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Boost your morning with soul stirring melodies

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 meditative, and soaring tunes from Elgar, Handel, and Dring. Today's Find Your Focus moment comes courtesy of a magical collaboration between Erland Cooper and Bill Ryder-Jones, Sian takes pleasure in finding a new route while out to Take a Breath, and Professor Catherine Loveday explains how listening to music could help our hearing.

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Music Played

  • Eric Coates

    The Three Elizabeths, No 2 'Springtime in Angus' (Elizabeth of Glamis)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    6 Bagatelles, Op126 (No 5 in G major)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • HM.

  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    Evening

    Choir: The Choir of the West. Conductor: Richard Nance.
    • Signum.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Trois dances de 'La Nouvelle Cythere' (No 2, Nocturne)

    Performer: Anastasia Schmidlin. Performer: Denis Zhdanov.
    • Prospero.

  • Leopold van der Pals

    Symphony No 1 in F sharp minor, Op 4 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Johannes Goritzki. Orchestra: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester.
    • CPO.

  • Erland Cooper

    Haar over Hamnavoe

    Performer: Bill Ryder-Jones.
    • Erland Cooper.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op 120 No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Ottensamer. Music Arranger: Stephan Koncz. Conductor: Stephan Koncz. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
    • Pentatone.

  • João Pernambuco

    Sons de carrilhoes

    Performer: Pedro Aguiar.
    • Naxos.

  • Amanda Röntgen-Maier

    Violin sonata in B minor (2nd movt)

    Performer: Cecilia Zilliacus. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • DB.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Herz unt Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 (Chorale: 'Jesu bleibet meine Freude')

    Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    24 Preludes and Fugues Op 87 (No 1 in C major)

    Performer: Yulianna Avdeeva.
    • Pentatone.

  • Philip Stopford

    Ave Maria

    Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Christopher Gray. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Regent.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    The Seasons, Op 67, Pt 4, 'Autumn' (No 15)

    Conductor: José Serebrier. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Warner.

  • Will Todd

    Reverence

    Performer: Mark Edwards. Lyricist: Edward Caswall. Choir: Voices of Hope. Ensemble: Will Todd Ensemble. Orchestra: Alina Orchestra.
    • Signum.

  • Victoria Yagling

    Suite for Cello and String Orchestra (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Conductor: Daniel Dodds. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings.
    • Sony.

  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Robertinha

    Performer: Karin Fernandes.
    • Azul.

  • John Foulds

    Darby and Joan, Op 42, (No 1, 'An Old English Idyll')

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Vocalion.

  • Bob Chilcott

    Walking the Red Road

    Choir: Houston Chamber Choir. Conductor: Robert Simpson.
    • Signum.

  • H. Leslie Adams

    Aria for Cello and Piano

    Performer: Meredith Blecha-Wells. Performer: Kim Sun-Min.
    • Navona.

  • Vasily Kalinnikov

    Symphony No 1 in G minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Niederrheinische Sinfoniker.
    • MDG.

  • William Byrd

    Miserere mihi Domine

    Choir: The Choir of Jesus College Cambridge. Director: Mark Williams.
    • Signum.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Serenade, Op 15, R 114

    Conductor: Jun Märkl. Orchestra: Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa.
    • Naxos.

  • Trad.

    Arirang

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Sony.

  • Madeleine Dring

    My Heart is Like a Singing Bird

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Antonio Oyarzabal.
    • Chandos.

  • Franz Liszt

    Years of Pilgrimage, First Year, 'Switzerland', S160 (No 7, 'Eclogue')

    Music Arranger: Richard Wagner. Conductor: Werner Andreas Albert. Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz.
    • CPO.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Trio Sonata in E major, HWV394 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: The Brook Street Band.
    • The Brook Street Band.

  • Kris Bowers

    Match (King Richard)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • WaterTower.

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    Confesion (Romanza)

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • Warner.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Sonata No 13, Hob XVI:6 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.

  • Grayston Ives

    Listen, sweet dove

    Performer: Jonathan Hardy. Choir: The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. Conductor: Bill Ives.
    • HM.

  • Gordon Jacob

    Three Pieces for Viola and Orchestra (1st mvt, 'Elegy')

    Performer: Helen Callus. Conductor: Stephen Bell. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton.

  • Helena Munktell

    Suite for Stor Orkester (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Tobias Ringborg. Orchestra: Gävle symfoniorkester.
    • Sterling.

  • Margaret Jacobsohn

    Romanza

    Performer: Alexandra Mackenzie. Performer: Ingrid Sawers.
    • Delphian.

  • Bob Chilcott

    The Sleeping Child

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • DECCA.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    Night Signals (Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea)

    • Ponycanyon.

  • Louis Spohr

    Clarinet Concerto No 3 in F minor, WoO 19 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Conductor: Robin O’Neill. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Lucy Walker

    My Heart, My God, is Steadfast

    Choir: Apollo5.
    • Voces8.

  • Edward Elgar

    3 Bavarian Dances, Op 27a (No 2)

    Conductor: James Judd. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • François Couperin

    Les Barricades Mysterieuses

    Music Arranger: David Le Page. Director: Bruce O’Neil. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan.
    • SIGNUM.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 9 Mar 202609:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 21 Mar 202609:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind