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Refresh your spirit with gentle classical harmonies

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 melodies to help you recharge and flow through your morning from Gounod, Strauss and Debbie Friedman. Sian Takes a Breath and finds the time to muse upon our sensitivity to our environments. There's a chance to Find your Focus with music by Marika Takeuchi, and Professor Catherine Loveday explores the contrasting ways that different cultures use to describe music.

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Music Played

  • Louis Spohr

    Clarinet Concerto No 1 in C minor, Op 26 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz No 9 in A flat major, Op 69, 'Farewell'

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Hyperion.

  • Clive Osgood

    3 Folksong Hymn Arrangements (No 3, 'An Upper Room')

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Convivium.

  • Leroy Anderson

    Melody on 2 Notes

    Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Max Reger

    Romanze in G major

    Performer: Ib Hausmann. Performer: Nina Tichman.
    • Haenssler.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Suite in D major, Op 49, R 165 (2nd mvt, Sarabande)

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

  • Marika Takeuchi

    Dolomites

    Performer: Marika Takeuchi.
    • Bigo and Twigeti.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No 5 in A major, Op 18 No 5 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • HM.

  • Anne Lovett

    Infinity

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.

  • Trad.

    Danny Boy

    Performer: Rosey Chan. Music Arranger: Rosey Chan.
    • Rosey Chan.

  • Frederick Delius

    Violin Concerto, RTVII/6 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Christopher H. Harris

    Bring me all your dreams

    Choir: London Voices.
    • OUP.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    4 Characteristic Waltzes, Op 22 (No 3, 'Valse de la Reine')

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

  • Catrin Finch

    Clear Sky

    Performer: Catrin Finch.
    • Acapela.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No 2, 'A London Symphony' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Sonata No 2 in C sharp minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Hanni Liang.
    • Delphian.

  • Rebecca Dale

    Materna Requiem: 6. Paradisum Interlude

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • Decca.

  • Oliver Davis

    The Veil Between Worlds (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Benjamin Baker. Conductor: Paul Bateman. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Signum.

  • Debbie Friedman

    Laugh at All My Dreams

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Pentatone.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    Princess Mononoke (Theme)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: GabAnime.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No 6 in E minor, BWV 830 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Sony.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Khovanshchina (Introduction)

    Conductor: Jun Märkl. Orchestra: Tonkunstler-Orchester.
    • Tonkunstler Orchester.

  • Jessica Curry

    So Let us Melt

    Choir: London Voices. Conductor: Ben Parry.
    • Jessica Curry.

  • Richard Strauss

    Don Quixote, Op 35 (Finale, Don Quixotes Tod)

    Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic.
    • LAWO.

  • Trad.

    Fisherman's Song by Moonlight

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Performer: Sha Yuan. Music Arranger: Xuefei Yang. Music Arranger: Sha Yuan.
    • Decca.

  • Antonín Vranický

    Concerto for two violas and orchestra in C major (2nd mvt, Romance)

    Performer: Nils Mönkemeyer. Performer: Teresa Schwamm. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Barcarolle No 1 in A minor

    Performer: Tiffany Poon.
    • Pentatone.

  • Charles Gounod

    Petite Symphonie (2nd mvt)

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

  • John Blitheman

    In Pace

    Choir: Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge. Conductor: Mark Williams.
    • Signum.

  • Gabriel Pierné

    Canzonetta in E flat major, Op 19

    Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille.
    • Pentatone.

  • Sir George Dyson

    Melody

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • BIS.

  • Trad.

    Holy Mary

    Music Arranger: Ian Ledsham. Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Oxford.
    • OXRECS DIGITAL.

  • Luiz Bonfá

    Manha de carnaval

    Performer: Nemanja Radulović. Performer: Aleksandar Sedlar. Orchestra: Double Sens.
    • Warner.

  • Amy Beach

    3 Browning Songs, Op 44 No 3 (1st mvt, 'Send My Heart Up to Thee!')

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Olga Scheps.
    • Sony.

  • Edward Elgar

    Sursum corda, Op 11

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • SOMM.

  • Franz Xaver Richter

    Symphony in D minor, Op 3 No 4 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Michi Gaigg. Orchestra: L’Orfeo Barockorchester.
    • CPO.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade No 2 in A major, Op 16 (4th mvt)

    Conductor: Jaime Martín. Orchestra: Gävle symfoniorkester.
    • Pentatone.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F major, Op 8 No 3, RV 293, 'Autunno' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Aleksandr Veniaminovich Titov. Orchestra: St. Petersburg Classical Music Studio Orchestra.
    • Infinity Digital.

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