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Restore your morning with tranquil classical harmonies

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 uplifting and enriching melodies from composers including Rachmaninov, Bizet, and Avril Coleridge-Taylor. There's a chance to Find Your Focus this morning with a lullaby by Marie Awadis, and Sian Takes a Breath and finds peace in the solitude she finds in the dappled shade of a forest. Also, Professor Catherine Loveday explains the science behind how music and words work together to create emotional tension and release.

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Air)

    Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen. Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen.
    • CPO.

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Seeking You

    Choir: St Martin’s Voices. Conductor: Andrew Earis.
    • Resonus.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Symphony No 9 in A major, Op 35 No 3 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Jordi Savall. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Stanley Bate

    Concerto for viola and orchestra (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Roger Chase. Conductor: Stephen Bell. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton.

  • Marie Awadis

    Oror (Lullaby)

    Performer: Marie Awadis.
    • DG.

  • Georges Bizet

    Habanera (Carmen)

    Ensemble: The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.
    • Telarc.

  • John Foulds

    Cello Concerto in G major Op 17 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Raphael Wallfisch. Conductor: Martin Yates. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Dutton.

  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Miserere

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • DG Archiv.

  • John Barry

    Crazy Dog

    Conductor: John Barry. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    3 Klavierstücke (No 1, 'Fantasiestück')

    Performer: Karla Martinez.
    • Prospero.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op 67 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Ádám Fischer. Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Rutland Boughton

    Flute Concerto in D major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Emily Beynon. Conductor: Ronald Corp. Orchestra: New London Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Joanna Borrett

    Circle

    Ensemble: Her Ensemble.
    • Her Ensemble.

  • Camillo Schumann

    3 Vortragstucke Op 82 (No 1, Romanza)

    Performer: Leo Halsdorf. Performer: Kae Shiraki.
    • Naxos.

  • Trad.

    Over the sea to Skye

    Music Arranger: Michael Tippett. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Signum.

  • AVAWAVES

    Forest Whispers

    Performer: AVAWAVES.
    • One Little Independent.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    5 Morceaux de Fantasie Op 3 (No1, Elegie)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • Naxos.

  • Kenji Bunch

    Aspects of an Elephant (Var III, 'The Elephant is a Silk Cloth')

    Conductor: Carlos Kalmar. Orchestra: Oregon Symphony.
    • Pentatone.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major, Op 83 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicholas Angelich. Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony.
    • Warner.

  • Leonardo Andersen

    Puerto del Plata

    Performer: Leonardo Andersen.
    • Prima.

  • Gregorio Allegri

    Miserere Mei Deus

    Ensemble: Cardinall's Musicke. Director: Andrew Carwood.
    • Hyperion.

  • Kara Karayev

    7 Beauties Ballet Suite (4th mvt, 'The Seven Portraits / The Indian Beauty')

    Conductor: Kirill Karabits. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Sussex Landscape (2nd mvt)

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

  • Elisaveta Kashperova

    2 Preludes after Konstantin Balmont (no.1 in F minor)

    Performer: Hiroaki Takenouchi.

  • Louis Spohr

    Symphony No 3 in C minor, Op 78 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Alfred Walter. Orchestra: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Hugo Wolf

    Gottvertrauen

    Choir: Saarbrücken Chamber Chorus. Conductor: Georg Grün.
    • Carus.

  • Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari

    Serenade for Strings in E flat major (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Friedrich Haider. Orchestra: Oviedo Filarmonía.
    • Naxos.

  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    Nina non dir di no, G 090

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal.
    • Château de Versailles Spectacles.

  • Geoffrey Burgon

    Nunc dimittis

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Geoffrey Burgon.
    • RCA.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 26 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Conductor: Andrew Litton. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Avie.

  • John Sheppard

    In manus tuas I

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

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