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Focus for the morning with stress-busting music

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 uplifting and peaceful melodies from FaurΓ©, Caroline Shaw, and Samuel Barber. Plus we learn why sad music might just lift our mood, and Sian explores the delights of walking barefoot.

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Sun 12 Jan 2025 09:00
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Music Played

  • Maria Theresia von Paradis

    Sicilienne (arr. for brass ensemble by Roger Harvey)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Performer: tenThing.
    • LAWO.

  • Mel Bonis

    OphΓ©lie, Op. 165

    Performer: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Performer: Leo Hussain.
    • BRU ZANE.

  • Hubert Parry

    Suite moderne (III. Romanza. Lento)

    Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Performer: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johann Christian Bach

    Harpsichord Sonata, Op. 17 No. 5

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • DG.

  • George Walker

    Lyric for Strings

    Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Alpesh Chauhan.

  • Gabriel FaurΓ©

    Berceuse for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 16

    Performer: Symphony Orchestra Basel. Performer: Axel Schacher. Performer: Ivor Bolton.
    • SONY.

  • Karen Tanaka

    Water Dance III

    Performer: Signe Bakke.
    • 2L.

  • EΜ„riks Ešenvalds

    Stars

    Performer: VOCES8.
    • DECCA.

  • Frederick Delius

    La Calinda (Concert Version)

    Composer: Eric Fenby. Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Performer: Stephen Cleobury.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K465 'Dissonance' (II. Andante cantabile)

    Performer: Quatuor Ébène.
    • ERATO.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Flos Campi (VI. Moderato tranquillo)

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Chorus of Wales. Performer: Martyn Brabbins.
    • HYPERION.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Concerto No.1 in G Minor, II. Andante

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki. Performer: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Edward Elgar

    Soliloquy for Oboe and Orchestra

    Orchestrator: Gordon Jacob. Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub HrΕ―Ε‘a.
    • DG.

  • EugΓ¨ne YsaΓΏe

    Sonata for solo violin in A minor, Op. 27 No. 2 (II. Malinconia (Poco lento))

    Performer: James Ehnes.
    • ONYX.

  • Oswald Russell

    Three Jamaican Dances (No.2)

    Performer: William Chapman Nyaho.
    • MSR.

  • Claude Debussy

    Dances for Harp and Orchestra, L. 103: 2. Danse profane

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Performer: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • SONY.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Sussex Landscape, Op.27: II. Lento

    Performer: Chineke! Orchestra. Performer: Roderick Cox.

  • CΓ©cile Chaminade

    Concertino for Flute and Orchestra

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Performer: François Leleux.
    • WARNER.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Senso Comune

    Performer: Attacca Quartet. Performer: Sō Percussion.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No.3 (III. Poco Allegretto)

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • DE WOLFE.

  • Joanna Marsh

    In Winter's House Arr. J. Azkoul for String Orchestra

    Performer: United Strings of Europe. Performer: Julian Azkoul.
    • BIS.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • HYPERION.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Great Hills (II. Passacaglia: The still night)

    Orchestra: Orchestra Nova. Performer: Joanna Shaw. Performer: Kathryn Thomas. Performer: Madeleine Easton.
    • EPOCH.

  • Gabriela Montero

    Beyond Bach (Arr. for Accordion by George Morton and Ksenija Sidorova)

    Performer: Ksenija Sidorova.
    • ALPHA.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 7 No. 1 (ii. Adagio)

    Performer: Fumika Mohri. Performer: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Michael HalΓ‘sz.
    • NAXOS.

  • Chick Corea

    Children's Song No.1

    Performer: Sean Shibe. Music Arranger: Forbes Henderson.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Pizzicato Polka

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • DE WOLFE.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Missa Ut re mi fa sol la - I. Kyrie

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Leo Livens

    Moonbeams

    Performer: Duncan Honeybourne.
    • GRAND PIANO.

  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio for Strings

    Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Performer: Ryan Bancroft.
    • ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Snow Maiden (Act 2, no.10. Melodrama)

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Nocturne

    Performer: Evelyn Chang.
    • ASIAMUSE.

  • Sally Beamish

    Suite for Cello and Orchestra (II. Reverie (after C. Debussy) [After C. Debussy]

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Performer: GΓ‘bor TakΓ‘cs‐Nagy.
    • BIS.

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Evening Primrose

    Performer: Paul McCreesh. Performer: Giovanni Gabrieli.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Tan Dun

    Longing

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Kodō. Performer: China Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus.
    • SONY.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93 (II. Largo)

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Venice Baroque Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness

    Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Performer: Rory Macdonald.
    • LINN.

Broadcasts

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