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Let gentle classical music breathe new life into your morning routine

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 uplifting and energising music from Ravel, Mozart, and Clarke, this episode explores how music can be beneficial to our health. Plus, a coastal walk awakes a memory for Sian of swimming in the cold sea.

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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    The Girl with the Flaxen Hair

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Michael Stern.
    • Sony.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op 1, (mvt 2, Larghetto)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica.
  • Debbie Wiseman

    Elizabeth Remembered

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Concert Orchestra.
    • Silva Screen.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, (Choral, "Erkenne mich, mein Hüter")

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Warner.
  • Josef Suk

    Serenade for Strings in E-Flat Major, Op 6 (Mvt 3, Adagio)

    Orchestra: London Chamber Orchestra.
    • Warner.
  • Trad.

    Greensleeves

    Ensemble: The Ayoub Sisters.
    • Decca.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Suite for viola and small orchestra

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: 鶹Լ National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Hyperion.
  • Christopher Pierce

    Adagio and Fugue (Adagio)

    Performer: ChromaDuo.
    • Naxos.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Gaîté parisienne, No 23, Barcarolle

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
  • Caroline Schleicher Kraemer

    Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano (Larghetto)

    Performer: Luigi Magistrelli. Performer: Claudia Bracco.
    • VDE-GALLO.
  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Five Friends, Suite for Piano, (mvt 4, David)

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Albany.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No 1, Op 46, (mvt 3 Anitra's Dance)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • De Wolfe.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Christus Factus Est

    Choir: 鶹Լ National Chorus of Wales.
  • Julius Harrison

    Bredon Hill

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton Epoch.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 27 In B Flat Major (Allegro)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Ulitmate.
  • Elfrida Andrée

    Symphony No 2 (Andante)

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Evert Taube

    Så Skimrande Var Aldrig Havet

    Choir: Lunds studentsångare.
    • Naxos.
  • Edward German

    Symphony No.1 in E Minor, (mvt 2, Andante sostenuto)

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton Epoch.
  • Robert Schumann

    Scenes Of Childhood (From Foreign Lands)

    • Ulimate.
  • Samuel Akpabot

    Scenes from Nigeria, (mvt 1, Pastorale)

    Performer: Marcus Eley. Performer: Lucerne DeSa.
    • Sono.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma mère l'Oye, M 60, (Mvt 1, Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant)

    Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Warner.
  • Mel Bonis

    Le Rêve de Cléopâtre, Op 180

    Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Leo Hussain.
    • Bru Zane.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Peach Melba

    Performer: Anna Gorbachyova-Ogilvie. Conductor: Liepāja Symphony Orchestra.
    • Toccata.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Symphonie Concertante in C Major, Op 9 No 1, (mvt 2, Rondeau)

    Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice.
    • Naxos.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    Lullaby (1909 Version)

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Performer: Matthew Hagle.
    • Cedille.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op 98, (mvt 2, Andante moderato)

    Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • BR.
  • Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Performer: Anna Lapwood. Performer: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge.
    • Sony.
  • Leopold Mozart

    Serenade in D major (Andante)

    Orchestra: Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie.
    • Oehms.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Allegro Grazioso No 1, WV 294

    Performer: Elzbieta Sternlicht.
    • Acte Préalable.
  • Alice Mary Smith

    Symphony in C minor, (mvt 2, Allegretto)

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players.
    • Chandos.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Sérénade mélancolique in B Flat Minor, Op 26

    Performer: Esther Yoo. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Universal.
  • Peteris Vasks

    The Fruit of Silence

    Choir: VOCES8. Performer: Huw Watkins.
    • Decca.

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