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Welcome the morning with peaceful 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 relaxing, enriching melodies from Bizet, Clarice Assad, and Brian Eno. There's a chance to Find You Focus this morning with music by Alexandra Streliski, and Sian Takes a Breath in inclement weather to survey a misty valley. Also, Professor Catherine Loveday joins the show again to reveal why we all blink unconsciously while listening to music.

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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Suite from Belshazzar's Feast, Op 51 (2nd mvt, Solitude)

    Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Orlande de Lassus

    Missa Bell' amfritit' altera (Agnus Dei)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Johannes Brahms

    11 Chorale Preludes, Op 122 (No 8, 'Es ist ein ros entsprungen')

    Performer: Samson Tsoy. Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni.
    • LINN.

  • Dorothy Howell

    2 Pieces for Muted Strings (No 2)

    Conductor: Teresa Riveiro Böhm. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Louiguy

    La vie en rose

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Orchid.

  • Alexandra Stréliski

    Plus tôt

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Sony.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    6 Preludes, Op 13 (Prelude No 5 in D major)

    Performer: Anthony Hewitt.
    • Champs Hill.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    Lux aeterna (3rd mvt, 'O nata lux')

    Choir: Chamber Choir of Europe. Conductor: Nicol Matt.
    • DG.

  • Thomas Pitfield

    Theme and Variations (Var II, 'Air - Canon')

    Conductor: Douglas Bostock. Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim.
    • CPO.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet No 20 in D major, K 499, 'Hoffmeister' (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Warner.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony No 1 in F minor, Op 22 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Alberto Ginastera

    Danzas argentinas, Op 2 (2nd mvt, 'Danza de la moza donosa')

    Performer: François-Xavier Poizat.
    • Piano Classics.

  • Joanna Borrett

    Us

    Ensemble: Her Ensemble.
    • Her Ensemble.

  • Miklós Rózsa

    The Jungle Book Suite (4th mvt, Lullaby)

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Trad.

    Amazing Grace

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Carlos Simon. Music Arranger: Carlos Simon.
    • Decca.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Gipsy Suite, Op 20 (3rd mvt, Ballade)

    Conductor: Adrian Leaper. Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Cipriani Potter

    Symphony in B flat major (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • CPO.

  • Florence Price

    Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight (No 5, 'He Cannot Rest until a Spirit-Dawn shall come')

    Choir: Malmö Operakör. Orchestra: Malmö Operaorkester. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Naxos.

  • Carl Nielsen

    The Mist is Rising (The Mother)

    Ensemble: Ensemble MidtVest.
    • CPO.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata, BWV 159 (Es ist vollbracht)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • DG.

  • Carlos de Seixas

    Sinfonia in B flat major (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Álvaro Cassuto. Orchestra: Orquestra do Algarve.
    • Naxos.

  • Bernard Hughes

    Three Swans (The Bereaved Swan)

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Paul Brough.
    • Signum.

  • Robert Schumann

    12 Klavierstucke fur kleine und grosse kinder, Op 85 No 12 (Abendlied)

    Performer: Kian Soltani. Conductor: Gregory Ahss. Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg.
    • DG.

  • Brian Eno

    An Ending (Ascent)

    Performer: Eleanor Turner. Conductor: Daniele Rosina. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan.
    • Signum.

  • Gabriela Montero

    Improvisation No 1

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Orchid.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Oboe Concerto (2nd mvt, 'Minuet & Musette')

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

  • Jocelyn Pook

    Introspection

    Performer: Angèle Dubeau. Ensemble: La Pietà.
    • Analekta.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No 28 in A major, Op 101 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Paul Wee.
    • BIS.

  • Freddie Aguilar

    Anak [Child]

    Performer: Xuefei Yang.
    • Warner.

  • Edward Elgar

    The Wand of Youth Suite, No 1, Op 1a (No 6, 'Slumber Scene')

    Conductor: Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.
    • Halle.

  • Clarice Assad

    4 Miniatures (3rd mvt, Lullaby)

    Performer: Connie Sheu.
    • Connie Sheu.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Hjertesar [The Wounded Heart]

    Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Ojos brujos [Bewitching Eyes]

    Performer: Marco Tamayo.
    • Naxos.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le tombeau de Couperin (2nd mvt, Fugue)

    Ensemble: Les Vents Français.
    • Warner.

  • Esther Abrami

    Nightlight

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Kim Barbier.
    • Sony.

  • Sergei Rachmaninov

    Symphony No 1 in D minor, Op 13 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Alexander Anisimov. Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland.
    • Naxos.

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite No 1 (2nd mvt, Intermezzo)

    Conductor: François Leleux. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Outhere.

  • Reinhold Moritzevich Glière

    Harp Concerto in E flat major, Op 74 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne.
    • Sony.

  • Andrey Bondarenko

    Our Father

    Choir: Chamber Choir of the Grodno Chapel. Conductor: Larisa Ikonnikova.
    • Soliton.

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  • Mon 16 Mar 202609:00
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