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Bring energy to your morning with 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 recharging, and refreshing music from Korngold, Glazunov, and Gipps. Sian sets out early to try and capture the sunrise, and Professor Catherine Loveday explains why we find some music relaxing.

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Music Played

  • Teresa Carreño

    Mi Teresita, 'Little Waltz'

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jiménez. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Maurice DuruflĂ©

    4 motets on Gregorian themes, Op 10 (Ubi caritas)

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Collegium.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Sonata No 2 in A minor, BWV 1003, arr for marimba (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Kuniko Kato.
    • Linn.

  • Jean‐Paul‐Égide Martini

    Plaisir d'amour

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Music Arranger: Hector Berlioz. Music Arranger: Andrew Manze. Conductor: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Hania Rani

    Esja

    Performer: Hania Rani.
    • Gondwana.

  • Pamela Harrison

    Suite for Timothy (2nd mvt, 'Tempo di valse')

    Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia.
    • Naxos.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony No 4, Op 61 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Chandos.

  • Bernard Hughes

    Perhaps

    Ensemble: Epiphoni Consort. Conductor: Tim Reader.
    • Delphian.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite No 2 in F major, HWV 42 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Shani Diluka.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Eugene Goossens

    By the Tarn, Op 15 No 1

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

  • Rita Strohl

    Grande Fantaisie-Quintette (3rd mvt, Intermezzo)

    Performer: Ismaël Margain. Ensemble: Quatuor Hanson.
    • Palazzetto Bru Zane.

  • Manuel Ponce

    Scherzino mexicano

    Performer: Manuel Barrueco.
    • Warner.

  • Loris Tjeknavorian

    Othello, Op 31

    Orchestra: Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • ASV.

  • Joachim Nikolas Eggert

    Symphony No 3 in E flat major (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: GĂ©rard Korsten. Orchestra: GĂ€vle symfoniorkester.
    • Naxos.

  • Henrique Oswald

    Il neige

    Performer: Braz Velloso.
    • Naxos.

  • David Hurd

    Taste and See

    • OCP.

  • Stuart Hancock

    Violin Concerto - 2nd movement

    Performer: BBC Concert Orchestra. Performer: Jack Liebeck. Conductor: Levon Parikian.
    • Orchid.

  • Gustav Holst

    Two Songs without Words, Op 22 (No 1, 'Country Song')

    Conductor: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Onyx.

  • Olivia Belli

    TĂ mĂąr MětĆ«shelāh

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • Erato.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Sunrise Mass (1st mvt, 'The Spheres')

    Choir: Westminster Williamson Voices. Orchestra: Sunrise Mass Orchestra. Conductor: James Jordan.
    • GIA Choralworks.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Closer to Forever

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 32 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Laurence Equilbey. Orchestra: Insula Orchestra.
    • Erato.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Whoop, Do Me No Harm, Good Man

    Performer: Mishka Rushdie Momen.
    • Hyperion.

  • Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky

    Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 44 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Vadim Repin. Conductor: Valery Gergiev. Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra.
    • Philips.

  • Agathe Backer-Grondahl

    5 Fantasy Pieces Op 45 (No 4, Gyngende)

    Performer: Benjamin Engeli.
    • Prospero.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Symphony No 2 in F sharp minor, Op 16 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • BIS.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Enchantment (4th mvt, 'Beyond the Dream')

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • Navona.

  • Benjamin Godard

    Scenes poetiques, Op 46 (No 3, 'Sur la montagne')

    Conductor: Kirk Trevor. Orchestra: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante défunte, M 19

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • DG.

  • Esther Magi

    Piano Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ada Kuuseoks. Conductor: Arvo Volmer. Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.
    • Toccata.

  • Catharina Josepha Pratten

    Forgotten

    Performer: Annette Kruisbrink.
    • Tresona Multimedia.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Six Irish Folksongs, Op 78 (No 3, 'At the Mid Hour of Night')

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Symphonic serenade, Op 39 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Jörg Widmann. Orchestra: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester.
    • Channel.

  • Pavel Grigorievich Chesnokov

    Spaséñiye, sodélal

    Choir: VOCES8. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.
    • Voces8 Records.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 19 Jan 202609:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Saturday09:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind