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Brighten your day with peaceful 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 restful and enriching melodies from Fanny Mendelssohn, Valerie Coleman, and Gerald Finzi, this episode explores the effects of classical music in the workplace. Plus, Sian takes a breath in the early morning and marvels at how different the world feels.

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Music Played

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Kri拧s Russman.
    • BIS.

  • Trad.

    Komoro Magouta

    Music Arranger: Akio Yashiro. Ensemble: Jean-Fran莽ois Paillard Chamber Orchestra.
    • Denon.

  • Ludwig August Lebrun

    Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra No 5 in C Major (2nd mvt, Adagio)

    • The Classical Label.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Traum (Arranged for Clarinet and Piano)

    Performer: Luigi Magistrelli. Performer: Claudia Bracco.
    • VDE-GALLO.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Requiem, Op 48, N 97 ('Sanctus')

    Performer: Gordan Nikolitch. Ensemble: Tenebrae. Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble.
    • LSO LIVE.

  • Florence Price

    Violin Concerto No 1 in D Major (2nd mvt, Andante)

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Decca.

  • Brian Eno

    An Ending - Ascent (Arr for Violin, Harp & Orchestra)

    Performer: David Le Page. Performer: Eleanor Turner. Music Arranger: David Le Page. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Conductor: Daniele Rosina.
    • Signum.

  • Edward Elgar

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

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Conductor: Robin Ticciati. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
    • Warner.

  • Edward MacDowell

    To a Wild Rose

  • Oliver Leith

    Non Voglio Mai Vedere Il Sole Tramontare

    Performer: Max Ruisi. Performer: Eloisa鈥怓leur Thom. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • Platoon.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Serse, HWV 40, Act 1, Scene 1: Arioso, 'Ombra mai f霉' (Orchestral Version)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Chambre Jean-Francois Paillard. Conductor: Jean鈥怓ran莽ois Paillard.
    • Erato.

  • Freya Lundgren

    Silent Hours

    Performer: Freya Lundgren.
    • Platoon.

  • Jean Sibelius

    King Christian II Suite, Op 27 (2nd mvt, Elegy)

    Conductor: Thomas S酶nderg氓rd. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Linn.

  • Nathaniel Robert Dett

    In the Bottoms - Suite (2nd mvt, His Song)

    Performer: William Chapman Nyaho.
    • MSR Classics.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 38 in D K 504 'Prague' (Andante)

    • Bruton.

  • Alan Hovhaness

    Concerto for Harp & String Orchestra, Op 267 (4th mvt, Dawn in Paradise)

    Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis. Orchestra: I Fiamminghi. Conductor: Rudolf Werthen.
    • Telarc.

  • Anne Dudley

    Poldark Prelude

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op 31 No 10 'Tebe poem' (We Praise Thee)

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Decca.

  • Charles鈥怣arie Widor

    Piano Concerto No 1 in F Minor Op 39 (2nd mvt, Andante religioso)

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Yates.
    • Dutton Epoch.

  • Valerie Coleman

    Chanson de la Rivi猫re for Two Flutes

    Performer: Laurel Zucker. Performer: Troy Paolantonio.
    • Cantilena Records.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 88 in G Major, Hob I:88 (2nd mvt, Largo)

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 1 in B flat major, Op 38 'Spring' (2nd mvt, Larghetto)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Etruscan Concerto (2nd mvt, 'Meditation')

    Performer: Caroline Almonte. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Mills.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp.

  • Will Todd

    Concerto for Emma (2nd mvt, 'Ballad')

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Philip Ellis.
    • Nimbus Alliance.

  • Najib Hankash

    Aatiny Al Naya Wa Ghani

    Ensemble: The Ayoub Sisters.
    • Ayoub Sisters.

  • Erik Satie

    3 Gymnopedies (No 2, Lent et triste)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Erato.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Prelude, Op 25

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Decca.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Symphony No 1 in E-Flat Major (3rd, Andante)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Naxos.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op 61 (2nd mvt, Larghetto)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Ondine.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    Les chansons des roses (No 5, Dirait-on)

    Performer: Morten Lauridsen. Ensemble: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Lauren Scott

    The Sun And Her Flowers

    Performer: Lauren Scott. Performer: Eleanor Turner.
    • AVIE.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 22 Jan 2025 09:00
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  • Sunday 09:00
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