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Calm your mind with soothing 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.

For 蜜芽传媒 Wellbring Week, Sian has a host of music to lift the soul, including Hildur Gu冒nad贸ttir, Handel, and Gershwin. Professor Catherine Loveday joins the show to explore the variety of emotional reactions different people have to music. Plus, Sian explains how nature helps her as a type of therapy.

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Thu 15 May 2025 09:00
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Music Played

  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arl茅sienne Suite No 1 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Eugene Ormandy. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Donald Francis Tovey

    Piano Concerto in A major, Op 15 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    Symphonie Concertante in F major, No 1 Op 10 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yury Revich. Performer: Libor Je啪ek. Conductor: Michael Hal谩sz. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice.
    • Naxos.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Ave generosa

    Choir: Oxford Camerata. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.
    • Naxos.

  • Konstantia Gourzi

    Wind Whispers, Op 85 (2nd mvt, 'Floating Leaf')

    Performer: William Youn.
    • Sony.

  • Max Richter

    To the Stars (Ad Astra)

    Conductor: Ben Foster. Orchestra: Air Lyndhurst Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No 4 in B minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestrator: Andreas N. Tarkmann. Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CPO.

  • Christopher Gunning

    Concerto for Guitar & Orchestra, 'Memories of Mallorca' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Craig Ogden. Conductor: Christopher Gunning. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Signum.

  • George Gershwin

    Summertime

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Peter Dugan.
    • Sony.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento No 17 in D major, K 334 (2nd mvt, 'Theme with Variations')

    Conductor: Frigyes S谩ndor. Orchestra: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra.
    • Cobra.

  • Eric Whitacre

    I thank You God for most this amazing day

    Choir: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Conductor: Benjamin Goodson.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 36 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Florence Price

    Untitled Sketch (No 1)

    Performer: Samantha Ege.
    • Lorelt.

  • Henry Walford Davies

    Psalm 121 (arr for saxophone & vocal ensemble)

    Performer: Christian Forshaw. Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Signum.

  • Saburo Moroi

    Sinfonietta in B flat major, Op 24, 'for Children' (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Takuo Yuasa. Orchestra: RT脡 National Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • George Fenton

    The Journey of the Sun (Planet Earth OST)

    Conductor: George Fenton. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • Silva Screen.

  • Josef Suk

    Meditation on an old Czech hymn 'St Wenceslas' Op.35a

    Ensemble: Signum Quartett.

  • Pauline Viardot

    Six Morceaux, arr for cello & orchestra (1st mvt, 'Romance')

    Performer: Daniel Dodds. Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Music Arranger: Julian Riem. Ensemble: Lucerne Festival Strings.
    • Sony.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso, No 12 Op 6 in B minor, HWV330 (3rd mvt, 'Aria')

    Performer: Iona Brown. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Hannsler.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major, D 667, Op 114, 'Trout' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Pamela Frank. Performer: Rebecca Young. Singer: Edgar Meyer.
    • SONY.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle.

  • Homayoun Khorram

    Leyla

    Performer: Farid Farjad.
    • Farid Farjad.

  • Hildur Gu冒nad贸ttir

    Peace Of God (Women Talking)

    Performer: Hildur Gu冒nad贸ttir.
    • Mercury.

  • Anna Clyne

    Lavender Rain

    Performer: Anna Clyne. Performer: Cornelius Dufallo. Performer: Amy Kauffman.
    • VisionIntoArt.

  • Johannes Brahms

    German Requiem (4th mvt, 'Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen')

    Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki. Choir: Bach Collegium Japan. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan.
    • BIS.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Gloriana, Op 53, Choral Dances (2nd mvt, 'Concord')

    Conductor: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • Collegium.

  • Fela Sowande

    2 Preludes on Yoruba Sacred Folk Melodies (No 1, 'K'A Mura')

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • Somm.

  • William Lawes

    Fantasy in G

    Conductor: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Fantasia for a Gentleman (1st mvt, 'Villano y Ricercare')

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • David Bontemps

    La Flambeau (Ouverture)

    Conductor: Alain Trudel. Orchestra: Orchestre Classique de Montr茅al.
    • ATMA Classique.

  • Johann Michael Bach

    Unser Leben w盲hret siebenzig Jahr (Our days may come to seventy years)

    Choir: Vox Luminis. Conductor: Lionel Meunier.
    • Ricercar.

Broadcast

  • Thu 15 May 2025 09:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind