. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker.- DG.
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Morten Lauridsen
O Nata Lux
Performer: VOCES8.- DECCA.
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Henriette ReniΓ©
Harp Concerto in C Minor (II. Adagio)
Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Performer: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Performer: Samuel Jean.- NAIVE.
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R. Nathaniel Dett
Magnolia, Pt. 2 (IV. Mammy)
Performer: Clipper Erickson.- NAVONA.
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Edward Elgar
Chanson de Nuit, Op.15 No.1
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- RPO/DE WOLFE.
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Rebecca Dale
Materna Requiem (6. Paradisum Interlude)
Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Clark Rundell.- DECCA.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Quintet in E-Flat Major, K. 407/386c: II. Andante
Performer: Nash Ensemble.- PARLAPHONE.
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Imogen Holst
Variations on "Loth to Depart" (Theme)
Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Performer: Alice Farnham.- NMC.
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Gerald Finzi
Love's Labour's Lost Suite, Op. 28a: IX. Soliloquy No. 3, Dumaine's Poem
Performer: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Performer: Howard Griffiths.- NAXOS.
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CΓ©cile Chaminade
Poèmes Provençal, Op. 127 (II. Solitude)
Performer: Joanne Polk.- STEINWAY&SONS.
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Ronald Binge
The Watermill
Performer: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Ernest Tomlinson.- NAXOS.
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Rachel Portman
The Duchess: End Titles
Performer: Session Orchestra.- LAKESHORE RECORDS.
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FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin
6 Polish Songs, S. 480: II. FrΓΌhling (Arr. Liszt after Chopin, Op. 74 No. 2)
Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.- WARNER.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64: III. Valse. Allegro moderato
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.- BERLIN PHILHARMONIC.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Romance for Violin, Op.39 (I. Larghetto)
Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Chineke! Orchestra. Performer: Kevin John Edusei.- DECCA.
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