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Enhance your day with gentle 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 peaceful and comforting melodies from composers, including Rebecca Dale, Percy Grainger, and Francis Poulenc, and music by Nils Frahm to accompany you finding your morning focus. Also, Sian spies some sheep while out to Take a Breath and wonders at the perfection of nature, and Professor Catherine Loveday explains why listening to music can make our imaginations more vivid.

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Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 2 in B flat major, Op 52, 'Hymn of Praise' (1st mvt, 'Sinfonia')

    Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
    • DG.

  • Julian Lloyd Webber

    Jasmine

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Louis Philippson.
    • Sony.

  • Rudy Wiedoeft

    Dans L'Orient

    Performer: Chad Smith. Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London.
    • Chandos.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Concerto, S 61 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Performer: Hélène Mercier. Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Emilie Mayer

    String Quartet in F major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Constanze Quartet.
    • CPO.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat major, K 417 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Owen. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.
    • Chandos.

  • Nils Frahm

    Because This Must Be

    Performer: Nils Frahm.
    • Erased Tapes.

  • Archibald Joyce

    Dreaming

    Conductor: Andrew Penny. Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Augusta Holmès

    Trois petites pièces (2nd mvt, 'Clair de lune')

    Performer: Iris Daverio. Performer: Jean‐Paul Gasparian.
    • Oktav Records.

  • Eydís Evensen

    Helena's Sunrise

    Ensemble: Eydis Evensen & Friends.
    • XXIM Records.

  • William Byrd

    Peccantem me quotidie a 5 (Cantiones Sacrae)

    Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Hyperion.

  • Eric Coates

    Miniature Suite (2nd mvt, 'Intermezzo')

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

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Midnight Reverie

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance No 2 in F major, Op 50 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Midori. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings.
    • Warner.

  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Maria

    Performer: Karin Fernandes.
    • Azul Music.

  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony No 1 in A flat major, Op 55 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Percy Grainger

    Shepherd's Hey

    Conductor: Benjamin Britten. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    Caazapá (Aire popular paraguaya)

    Performer: Pietro Locatto.
    • Evidence Classics.

  • Robert Fuchs

    Serenade No 2, Op 14 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Paul Meyer. Orchestra: Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • George Gershwin

    Lady Be Good (Berceuse in F sharp major)

    Performer: Lucas Debargue.
    • Sony.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Cello Concerto, Op 40 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Watkins. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Dan Forrest

    Good Night, Dear Heart

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 7 in C sharp minor, Op 131 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • LSO Live.

  • Margaret Ruthven Lang

    Springtime, Op 30

    Performer: Lucy Mauro.
    • Delos.

  • Carl Stamitz

    Sinfonia Concertante No 2 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Hans‐Peter Hofmann. Performer: Paul Meyer. Conductor: Christoph Eberle. Orchestra: Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester.
    • CPO.

  • Mark Batson

    Moving Mountains

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Performer: Katherine Tinker. Music Arranger: Ryan Metcalfe. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • Decca.

  • Mikhail Pletnev

    Rachmaniana (Melody)

    Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev. Orchestra: Rachmaninoff International Orchestra.
    • Euro Arts.

  • Anton Urspruch

    5 Morceaux, Op 19 (No 1, 'Air')

    Performer: Maria Linares.
    • Naxos.

  • Nainita Desai

    Imaginings

    • Mercury.

  • Rebecca Dale

    Study II (Chaconne for after you left)

    Performer: Fenella Humphreys. Conductor: Nigel Short. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Signum.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95, 'From the New World' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Lahav Shani. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Warner.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    The Seasons, Op 67 (Winter - Frost)

    Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Amadis.

Broadcast

  • Monday09:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind