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Nature Week: Beautiful tunes from Mottisfont

Presented by broadcaster, author and counselling psychologist Dr Sian Williams from Mottisfont National Trust site with calming classical music to set you up for the day ahead.

Calming classical music to inspire focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented by broadcaster, author and counselling psychologist Dr Sian Williams from Mottisfont National Trust site in Hampshire.

In the leafy surrounds of the gardens at Mottisfont, beside the running water of a trout-filled river, Sian ponders whether our brains change with the seasons. Meanwhile, Professor Catherine Loveday explores emerging research suggesting seasonal changes can be detected in parts of the brain associated with mind wandering, and Sian discovers how light, water and the changing natural world around Mottisfont can give our minds space to reset. Featuring the soothing melodies of composers including Beethoven, Debussy and Rebecca Clarke, and a chance to Find Your Focus for the morning in a piece by Luke Howard depicting Dappled Light.

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 6 in F major, Op 68, 'Pastoral' (2nd mvt, 'Scene by the Brook')

    Conductor: Antonello Manacorda. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • Sony.

  • Teesa

    Where Roses Bloom

    Performer: Teesa.
    • 2027087 Records DK2.

  • Hugo Reinhart

    Saxophone Quartet in F minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Ferio Saxophone Quartet.
    • Chandos.

  • Luke Howard

    Dappled Light

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • Decca.

  • Joachim Raff

    Abends, Op 163b

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.
    • Chandos.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major, Op 114, D 667, 'The Trout' (4th mvt)

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Hwayoon Lee. Performer: Maximilian Hornung. Performer: Roman Patkoló. Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • DG.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Petite Adagio Variation (after 'The Seasons, Op 67: No 15')

    Performer: Jan Vogler. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Ensemble: Moritzburg Ensemble.
    • Sony.

  • William Byrd

    Mass for 5 voices (IIIb, 'Qui propter nos homines')

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

  • Shreyas Murali

    Down in the Meadow

    Performer: Shreyas Murali.
    • Karma Sounds.

  • Gordon Langford

    First Suite of Dances (3rd mvt, 'Tango')

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

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Conductor: Krišs Russman. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • BIS.

  • Trad.

    The Last Rose of Summer

    Music Arranger: Alexander L’Estrange. Choir: The Queen’s Six.
    • Signum.

  • Yu‐Peng Chen

    Waltz of the Fireflies

    Performer: Yu‐Peng Chen. Performer: Yixuan Wei. Orchestra: Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Akira Nakada

    A Song of Early Spring (12 Song for Guitar)

    Performer: Xuefei Yang.
    • Platoon.

  • Claude Debussy

    Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

    Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie.
    • Decca.

  • Jocelyn Hagen

    Lo, How a Rose

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Conductor: Barnaby Smith. Orchestra: VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra.
    • Voces8.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music, Suite No 2, HWV 349 (No 13, Minuet)

    Conductor: Georg Kallweit. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Eric Coates

    Woodnymphs

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

  • Jessica Curry

    Pie Jesu

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

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    Mazurka Apassionata

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • Erato.

  • Richard Addinsell

    Ring Around the Moon Suite (6th mvt, 'Polka')

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton.

  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    Au sein de la nature (No 3, 'Le murmure des blés')

    Performer: Sarah Cahill.
    • First Hand.

  • John Rutter

    Dancing Tree (No 1, 'Stone in the Water & Foxglove')

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Collegium.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 40 in G minor, K 550 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Tarmo Peltokoski. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • DG.

  • Olivia Belli

    Naïás

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • Sony.

  • Carl Stamitz

    Cello Concerto No 2 in A major (2nd mvt, Romanza)

    Performer: Michal Kaňka. Orchestra: Prague Chamber Orchestra.
    • Supraphon.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    Lullaby

    Ensemble: Runya Duo.
    • Aevea Classics.

  • Julie Cooper

    The Seasons Change

    • KPM.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    Summer

    Conductor: Joe Hisaishi. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker.
    • DG.

  • James Oswald

    Airs for the Spring (The Hyacinth)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Hesperi.
    • BIS.

  • Robert Fuchs

    Serenade No 5 in D major, Op 53 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Christian Ludwig. Orchestra: Kölner Kammerorchester.
    • Naxos.

  • Albert Ketèlbey

    In a Monastery Garden

    Conductor: Adrian Leaper. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Slovak Philharmonic Male Chorus.
    • Naxos.

  • Catrin Finch

    Who We Were

    Performer: Catrin Finch.
    • bendigedig.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Strings in B flat, R163, 'Conca' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Andrea Marcon. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra.
    • ARCHIV.

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