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Destress your morning with inspiring classical melodies

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 gently lilting harmonies from Bach, Tan Dun, and Anne Dudley. Sian finds joy in some cloud spotting whilst out to Take a Breath. Plus, Professor Catherine Loveday explores whether music makes it easier for us to wait.

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Interlude from Falstaff, Op 68

    Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Fernande Decruck

    Pavane

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ellipsos.
    • NOMAD MUSIC.

  • Tan Dun

    Silk Road

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: David Cossin. Conductor: Xieyang Chang. Orchestra: Shanghai Municipal Committee Band. Orchestra: Shanghai Chinese Orchestra.
    • SONY.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto No 2 in E flat major (2nd mvt)

    • BEST 4 CLASSICAL.

  • Sophia Corri Dussek

    La chasse

    Performer: Floraleda Sacchi.
    • TACTUS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor, BWV1052 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Performer: Bernard Labadie. Orchestra: Les Violons du Roy.
    • ERATO.

  • Olivia Belli

    Grain Moon

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • SONY.

  • Cyril Scott

    Early One Morning

    Performer: Howard Shelley. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Christopher H. Harris

    Bring me all your dreams

    Choir: London Voices. Director: Shivani Rattan. Conductor: Ben Parry.
    • OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS MUSIC.

  • Georges Bizet

    Sunrise Over Seville (Carmen)

    Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Conductor: Sascha Goetzel. Orchestra: The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Ernest Chausson

    String Quartet in C minor Op 35 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Fabrizio Falasca. Performer: Sarah Oates. Performer: Yukiko Ogura. Performer: Eric Villeminey.
    • AULICUS CLASSICS.

  • Stuart Hancock

    Raptures (3rd mvt, 'Lullaby')

    Conductor: Levon Parikian. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • ORCHID.

  • Trad.

    Londonderry Air

    Performer: Kathryn Stott. Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • HYPERION.

  • Morfydd Llwyn Owen

    Threnody

    Conductor: Mark Eager. Orchestra: Cardiff University Symphony Orchestra.
    • PRIMA FACIE.

  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasiest眉cke, Op 12 (1st mvt, 'Des Abends')

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • ORIGINALS.

  • William Grant Still

    Ennanga (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ashley Jackson. Ensemble: Harlem Chamber Players.
    • BRIGHT SHINY THINGS.

  • Claude Debussy

    Nuages (Clouds) from Trois Nocturnes

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • DG.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in G major Kk 259/L 103

    • LANDSCAPE CLASSICS/EMI.

  • Jonathan Dove

    Into Thy Hands

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Anne Dudley

    Resurgam (Poldark)

    Orchestra: The Chamber Orchestra of London.
    • SONY.

  • Seckou Keita

    Missing You Forever (African Rhapsodies)

    Performer: Seckou Keita. Performer: Suntou Susso. Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Conductor: Mark Heron. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • CLAVES.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    The Bird's Lament (Little Suite)

    Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia.
    • RESONANCE.

  • Keiko Abe

    Variations on Dowland's Lachrimae Pavane

    Performer: Vivi Vassileva.
    • ALPHA.

  • Percy Grainger

    Dreamery

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite No 1 in B flat major, HWV 434 (4th mvt, Minuet)

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.
    • SONY.

  • Richard Wagner

    Prelude to Act 1 of Lohengrin

    Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
    • DG.

  • Mel Bonis

    Soir for violin, cello and piano No 1 Op 76

    Ensemble: Boulanger Trio.
    • AVI MUSIC.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons: Autumn, RV293 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL.

  • Frederick Delius

    Prelude to Irmelin

    • ULTIMATE CLASSIX.

  • Trad.

    Sulla Lulla

    Music Arranger: Linn Andrea Fuglseth. Ensemble: Trio Medi忙val.
    • ECM.

  • Bryce Dessner

    Ice Rink Epiphany from We Live In Time (Original Soundtrack)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • A24.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Pie Jesu (from requeim)

    Performer: VOCES8.

Broadcasts

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