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Lift your mood with stress-free 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.

Featuring soothing and enriching melodies from Gustav Mahler, Francis Poulenc, and Charlotte Bray, this episode explores the joy of walking in the dark. Plus, Professor Catherine Loveday explores which parts of our brains are stimulated when we listen to music.

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Music Played

  • William Lloyd Webber

    The Gardens at Eastwell "A Late Summer Impression" (Arr. Soudoplatoff for Violin

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Conductor: Robin Ticciati. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
    • warner.
  • Sophie Menter

    Romance

    Performer: Sandra Mogensen.
    • Sandra Mogensen.
  • Geoffrey Bush

    A Little Concerto on Themes of Thomas Arne (3rd mvt,Siciliana)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Lyrita.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    English Folk Song Suite No 2 (Intermezzo, 'My Bonny Boy')

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Decca.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata No 2 in A Major (2nd mvt, Andante Tranquillo)

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Decca.
  • Angela Morley

    A Tender Mood

    Performer: John Wilson and His Orchestra.
    • Vocalion.
  • Aaron Copland

    In Evening Air

    Performer: 脴yvind Aase.
    • Thema.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No 3 in G Minor, Op 36 (2nd mvt, Adagio cantabile)

    Conductor: Johannes Goritzki. Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony, Hannover.
    • CPO.
  • Charlotte Bray

    Agnus Dei

    Performer: ORA Singers. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Hiromi

    Uncertainty

    Performer: Hiromi.
    • Telarc.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Meditation, Op 32

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier. Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra.
    • Warner.
  • Edward Elgar

    Elegy, Op 58

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North.
    • Naxos.
  • George Morrison

    Five Violin Solos ('Lullaby')

    Performer: Ellen Bottorff. Performer: Tami Lee Hughes.
    • Albany.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Blumine

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony.
    • SFS Media.
  • Clara Schumann

    Quatre pieces fugitives, Op 15 No, Andante Espressivo

    Performer: Stewart Goodyear.
    • Analekta.
  • Marianna Martines

    Sinfonia in C Major (1770)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.
  • Robert Schumann

    Adagio and Allegro (Adagio)

    Performer: Lise Berthaud.
  • Caleb Arredondo

    Echo Sax No 4

    Performer: Caleb Arredondo.
    • College Music Records.
  • Richard Addinsell

    Journey to Romance

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • Marco-Polo.
  • Emilie Levienaise Farrouch

    Louella

    Performer: Vanessa Wagner.
    • 滨苍贵颈苍茅.
  • Arthur William Foote

    Serenade, Op 25 (2nd mvt, Air)

    Orchestra: Kurpf盲lzisches Kammerorchester.
    • Alpha.
  • William Henry Harris

    Faire is the heaven

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Decca (UMO).
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Suite in D Major, Op 16b (4th mvt, 'Romance')

    Orchestra: Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa.
    • Naxos.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 103 in E Flat Major, Hob 103 (2nd mvt, Andante)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Ballade in C Minor, Op 73

    Performer: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
  • Kurt Atterberg

    En v盲rmlandsrapsodi

    Orchestra: V盲rmlands Sinfonietta. Conductor: Cecilia Rydinger Alin. Singer: Anders Andersson.
    • Naxos.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano, FP 43 ('Andante')

    Performer: Trio Cremeloque.
    • Solo Musica.
  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Little Suite ('Glow worms')

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia.
    • Decca.
  • Alma Deutscher

    When the Day Falls into Darkness

    Performer: Alma Deutscher.
    • Sony.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 4 in G Major, Op 58 (3rd mvt, 'Rondo')

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • De Wolfe.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    The Spheres - Ambient Mix

    Performer: Tenebrae.
    • Decca.
  • Eric Coates

    From the Countryside Suite, No 2, 'Among the Poppies' (Afternoon)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton Epoch.
  • Erik Satie

    Pi猫ces froides No 2 Danses des travers (2nd mvt, 'Passer')

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • SONY.

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