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Embrace the day with inspiring 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 recharging, soothing pieces from Eric Whitacre, Stravinsky and Andree. Sian takes a walk in her pyjamas, and Professor Catherine Loveday explains why some people see colours in music.

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Music Played

  • Malcolm Arnold

    English Dances, Set 1, Op 27

    Conductor: Andrew Penny. Orchestra: Queensland Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Nonet, Op 2 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Chineke! Chamber Ensemble.
    • Decca.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Five Hebrew Love Songs (Temuná [A Picture])

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Ensemble: Pavão String Quartet. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Decca.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Keyboard Concerto in G major, Hob XVIII:4 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin. Conductor: Bernard Labadie. Orchestra: Les Violons du Roy.
    • Hyperion.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra (Introduction)

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst. Orchestra: Philharmonia Zürich.
    • Warner.

  • Max Richter

    Movement, Before All Flowers

    Performer: Eloisa‐Fleur Thom. Performer: Max Baillie. Performer: Connie Pharoah. Performer: Max Ruisi. Performer: Zara Hudson‐Kozdoj. Performer: Max Richter.
    • Decca.

  • Janet Wheeler

    Beati quorum via (Homage to Stanford)

    Performer: Neil Ferris. Ensemble: Sonoro.
    • Resonus.

  • Ildebrando Pizzetti

    Symphony in A major (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Damian Iorio. Orchestra: RAI National Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird Suite (4th mvt, 'Ronde des princesses')

    Conductor: Andrés Orozco‐Estrada. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Pentatone.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Cinnamon Grove (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • Navona.

  • Francis Edward Bache

    Piano Concerto in E major, Op 18 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata for Solo Violin No 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 arr for guitar (1st mvt)

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Music Arranger: Xuefei Yang.
    • Warner.

  • Judith Weir

    Drop down, ye heavens, from above

    Choir: Siglo de Oro. Conductor: Patrick Allies.
    • Delphian.

  • Lionel Sainsbury

    Violin Concerto, Op 14 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Lorraine McAslan. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton.

  • James P. Johnson

    Harlem Symphony (2nd mvt, 'April in Harlem')

    Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: The Concordia Orchestra.
    • Music Masters.

  • Franz Schubert

    Heidenröslein, D 257 (Performed on Cello & Piano)

    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Daria Hovora.
    • DG.

  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    Only in Sleep

    Choir: The Choir of the West. Conductor: Richard Nance.
    • Signum.

  • Charles Gounod

    Méditation sur le premier prélude de piano de J S Bach 'Ave Maria'

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.

  • Pauline Viardot

    6 Morceaux (No 3, Berceuse)

    Performer: Reto Kuppel. Performer: Wolfgang Manz.
    • Naxos.

  • Michael Haydn

    Divertimento in D major, MH 68 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Gernot Schmalfuss. Orchestra: Prague Chamber Orchestra.
    • Orfeo.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Gloria (No 2, 'The Prayer' - Laudamus Te)

    Performer: Timothy Hugh. Choir: National Youth Choir. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Warner.

  • Jeno Hubay

    Violin Concerto No 4 in A minor, Op 101, All'antica' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Hagai Shaham. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Elfrida Andrée

    Three Tone Pictures, Op 4 (3rd mvt, 'In The Evening')

    Performer: Oskar Ekberg.
    • Naxos Sweden.

  • John Barry

    Main Title (I Had a Farm in Africa)

    Conductor: John Barry. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • UMG.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Cello Concerto in G major, G 480 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Marco Ceccato. Orchestra: Accademia Ottoboni.
    • Zig Zag.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Largo con espressione in E minor

    Performer: Helen Cawthorne.
    • ASC Records.

  • Patrick Hawes

    Blue in Blue

    Choir: Conventus Choir. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Patrick Hawes.
    • Black Box.

  • Florence Price

    Ethiopia's Shadow in America (2nd mvt, 'His Resignation and Faith')

    Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Where'er You Walk, arr for oboe & orchestra (Semele, HWV 58)

    Music Arranger: John Rutter. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Collegium.

  • Michael Tippett

    Four Songs From the British Isles (Wales - Gwenllian)

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Signum.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 41 in C major, K551, 'Jupiter' (2nd mvt)

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

  • Johannes Brahms

    Ave Maria, Op 12

    Conductor: Wolf-Dieter Hauschild. Orchestra: MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig.
    • Orfeo.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Baby Serenade, Op 24 (4th mvt, 'Jazz')

    Conductor: Caspar Richter. Orchestra: Bruckner Orchester Linz.
    • CapriccioNR.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 26 Jan 202609:00
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