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Elevate your morning with refreshing classical 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 uplifting, soothing tunes from Bach, Cecile Chaminade, and Anton Bruckner, Sian explores the idea of soft focus while getting some fresh air, and Professor Catherine Loveday explains some of the ways in which music can actually connect us.

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Friday09:00
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Music Played

  • Edward MacDowell

    Suite No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 48: II. Love Song

    Performer: Ulster Orchestra. Performer: Takuo Yuasa.
    • Naxos.

  • Florence Price

    5 Folksongs in Counterpoint for String Quartet: No. 3, Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

    Performer: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture - TH.42 - Love Theme

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra. Performer: Giuseppe Sinopoli.
    • UMG.

  • Taylor Scott Davis

    Sonnet 81

    Performer: Apollo5.
    • VOCES8.

  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor Op. 22: II. Romance. Andante ma non troppo

    Performer: Bomsori.
    • Warner.

  • Max Richter

    Love Song

    Performer: Max Richter.
    • UMG.

  • Henry Eccles

    Double Bass Sonata in G Minor, No 11: 1. Largo

    Performer: Jacek Miruki.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314: II. Adagio non troppo

    Performer: Ivan Podyomov. Performer: Il Pomo d’Oro. Performer: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Aparte.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Ave Maria

    Performer: BBC National Chorus of Wales.
    • BBC.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Dies Natalis, Op. 8

    Performer: Orchestra of the Swan. Performer: Philip Sheppard. Performer: David Le Page.
    • Signum.

  • FrĂ©dĂ©ric Chopin

    Nocturne No.1

    • EXTREME.

  • Frederick Delius

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden

    Performer: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • BBC.

  • HĂ©lĂšne de Montgeroult

    Sonata in A minor, Op. 2 No. 3: II. Adagio

    Performer: Sophie Rosa. Performer: Ian Buckle.
    • Rubicon.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Symphonie Concertante in A Major, Op. 9 No. 2: I. Allegro

    Performer: Yury Revich. Performer: Libor JeĆŸek. Performer: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Performer: Michael HalĂĄsz.
    • Naxos.

  • Georges Bizet

    Jeux d'enfants, Op. 22: XI. Petit Mari, Petite Femme

    Performer: François‐Xavier Roth. Performer: Les Siùcles.
    • Mirare.

  • Elfrida AndrĂ©e

    Piano Trio in G Minor: II. Andante con espressione

    Performer: Nordica Trio.
    • Intim Musik.

  • Eric Whitacre

    i carry your heart

    Performer: BBC Singers.
    • BBC.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: VIII. Epilogue

    Performer: Marc Soustrot. Performer: Aarhus Symfoniorkester.
    • Danacord.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Forever Song

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench. Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: James Morgan.
    • Sony.

  • Claude Debussy

    Danse sacrée (I. Dans sacree)

    Performer: The Cleveland Orchestra.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041: II. Andante

    Performer: Daniel Lozakovich. Performer: Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Kate Bush

    This Woman's Work

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: BBC Concert Orchestra. Performer: Richard Balcombe.
    • Decca.

  • Hubert Parry

    'Hypatia' - Incidental Music: I. Andante (Hypatia and Philammon) Act 3: Entr'act

    Performer: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton.

  • Camille Saint‐SaĂ«ns

    Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125 - XIII. The Swan (Arr. Hodge for Cello, Harp and Ensemble)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Katherine Thomas. Performer: CBSO Cellos.
    • Decca.

  • Gabriela Montero

    Soñando Contigo (Improvisation)

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Warner.

  • William Alwyn

    5 Preludes: No 4: Andante Con Moto

    Performer: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Margaret Bonds

    The Ballad of the Brown King - I. Of the three wise men

    Choir: The Dessoff Choirs. Orchestra: The Dessoff Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Merriweather.
    • AVIE Records.

  • AntonĂ­n Dvoƙák

    Symphony No.9 in E Minor, Op. 95 - From the New World - 2 - Largo

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • De Wolfe.

  • Evangeline Livens

    Shadows

    Performer: Duncan Honeybourne.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 \"Classical\": II. Larghetto

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

  • Sheila Mary Power

    Suite for Cello & Piano No. 1 in E Major: II. Arioso

    Performer: Catherine Wilmers. Performer: Simon Marlow.
    • Decca.

  • Manuel Ponce

    Chapultepec: II. Nocturno (Live)

    Performer: Orquesta Sinfónica de San Luis Potosí. Performer: José Miramontes Zapata.
    • Toccata.

  • Trad.

    Uti VĂ„r Hage

    Performer: Lunds studentsÄngare. Performer: Mats Paulson. Music Arranger: Hugo Alfvén.
    • Naxos.

  • William Byrd

    Infelix ego, Mass for 5 Voices & Motets - Kyrie

Broadcasts

  • Thu 14 Nov 202409:00
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  • Fri 3 Jan 202509:00
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  • Tue 25 Mar 202509:00
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  • Fri 13 Jun 202509:00
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