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Make your day shine with beautiful 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.

Today's show features uplifting and soothing music from composers like Lauridsen, Gipps, and Mendelssohn, this episode explores the joy of exploring as Sian Takes a Breath on a new footpath. Plus, Professor Catherine Loveday explores how listening to music can affect our cortisol levels.

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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Valse triste, Op 44 No 1

    Conductor: Thomas Søndergård. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Linn.

  • Sheila Mary Power

    Suite for Cello & Piano No 1 in E major (1st mvt, Prelude)

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

  • George Frideric Handel

    12 Concerti Grossi, Op 6 (No 8 in C minor, HWV 326: 1st mvt)

    Conductor: Martin Gester. Orchestra: Arte dei Suonatori.
    • BIS.

  • Franz Liszt

    Liebesträume, S 541 (No 1 in A flat major, 'Hohe Liebe')

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
    • Warner.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 92, Hob I 92 'Oxford' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Kammerakademi.
    • LAWO.

  • Jamie Duffy

    Puca

    Performer: Jamie Duffy.
    • Rubyworks.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 7, Op 70, B 141 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Semyon Bychkov. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.
    • Pentatone.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Paper Hearts

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony Classical.

  • John Williams

    Hymn To The Fallen

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.

  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Violin Concerto in D major, BV 243 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Tanja Becker-Bender. Conductor: Garry Walker. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Liza Lehmann

    Cobweb Castle (1st mvt, 'Fly away ladybird')

    Performer: Peter Jacobs.
    • Heritage.

  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Violin Concerto in E major, Op 2 No 6, D 46 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Giovanni Guglielmo. Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco.
    • Dynamic.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O magnum mysterium

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

  • JB Dunckel

    Wake

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Orchestra: Capucelli.
    • Warner.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Adagio in F minor

    Performer: Valentin Happel.
    • Valquirit.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Nana (No 5 from Siete canciones populares españolas)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan.
    • Signum.

  • Benjamin Rimmer

    Pathway

    Performer: Benjamin Rimmer. Conductor: Peter Oundjian. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Marie Jaëll

    Dans un Rêve (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Manon Galy. Performer: Héloïse Luzzati. Performer: Célia Oneto Bensaid.
    • La Boîte à Pépites.

  • Naresh Sohal

    Lila (6th mvt, 'Conciousness')

    Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Heritage.

  • Adrian Peacock

    There is no Rose

    Singer: Christopher Lowrey. Ensemble: Ensemble Altera.
    • ALPHA.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Sinfonietta Op 73 for winds and percussion (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Hannah von Wiehler. Orchestra: London Chamber Orchestra.
    • Three Worlds.

  • Claude Debussy

    Preludes, Book 1, L 117 (1st mvt, 'Danseuses de Delphes')

    Performer: Fazil Say.
    • Warner.

  • Edmund Finnis

    Hymn (after Byrd)

    Performer: Eloisa‐Fleur Thom. Performer: Max Ruisi. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • Platoon.

  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto symphonique No 4 in D minor, Op 102 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Conductor: Andrew Litton. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Nigel Hess

    Ladies in Lavender (Main Theme)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Conductor: Kirill Karabits. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Dora Pejačević

    Blumenleben, Op 19 (No 7, 'Lilien')

    Performer: Nataša Veljković.
    • CPO.

  • Nainita Desai

    My Mind is Still

    Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words, Op 30 No 3 in E major

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Chandos.

  • Richard Flury

    Symphony No 1 in D minor (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Paul Mann. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Toccata.

  • Kenji Bunch

    Four Flashbacks (4th mvt, 'Quiet, Calm')

    Ensemble: The Waldland Ensemble.
    • MSR Classics.

  • William Grant Still

    From the Black Belt, No 5, 'Blue'

    Orchestra: Westchester Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Siegfried Landau.
    • Vox.

  • Belle Chen

    Kingdom Animalia (Brendan Cox Meditative Rework)

    Performer: Belle Chen.
    • Platoon.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No 13 in G major, K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Otmar Suitner. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden.
    • Berlin.

  • George Butterworth

    Suite for String Quartette, arr for string orchestra (4th mvt)

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

  • Felice Anerio

    Ave Regina cælorum

    Choir: ORA Singers. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Alex Heffes

    Mimi Tires (The Elephant Queen OST)

    • Sony Classical.

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