
Get ready for the day with restorative classical music
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 charming, uplifting tunes from Grace Williams, Jean Sibelius and Gerald Finzi, this episode explores whether music is really a universal language, and Sian takes a breath in the garden with her dog Molly.
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Music Played
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Edward Elgar
Serenade for Strings (3rd mvt, Allegretto)
Orchestra: Hallé.- Halle Concerts Society.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat major (2nd mvt, Larghetto)
Conductor: Ivor Bolton. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- Extreme Music Library.
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AgustÃn Barrios Mangoré
A Dream in the Forest
Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.- DG.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 5 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- Orfeo.
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Benjamin Britten
6 Metamorphoses after Ovid ('Niobe')
Performer: Robin Williams.- Factory Benelux.
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Eric Whitacre
Lux Aurumque
Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.- Signum.
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Hélène de Montgeroult
Piano Sonata in F minor Op 5 No 2 (2nd mvt, Aria con espressione)
Performer: Nicolas Horvath.- Grand Piano.
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Richard Rodney Bennett
Four Weddings and a Funeral ('Love Scene')
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart. -
Samuel Barber
Violin Concerto (2nd mvt, Andante)
Performer: Esther Yoo. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.- DG.
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Alexis Ffrench
Gently Flow
Performer: Alexis Ffrench.- Juice Music.
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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Adagio in G minor
Performer: Stephanie Gonley. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- Signum.
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Amy Beach
Scottish Legend, Op.54`1
Performer: Kirsten Johnson.- Guild.
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Thomas Tallis
Spem in Alium
Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. -
Grace Williams
Sea Sketches ('Sailing Song')
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.- Resonus Classics.
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Gerald Finzi
Eclogue
Performer: Tom Poster. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Decca.
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Sue Rothstein
Flying with the Birds
Performer: Gwenllian LlÅ·r.- Sain.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 99 in E flat major (2nd mvt, Adagio)
Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.- Warner.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude No 16 in G minor (from Well-Tempered Klavier Book 2)
Performer: Cédric Tiberghien. -
Johann Strauss II
Love Songs Waltz
Performer: Unknown.- Landscape Classics.
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Florence Price
String Quartet No 1 in G major (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Viano Quartet.- Platoon.
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Joe Hisaishi
Howl's Moving Castle ('Main Theme')
Performer: Adrien Duterte. Performer: Arnaud Forestier.- Owaru.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No 5 in E flat major (2nd mvt, Andante)
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John StorgÃ¥rds.- Chandos.
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Craig Armstrong
Romeo & Juliet: Balcony Scene
Performer: Craig Armstrong. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Virgin.
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Franz Schubert
6 Moments Musicaux, Op 94 No 2 in A flat major
Performer: Maria João Pires.- DG.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Song of Proserpine
Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Joseph Fort.- Delphian Records.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor (2nd mvt, Largo)
Performer: Simon Trpceski. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.- Avie Records.
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Luise Adolpha Le Beau
Cello Sonata (2nd mvt, Andante tranquillo)
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.- Hyperion.
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Leo Brouwer
Concerto Elegiaco (2nd mvt, Interlude)
Performer: Julian Bream. Orchestra: RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Leo Brouwer.- RCA Red Seal.
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