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Relax and refresh with the tranquil sounds of 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 warm, and gentle melodies from Vivaldi, Faure, and Cecile Chaminade. Sian is reminded of her childhood while she is taking a breath down by the waterside, and Professor Catherine Loveday explains why music can make us feel emotional.

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Music Played

  • E虅riks Es虒envalds

    Spring Rain

    Choir: The Pacific Lutheran Choir Of The West.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Maria Herz

    12 L盲ndler, Op 2 (No 3, Andantino)

    Performer: Aude St-Pierre.
    • Genuin.

  • Haydn Wood

    Serenade to Youth

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Marco Polo.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for lute, two violins and basso continuo in D Major, RV 93 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: John Williams.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Cyrille Lehn

    The Windmills of Your Mind (from 'The Thomas Crown Affair')

    Composer: Michel Legrand. Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Florence Price

    In Sentimental Mood

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Tritone.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Piano Concerto (2nd mvt, Lento)

    Performer: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Max Richter

    Written On The Sky

    Performer: Max Richter.
    • DG.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Requiem, Op 48 (No 6, 'Agnus Dei')

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Choir: Accentus.
    • 苍补茂惫别.

  • John Wineglass

    Piano Suite No 2 in E flat major (1st mvt, 'A Midsummer Waltz')

    Performer: John Wineglass.
    • Jwproductions.

  • Stuart Beatch

    When Sleep is Nigh

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers.

  • Nobuo Uematsu

    Zanarkand from Final Fantasy

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    6 Romances sans parole, Op 76 (6th mvt, 'Meditation')

    Performer: Daria van den Bercken.
    • Doorway Music.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 32 (2nd mnvt, Adagio cantabile)

    Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki.
    • CPO.

  • Ignacy Jan Paderewski

    Miscallanea, Op 16 (No 4, Nocturne in B flat major)

    Performer: Jenny Lin.
    • 贬盲苍蝉蝉濒别谤.

  • Mar铆a Luisa Anido

    Cancion del Yucatan

    Performer: Jos茅 Luis Ruiz del Puerto.
    • Tempus Cl谩sico.

  • Frederic Curzon

    In Malaga (No 2, Serenade to Eulaile)

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Oboe Concerto in A Minor (1st mvt, 'Rondo')

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: James MacMillan.
    • Hyperion.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Violin Sonatina in G Major, Op 100, B120 (2nd mvt, Larghetto)

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.
    • Decca.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Miroirs, M43 (3rd mvt, Une Barque Sur l'ocean)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Parlophone.

  • Henry Balfour Gardiner

    A Berkshire Idyll, (4th mvt, Adagio)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    African Dances, Op 58 (2nd mvt, Andantino Molto Sostenuto e Dolce)

    Performer: David Juritz. Performer: Michael Dussek.
    • Dutton Epoch.

  • John Williams

    Theme from Schindler's List

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Geffen.

  • Josquin des Prez

    Missa l'homme arm茅 super voces musicales (5th mvt, 'Agnus Dei')

    Performer: Bernard Fabre-Garrus. Ensemble: A Sei Voci.
    • Naive.

  • Erik Satie

    Je te veux

    Performer: Anne Queff茅lec.
    • Warner.

  • Mariangeles Sanchez Benimeli

    Berceuse pour l'enfant

    Performer: Jose Luis Ruiz del Puerto.
    • NFI.

  • Kurt Atterberg

    Symphony No 6 in C Major, Op 31, 'Dollar Symphony' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Horn Concerto (1st mvt, Con Moto)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.

  • William Grant Still

    Romance (arr for clarinet and piano)

    Performer: Marcus Eley. Performer: Lucerne DeSa.
    • Sono Luminus.

  • Umberto Giordano

    Fedora (2nd Act, 'Intermezzo')

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.

  • Lambert

    Time Out

    Performer: Lambert.
    • Mercury Classics.

  • Chevalier De Saint-Georges

    Symphony in G Major, Op 11 (No 1, Allegro)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.
    • Naxos.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Hansel and Gretel (overture)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.

  • Stanley Myers

    Cavatina

    Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher.
    • UMG.

  • Josef Rheinberger

    Abdendleid

    Performer: VOCES8.
    • NFI.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 29 Jan 2025 09:00
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