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Welcome the day with peaceful classical 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.

Featuring warm, comforting music from Britten, Tchaikovsky, and Charlotte Sohy, this episode explores how music can affect our sense of taste. Plus, Sian takes a breath near a wild, turbulent river.

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No 5 in A Major, K 219 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Kris Bowers

    When You Are Alone (Bridgerton Series 2)

    Performer: Kris Bowers.
    • Lakeshore.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet Suite No 1 Op 64a (3rd mvt, 'Madrigal')

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    In the Bottoms: No. 1. Prelude: Night

    Performer: Monica Gaylord.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Ave Maria (3 Latin Motets: No 2)

    Performer: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Christian Badzura

    Lunar

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Quartet for Strings No 1 in E minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Petr Popelka.
    • Supraphon.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Starlit Nights (Eight Pieces From The Seasons: May)

    • NFI.

  • Chevalier J.J.O. de Meude-Monpas

    Violin Concerto no.4 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Hege.
    • Cedille.

  • Anton Rubinstein

    Melody in F

    Orchestra: Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra.
    • Chacksfield.

  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring (Ballet for Martha): Coda

    Conductor: Aaron Copland. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.
    • Living Stereo.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Haydn, Op 56a (3rd variation)

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Chen Yi

    The Fisherman's Song

    Performer: Scott Conklin. Performer: Alan Huckleberry.
    • Albany Records.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet No 4 in E minor, No 2 Op 44 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Van Kuijk Quartet.

  • Rebecca Dale

    The Cloths of Heaven

    Choir: VOCES8 Foundation Choir. Orchestra: VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra. Director: Barnaby Smith.
    • Voces8 Records.

  • William Grant Still

    Brown Girl (Black Belt: No 6)

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

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music, Suite No 3, HWV 350 (1st mvt)

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

  • Adolphe Adam

    Scene d'amour (Giselle, Act I)

    Orchestra: Festivalový orchestr Praha. Conductor: Pavel Urbanek.
    • Dream Collection.

  • Ennio Morricone

    Deborah's Theme (Once Upon a Time in America)

    Conductor: Ennio Morricone. Orchestra: Czech National Symphony Orchestra.
    • Universal.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No 5 in B flat major, WAB 105 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Markus Poschner. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Capriccio.

  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un jardin clair

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Johann Baptist Vanhal

    Symphony in A flat Major, Bryan Ab1 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Toronto Chamber Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 21 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Ádám Fischer. Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Charlotte Sohy

    Quatre Pièces romantiques, Op 30 (3rd mvt, 'Berceuse')

    Performer: Marie Vermeulin.
    • La Boite a Pepites.

  • Alice Mary Smith

    Symphony in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • Chandos.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Andata

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • Milan.

  • Ed Frazier Davis

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: BBC Singers.

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque, CD 82: 3rd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.

  • Debbie Wiseman

    Edward VII

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman. Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Canzonetta (Soirees Musicales)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.

  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Légende Op.17

    Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bucolic Suite (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Martin Yates. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Dutton.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Barcarolle (Tales of Hoffmann)

    Orchestra: RIAS Kammerorchester. Conductor: Helmuth Brandenburg.
    • Sonoton - SCD.

  • Edward Elgar

    Angelus, Op 56

    Performer: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Performer: William Vann.

Broadcasts

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