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Fill your morning with restful 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 relaxing, enriching music from composers including Poulenc, Helen Leach, and Arnold Bax, and a chance to Find Your Focus this morning as composer and pianist Olivia Belli transports us back to Ancient Greece. Sian takes shelter from the weather while out to Take a Breath, and ponders on how aware we are of our breathing throughout the day, and Professor Catherine Loveday joins the show to explain why some of us have a particularly strong relationship with music.

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Music Played

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Symphony No 1 in E major, Op 26 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Fabio Luisi. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    Madrecita

    Performer: Enno Voorhorst.
    • Naxos.

  • Agathe Backer-Grøndahl

    Norske Folkeviser og Folkedanse, Op 30 (No 4)

    Performer: Antonio Oyarzabal.
    • IBS.

  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque No 2

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Chandos.

  • Olivia Belli

    Ithaca Suite (4th mvt, 'Penelopeia')

    Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • Sony.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Performer: Daniel de Fry. Director: David Le Page. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan.
    • Signum.

  • Albert Ketèlbey

    In the Moonlight

    Conductor: Adrian Leaper. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    24 Preludes, Op 28 (No 7 in A major)

    Performer: Mao Fujita.
    • Sony.

  • Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga

    Symphony in D major (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Juanjo Mena. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Shylock Suite, Op 57 (No 5, 'Nocturne')

    Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud. Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland.
    • Naxos.

  • Reinhard Mey

    In meinem Garten

    Performer: Julius Asal.
    • DG.

  • Susan Spain-Dunk

    Suite for Strings (1st mvt, 'Prelude')

    Conductor: Douglas Bostock. Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim.
    • CPO.

  • Francis Poulenc

    10 Improvisations, FP 63 (No 7 in C major)

    Performer: Paul Berkowitz.
    • Meridian.

  • Grace Williams

    Sea Sketches for String Orchestra (2nd mvt, 'Sailing Song')

    Conductor: John Andrews. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Resonus.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 23 in G major, Hob I:23 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Johannes Klumpp. Orchestra: Heidelberger Sinfoniker.
    • Haenssler.

  • Arnold Bax

    Oboe Quintet (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Chandos.

  • Wilson Trouvé

    Breathing Softly

    Performer: Wilson Trouvé.
    • Bigo and Twigetti.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Concerto in E major for 2 Pianos and Orchestra, MWV O5 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Roberto Prosseda. Performer: Alessandra Ammara. Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend. Orchestra: Residentie Orkest.
    • Universal.

  • Edmund Rubbra

    The Revival, Op 88

    Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.
    • Delphian.

  • Robert Schumann

    Blumenstück, Op 19

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Decca.

  • Thomas Pitfield

    Theme & Variations (4th mvt, 'Hymn')

    Conductor: Douglas Bostock. Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim.
    • CPO.

  • Henrique Oswald

    6 Morceaux, Op 4 (4th mvt, Berceuse)

    Performer: Braz Velloso.
    • Naxos.

  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No 2, 'Song of a New Race' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Florence Price

    Dances in the Canebrakes (No 3, 'Silk Hat and Walking Cane')

    Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta.
    • Cedille.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 13 in C major, K 415 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.
    • Chandos.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Fairy's Kiss, K 49 (4th mvt, Epilogue)

    Conductor: Ilan Volkov. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Teresa Carreño

    Piano Pieces for Children (Collection of Dances: No 5, Valse)

    Performer: Karla Martinez.
    • Prospero.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Isle of Beauty

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.
    • Delphian.

  • George Gershwin

    That Certain Feeling

    Performer: Ivar Anton Waagaard.
    • Lawo.

  • Helen Leach

    The Black Rood of Scotland

    Performer: Richard Simpson. Ensemble: Victoria String Quartet.
    • Divine Art Ltd.

  • Edward Elgar

    Violin Concerto in B minor, Op 61 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Conductor: John Storgårds. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Ondine Oy.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Trio in C minor, Op 9 No 3 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Trio Sypniewski.
    • Aparte.

  • Karl Jenkins

    The Peacemakers (Dona nobis pacem)

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • DG.

  • John Williams

    One Snowy Night (Stepmom OST)

    • Sony.

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  • Monday09:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind