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.
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Music Played
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Edward Elgar
Carissima
Performer: Vasily Petrenko. Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. -
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Gabriel Faur茅
Dolly Suite, Op 56: I: Berceuse
Performer: Katia Lab猫que. -
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Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai
Performer: Fran莽ois-Xavier Poizat. Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra. Performer: Simone Menezes. -
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Johannes Brahms
7 Lieder, Op. 62: III. Waldesnacht (Arr. for Cello Octet by Roland Pidoux)
Performer: Rapha毛l Pidoux. Performer: Cello8. -
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Othello, Op. 79: II. Children's Intermezzo
Performer: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Performer: Adrian Leaper. -
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Margaret Bonds
Bright Star (Arr. for String Quartet by Ellie Consta)
Performer: Her Ensemble. -
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L茅o Delibes
La Source, ou Naila Suite, Act II: Lent
Performer: Neeme J盲rvi. Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. -
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Carlos Salzedo
Chanson dans la nuit
Performer: Boris Goldmund. -
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Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari
Jewels of the Madonna: Intermezzo
Performer: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Gianandrea Noseda. -
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Teresa Carre帽o
Mi Teresita (Little Waltz)
Performer: Gabriela Montero. -
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Giacomo Puccini
Madame Butterfly: Humming Chorus
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Akin Euba
3 Yoruba Songs Without Words: No. 2, Mo ja'we gbegbe
Performer: Rebeca Omordia. -
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Frederic Cliffe
Violin Concerto in D Minor: II. Andante (poco lento)
Performer: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Performer: David Lloyd-Jones. Performer: Philippe Graffin. -
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Johannes Brahms
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a - Theme - Chorale St. Antoni -
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. -
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Ottorino Respighi
The Nightingale (from The Birds)
Performer: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Andrew Manze. -
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42
Performer: Esther Yoo. Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. -
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 11: II. Andante espressivo
Performer: Nash Ensemble. -
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Hugo Alfv茅n
Uppenbarelsekantat (Revelation Cantata), Op. 31: Andante religioso
Performer: Neeme J盲rvi. Performer: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. -
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lake in the Mountains
Performer: Mark Bebbington. -
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Robert de Vis茅e
Folies d'Espagne
Performer: Jakob Lindberg. -
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Angela Morley
Reverie
Performer: Esther Abrami. Ensemble: Her Ensemble. -
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125: VII. Aquarium
Performer: Les Si猫cles. Performer: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth. -
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Caroline Shaw
and the Swallow
Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short. -
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo in C Major, K. 373
Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. -
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Jacques Offenbach
Harmonies des bois, Op. 76 - II. Jacqueline's Tears (Arr. Cello and Orchestra)
Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Mirga Gra啪inyt臈鈥怲yla. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria
Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson. -
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Margaret Bonds
Montgomery Variations
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray. -
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Gerald Finzi
Romance for String Orchestra, Op 11
Performer: City of London Sinfonia. -
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George Frideric Handel
Music For The Royal Fireworks Overture
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Zenobia Powell Perry
Nocturne
Performer: Deanne Tucker. -
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Edvard Grieg
Romance from The Gadfly
Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich. Performer: Daniel Lozakovich. Performer: Mikhail Pletnev. -
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William Bolcom
Graceful Ghost Rag
Performer: John Murphy. -
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Francis Poulenc
Sextet, FP100: II, Divertissement
Performer: Mark Bebbington. -
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Lars鈥怑rik Larsson
F枚rkl盲dd Gud (F枚rspel)
Performer: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. -
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Louise Farrenc
25 脡tudes Progressives, Op. 50: No. 10, Pour lier et soutenir le chant dans la m
Performer: Annette Kruisbrink. -
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Karl Jenkins
The Armed Man: Benedictus
Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra. -
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
惭茅濒辞诲颈别
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. -
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John Rutter
A Gaelic Blessing - Meditation
Performer: Catrin Finch. Performer: John Rutter.
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