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Ease into the 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 soothing, restorative melodies from William Walton, Meredith Monk, and Minoru Miki, this episode explores the power of background music. Plus, Sian considers the art of reflection while out to Take a Breath.

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Music Played

  • Philip Lane

    Constant Billy from Suite Of Cotswold Folk Dances

    Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia.
    • RESONANCE.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Sonata for Solo Harp (3rd mvt, 'Perpetuum Mobile')

    Performer: Valérie Milot.
    • ANALEKTA.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 4 in C minor (2nd mvt)

    • DG.

  • Rita Strohl

    Arlequin et Colombine (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nicolas Baldeyrou. Performer: Aurélien Pascal. Performer: Tanguy de Williencourt.
    • La Bo?te à Pépites.

  • George Fenton

    Narwhals

    Conductor: George Fenton. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • SILVA SCREEN RECORDS.

  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Peer Gynt-Suite No. 2, Op. 55: IV. Solveig's Song

  • Zenobia Powell Perry

    Rhapsody for Solo Piano

    Performer: Sarah Cahill.
    • FIRST HAND.

  • Meredith Monk

    Eon

    Performer: John Hollenbeck. Performer: Bohdan Hilash. Performer: Allison Sniffin. Ensemble: Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble.
    • ECM.

  • Hector Berlioz

    The Shepherd's Farewell

    Performer: Philip Rushforth. Conductor: Richard Marlow. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge.
    • SONY.

  • Lilian Elkington

    Out of the Mist

    • DUTTON.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 6 in D major, BWV 1012 (2nd mvt, Allemande)

    • CHAPPELL.

  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Piano Concerto in D minor Op 37 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yekaterina Chemberdzhi. Orchestra: Berlin Chamber Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jürgen Bruns.
    • DREYER GAIDO.

  • Carlos Simon

    An Elegy: A Cry from the Grave

    Ensemble: Aero Quartet.
    • ORCHID CLASSICS.

  • Iain Hamilton

    Scottish Dances Op 32 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • WHITE LINE.

  • William Walton

    Five Bagatelles for solo guitar (No 4)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • DELPHIAN.

  • Minoru Miki

    Pipa Concerto (2nd mvt, 'Pipa Ballade')

    Performer: 杨靖. Conductor: Naoto Otomo. Orchestra: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.
    • CAMERATA.

  • Claude Debussy

    La cathédrale engloutie ( Préludes: Book 1)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • DG.

  • Maurice Ravel

    La vallée des cloches (Miroirs)

    Music Arranger: Percy Grainger. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • WARNER.

  • Hideyuki Hashimoto

    Turn

    Performer: Hideyuki Hashimoto.
    • MODERNA RECORDS.

  • Havergal Brian

    English Suite No 5, 'Rustic Scenes' (2nd mvt, 'Reverie')

    Conductor: Garry Walker. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • TOCCATA CLASSICS.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Geistliches Lied, Op 30 arr for choir and string orchestra

    Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Gijs Leenaars.

  • Alexis Alrich

    Marimba Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Conductor: Jean Thorel. Orchestra: City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong.
    • NAXOS.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Sing Gently

    Performer: Christopher Glynn. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • DECCA.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Little Suite No 1 for Brass, Op 80 (2nd mvt, 'Siciliano')

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • SONY.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 35 in D major, K 385, 'Haffner' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Justus Frantz. Orchestra: The Philharmonia of the Nations.
    • ENTERPRISES SONAR.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Notturno in D minor, Op 48

    Performer: Anne Katharina Schreiber. Performer: Jutta Ernst.
    • CPO.

  • Paul Reade

    Suite from The Victorian Kitchen Garden (3rd mvt, 'Mists')

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

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Guitar Concerto, Op 21, 'Pegasus Effect' (2nd mvt, 'Flower')

    Performer: Craig Ogden. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Dona nobis pacem (Mass in B minor, BWV232)

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists.
    • SDG.

  • Александра Пахмутова

    Russian Suite (3rd, 'Song')

    Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov. Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation.
    • MELODIYA.

  • Alexander Dmitrievitch Sheremetiev

    Now ye heavenly powers

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