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Inspiring classical music to boost your day

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 relaxing and uplifting melodies from Margaret Bonds, Maurice Ravel and Caroline Shaw, and Sian takes a breath of fresh air by some water. Plus, Professor Catherine Loveday explains why music is so good at triggering memories.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Carissima

    Performer: Vasily Petrenko. Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Dolly Suite, Op 56: I: Berceuse

    Performer: Katia Labèque.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai

    Performer: François-Xavier Poizat. Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra. Performer: Simone Menezes.
  • Johannes Brahms

    7 Lieder, Op. 62: III. Waldesnacht (Arr. for Cello Octet by Roland Pidoux)

    Performer: Raphaël Pidoux. Performer: Cello8.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Othello, Op. 79: II. Children's Intermezzo

    Performer: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Performer: Adrian Leaper.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Bright Star (Arr. for String Quartet by Ellie Consta)

    Performer: Her Ensemble.
  • Léo Delibes

    La Source, ou Naila Suite, Act II: Lent

    Performer: Neeme Järvi. Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
  • Carlos Salzedo

    Chanson dans la nuit

    Performer: Boris Goldmund.
  • Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari

    Jewels of the Madonna: Intermezzo

    Performer: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Gianandrea Noseda.
  • Teresa Carreño

    Mi Teresita (Little Waltz)

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madame Butterfly: Humming Chorus

  • Akin Euba

    3 Yoruba Songs Without Words: No. 2, Mo ja'we gbegbe

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
  • Frederic Cliffe

    Violin Concerto in D Minor: II. Andante (poco lento)

    Performer: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Performer: David Lloyd-Jones. Performer: Philippe Graffin.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a - Theme - Chorale St. Antoni -

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Nightingale (from The Birds)

    Performer: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Andrew Manze.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42

    Performer: Esther Yoo. Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 11: II. Andante espressivo

    Performer: Nash Ensemble.
  • Hugo Alfvén

    Uppenbarelsekantat (Revelation Cantata), Op. 31: Andante religioso

    Performer: Neeme Järvi. Performer: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lake in the Mountains

    Performer: Mark Bebbington.
  • Robert de Visée

    Folies d'Espagne

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
  • Angela Morley

    Reverie

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Ensemble: Her Ensemble.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125: VII. Aquarium

    Performer: Les Siècles. Performer: François‐Xavier Roth.
  • Caroline Shaw

    And the Swallow

    Performer: The Choir of Pembroke College. Performer: Anna Lapwood.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in C Major, K. 373

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Harmonies des bois, Op. 76 - II. Jacqueline's Tears (Arr. Cello and Orchestra)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance for String Orchestra, Op 11

    Performer: City of London Sinfonia.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    The Arts and the Hours

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
  • Zenobia Powell Perry

    Nocturne

    Performer: Deanne Tucker.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Romance from The Gadfly

    Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich. Performer: Daniel Lozakovich. Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.
  • William Bolcom

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    Performer: John Murphy.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Sextet, FP100: II, Divertissement

    Performer: Mark Bebbington.
  • Lars‐Erik Larsson

    Förklädd Gud (Förspel)

    Performer: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
  • Louise Farrenc

    25 Études Progressives, Op. 50: No. 10, Pour lier et soutenir le chant dans la m

    Performer: Annette Kruisbrink.
  • Karl Jenkins

    The Armed Man: Benedictus

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    éǻ徱

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Ronald Binge

    String Song (Version for Orchestra)

    Performer: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Ernest Tomlinson.
    • Naxos.

Broadcast

  • Sun 10 Nov 2024 09:00