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Fill your day with comforting 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 beautiful and enriching melodies from William Grant Still, Edward Elgar, and Anoushka Shankar. Professor Catherine Loveday explores how music can influence the way we interpret characters in a film, and Sian takes a breath as she stops midway up a hill to take a look around.

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Music Played

  • Albert Ket猫lbey

    In a Monastery Garden

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.

  • William Grant Still

    From the Black Belt, No 5, 'Blue'

    Orchestra: Westchester Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Siegfried Landau.
    • Vox.

  • Rebecca Dale

    There Will Come Soft Rains

    Ensemble: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.
    • Signum.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Legends, Op 59, No 10

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Tom谩拧 Netopil.
    • Pentatone.

  • J贸hann J贸hannsson

    Suite from The Theory of Everything (1st mvt, 'A Model of the Universe')

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dan铆el Bjarnason.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Patrick Hawes

    Highgrove Suite ('Sanctuary')

    Performer: Claire Jones. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Patrick Hawes.
    • CFM.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 36 in C major, K 425, 'Linz' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Linn.

  • Franz Anton Hoffmeister

    Concerto for 2 Horns No 3 in E-Flat Major (2nd mvt, Romance)

    Performer: Jacek Muzyk. Performer: Daniel Kerdelewicz. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Naxos.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Montgomery Variations (No 7, 'Benediction')

    Conductor: Kellen Gray. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Linn.

  • Franz Liszt

    Liebestraum No 3 in A-Flat Major, S 541/3

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Sony.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for Violin, Oboe, and Strings in D minor, BWV 1060 (2nd mvt, Adagio)

    Performer: Akiko Suwanai. Performer: Fran莽ois Leleux. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Decca.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Suite for Violin and Orchestra, Op 32 (3rd mvt, 'Ballade')

    Performer: Anthony Marwood. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.

  • Belle Chen

    Aquatics

    Performer: Belle Chen.
    • Eito Music.

  • Edward Elgar

    My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land, Op 18 No 3

    Ensemble: Proteus Ensemble. Director: Stephen Shellard.
    • Avie.

  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances, Op 22 No 3

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Daniel Dodds. Ensemble: Lucerne Festival Strings.
    • Sony.

  • Vincent d鈥橧ndy

    Symphony on a French Mountain Air, Op 25 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • William Boyce

    Symphony No 6 in F major (2nd mvt, Larghetto)

    Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • Naxos.

  • Henryk Miko艂aj G贸recki

    Symphony No 3 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' (2nd mvt, Lento e largo)

    Singer: Hera Hyesang Park. Orchestra: Orchestra del teatro Carlo Felice di Genova. Conductor: Jochen Rieder.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Concerto for Cello & Orchestra in B Minor, Op 104 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: James Kreger. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Djong Victorin Yu.
    • Guild.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 5 In B Flat Major (2nd mvt, Andante Con Moto)

  • Kosaku Yamada

    Aka Tombo

    Orchestra: Jean-Fran莽ois Paillard Chamber Orchestra.
    • Denon.

  • Eric Whitacre

    This Marriage

    Performer: 蜜芽传媒 Singers.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Sonata in B Flat Major K378 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandra Soumm.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra (2nd mvt,'In Memoriam')

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Sophie Langdon. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Odaline de la Mart铆nez.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Ennio Morricone

    La Califfa - Theme

    • Alhambra.

  • Anoushka Shankar

    Lola's Lullaby

    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Cello Concerto No 6 in D Major, G 479 (2nd mvt, Adagio)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Decca.

  • Georges Bizet

    Symphony In C Major (2nd mvt, Adagio)

    • BCC.

  • Victoria Vita Polev谩

    Easter Stikhere

    Performer: Apollo5.
    • VOCES8 RECORDS.

Broadcasts

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