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Refresh your morning with glowing classical sounds

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 peaceful, enriching melodies from Rachel Portman, Sibelius and Ólafur Arnalds. Professor Catherine Loveday explores why music can help us sleep, and Sian muses on the importance of looking out for your neighbours.

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Music Played

  • Frederick Delius

    3 Small Tone Poems (No 1, 'Summer Evening')

    Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • NAXOS.
  • Catharina Josepha Pratten

    Songs Without Words (Eventide)

    Performer: Heike Matthiesen.
    • Vienna2day.
  • George Whitefield Chadwick

    Intermezzo

    Conductor: Reuben Blundell. Ensemble: Gowanus Arts Ensemble.
    • NEW FOCUS RECORDINGS.
  • Ilse Weber

    Wiegala (arr for violin and string quintet)

    Music Arranger: Esther Abrami. Ensemble: Esther Abrami Ensemble.
    • SONY.
  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op 20 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Gabríel Ólafs

    Salmur

    Performer: Gabríel Ólafs. Performer: Steiney Sigurðardóttir.
    • DECCA.
  • Hubert Parry

    Symphony No 1 in G major (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Matthias Bamert. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in A major, Hob III:24, No 6 Op 9 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Aeolian Quartet.
    • THE CLASSICAL LABEL.
  • Rachel Portman

    Eventide

    Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • SONY.
  • William Grant Still

    Swanee River (Old Folks at ѿý)

    Ensemble: VocalEssence Ensemble Singers. Choir: VocalEssence Chorus. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.
    • CLARION.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Five Bagatelles, Op 23 (3rd mvt, 'Carol')

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto for Flute and Harp In C major (2nd mvt)

    • ULTIMATE CLASSIX.
  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Piano Concerto No 2 Op 42 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Conductor: Fedor Glushchenko. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • HYPERION.
  • Fernande Decruck

    Deux berceuses (1st mvt, 'Mouvement calme et souple de berceuse')

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ellipsos.
    • NOMADMUSIC.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • Alberto Giurioli

    Nightfall

    Performer: Alberto Giurioli.
    • PIAS NOTES.
  • Stephen Paulus

    The Road ѿý

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • VOCES8 RECORDS.
  • Clarence Cameron White

    Bandana Sketches (No 1, 'Chant; Nobody knows the trouble I've seen')

    Performer: Mela Tenenbaum. Performer: Richard Kapp.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sunde gross (arr of BWV 622)

    Music Arranger: Max Reger. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Anoushka Shankar

    Flight

    Performer: Nitin Sawhney. Performer: Ian Burdge. Performer: Manu Delago.
    • DG.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Suite in Old Style (2nd mvt, 'The Rose Garden by Moonlight')

    Performer: Vaiva Eidukaitytė-Storastienė. Conductor: Maxim Rysanov. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras.
    • ECM.
  • Yanada Tadashi

    Rain over Jogashima (arr for flute and guitar)

    Performer: Shigenori Kudo. Performer: Shin-Ichi Fukuda. Music Arranger: Ichiro Nodaira.
    • NAXOS.
  • Debbie Wiseman

    Prophecies and Dreams (Wolf Hall OTS)

    Orchestra: Session musicians.
    • SILVA SCREEN RECORDS.
  • Bob Chilcott

    Beach

    Performer: Paul Silverthorne. Performer: Simone Rebello. Conductor: Bob Chilcott. Choir: ѿý Singers.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 6 in C major, D589 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • ICA CLASSICS.
  • Amy Beach

    Sketches Op 15 (Dreaming)

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • GUILD.
  • Ólafur Arnalds

    Eyes Shut (Nocturne in C minor)

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin. Performer: Alice Sara Ott. Performer: Ólafur Arnalds. Performer: Viktor Orri Árnason. Performer: Björk Óskarsdóttir. Performer: Þórarinn Már Baldursson. Performer: Unnur Jónsdóttir. Performer: Hallgrímur Jónas Jensson.
    • MERCURY.
  • Johannes Brahms

    String Quintet No 2 in G major, Op 111, 'Prater' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Octet.
    • THE CLASSICAL LABEL.
  • Ballaké Sissoko

    Bamako (Chamber Music)

    Performer: Ballaké Sissoko. Performer: Thibault Cauvin.
    • SONY.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Silent Music (1st mvt, 'Waltz of the Moment')

    Conductor: Christoph Poppen. Orchestra: Münchener Kammerorchester.
    • ECM.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    4 Romantic Pieces, Op 75, arr for solo cello and cello ensemble (1st mvt)

    Performer: Kian Soltani. Music Arranger: Kian Soltani. Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin.
    • DG.
  • Hajime Komatsu

    4 Japanese Folksongs, Suite No 2 (3rd mvt, 'Otemoyan')

    Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Ensemble.
    • NAVONA.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Bluebird

    Singer: Bethany Partridge. Choir: National Youth Choir. Conductor: Christopher Hann.
    • NYCGB.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 3 Jun 2025 09:00
  • Sun 29 Jun 2025 09:00