Bring peace to your morning with calming classical 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.
Serene 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 gently enriching music from composers including Arvo Part, Florence Price, and Frederick Delius, and a chance to Find Your Focus with the music of Icelandic composer Eydis Evensen. Sian appreciates the benefits of even a little exposure to the natural world while out to Take a Breath, and Professor Catherine Loveday explains the calming practice of 'music breathing'.
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Eric Coates
Sweet Seventeen
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- Chandos.
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Michele Mangani
Love Theme for Clarinet & Orchestra
Performer: Seunghee Lee. Orchestra: Manhattan Chamber Players. Conductor: Steven Beck.- Musica Solis.
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Trad.
Ingen Vinner Frem Til Den Evige Ro [None Shall Win Eternal Peace]
Music Arranger: Ola Gjeilo. Choir: Choir of Royal Holloway. Conductor: Rupert Gough.- Decca.
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Cécile Chaminade
Valse d'Autumne, Op 69 (arr for harp)
Performer: Mélanie Laurent. Music Arranger: Mélanie Laurent.- Indesens.
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Christopher Gunning
Pollyanna
Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.- Chandos.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Danse Macabre
Composer: Adélaïde Ferrière. Performer: Adélaïde Ferrière. Performer: Sarah Tysman.- DG.
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Eydís Evensen
Flow
Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Eydís Evensen.- Sony.
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Francis Kleynjans
Aux lumières de crépuscule, Op 54 (No 4, Tristesse)
Performer: Alexandra Whittingham.- Decca.
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Yu‐Peng Chen
Summer Fantasy (Justice Online)
Performer: Yu‐Peng Chen. Orchestra: Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra.- DG.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Bajazet, RV 703, Sinfonia (2nd mvt)
Director: Pablo Valetti. Orchestra: Café Zimmermann.- Alpha.
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Frederick Delius
Suite for Violin & Orchestra (3rd mvt, Elegie)
Performer: Tasmin Little. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.- Chandos.
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Marilyn Crispell
Dragonfly
Performer: Marilyn Crispell.- ECM.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano concerto no.8 in C major K.246 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Olga Pashchenko. Ensemble: Il Gardellino.- Alpha.
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Chiquinha Gonzaga
Suite Chiquinha Gonzaga (3rd mvt, Saudade)
Performer: Gaëlle Solal. Music Arranger: Paulo Aragão. Conductor: Roberto Beltrán Zavala. Orchestra: Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie.- Fuga Libera.
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Nico Muhly
Prosperitie
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.- Linn.
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Gabriel Fauré
3 Melodies, Op 7 (No 1, 'Apres un reve')
Performer: Daniel Lozakovich. Performer: Hélène Mercier.- Warner.
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Maurice Ravel
Une Barque sur l'ocean, M 43A
Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France.- Naive.
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Nino Rota
Clarinet Sonata in D major (2nd mvt)
Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: José Gallardo.- DG.
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Edgar Bainton
The Golden River, Op 16 (4th mvt)
Conductor: Paul Daniel. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.- Chandos.
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Hélène de Montgeroult
Piano Etude No 28 in E major
Performer: Clare Hammond.- BIS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No 1 in G major, BWV1007, Live from the Great Smoky Mountains (5th mvt, Minuet)
Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.- Sony.
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Dan Fisher
Into the Morning
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- MGFB Music.
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Alonso Lobo
Versa est in luctum
Performer: Owain Park. Performer: The Gesualdo Six.- Hyperion.
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Arvo Pärt
Fratres (1991 version for string orchestra & percussion)
Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.- Erato.
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Hayato Sumino
Suzume
Performer: Hayato Sumino.- Sony.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert, Op 77 (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Anthony Parnther. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.- Decca.
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Hubert Parry
An English Suite (2nd mvt, 'In Minuet Style')
Conductor: William Boughton. Orchestra: English Symphony Orchestra.- Nimbus.
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Julie Cooper
The Renaissance Suite (3rd mvt, 'Barriera in Gossamer Yellow')
Performer: Eliza Marshall. Performer: Camilla Pay. Ensemble: Oculus Ensemble.- Signum.
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John Rutter
Suite Lyrique (No 5, Chanson)
Performer: Catrin Finch. Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: Sinfonia Cymru.- DG.
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Antonín Dvořák
Cypresses, B 152 (No 11, 'Nature Lies Peaceful in Slumber and Dreaming' )
Ensemble: Merel Quartet.- Prospero Classical.
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Florence Price
Violin Concerto No 1 in D major (2nd mvt)
Performer: Fanny Clamagirand. Conductor: John Jeter. Orchestra: Malmö Operaorkester.- Naxos.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Songs Without Words, Op 30 (No 1, Andante Espressivo in E flat)
Performer: Sophie Kauer. Performer: Kunal Lahiry. Music Arranger: Friedrich Grützmacher. Music Arranger: Max Knoth.- DG.
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Ludovico Einaudi
Respiro
Performer: Cecilia Chailly. Performer: Ludovico Einaudi.- Decca.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Johannes-Passion, BWV 245 (Part 2: No 39, Chorus - Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine)
Choir: Pygmalion Chorus. Orchestra: Pygmalion Ensemble. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Toru Takemitsu
The Last Waltz
Performer: Andrea Dieci.- Brilliant Classics.
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Rachel Portman
Tipping Points (6th mvt, Epilogue)
Performer: Niklas Liepe. Conductor: Erina Yashima. Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester.- Sony.
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Jay Wadley
It's Time to Grow (We Grown Now OST)
Performer: Jay Wadley. Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.- Milan.
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