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Enhance your morning with soothing 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 enchanting and emotive works from Massenet, Marianna Martines, and Mozart. Sian pays a visit to a local orchard, and Professor Catherine Loveday explores why you might experience Deja Vu in music.

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Herz unt Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Chorale, Jesu bleibet meine Freude

    Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Frank Bridge

    The Sea Suite for Orchestra (Moonlight)

    Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Long Beach Symphony Orchestra.
    • Albany.

  • Virginie Morel

    Huit etudes melodiques (No 6, 'Barcarole')

    Performer: Marie Vermeulin.
    • Bru Zan.

  • Jules Massenet

    Piano Concerto in E flat major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Eloïse Bella Kohn. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Christoph Koncz.
    • Hanssler.

  • Anna Phoebe

    Another Sky

    Composer: Aisling Brouwer. Composer: Nitin Sawhney. Performer: Nitin Sawhney. Ensemble: AVAWAVES.
    • Sony Masterworks.

  • Claude Debussy

    Reverie

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music, Suite No 1, HWV 348 (9th mvt)

    Conductor: Peter Whelan. Orchestra: Irish Baroque Orchestra.
    • Linn.

  • Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Harp Concerto in A major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jana Boušková. Conductor: Vladislav Czarnecki. Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim.
    • Brilliant.

  • Christopher Tye

    My Trust, O Lord, in Thee is Grounded

    Conductor: Edward Higginbottom. Choir: Choir of New College Oxford.
    • CRD.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony in F minor, Op 34, arr for orchestra (2nd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Robin Holloway. Conductor: Paul Mann. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Toccata.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Suite from the Ballet, Op 68a, 'Sleeping Beauty' (4th mvt, 'Panorama')

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Trio for Clarinet, Viola & Piano in E flat major, K 498, 'Kegelstatt' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Mark Simpson.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Bright Star

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Flipside.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Romantic Intermezzo Op 69

    Conductor: Dmitry Yablonsky. Orchestra: Philharmonia of Russia.
    • Naxos.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flute Concerto in D major, Op 10 No 3, RV 428, 'Il gardellino' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Conductor: Richard Tognetti. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Warner.

  • Jane Rutter

    Kodama Tree Spirit: excerpt

    Performer: Jane Rutter. Singer: Bertie Boekemann.
    • ABC Classics.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Carnival of the Animals: Tortoises

    Ensemble: The Kanneh‐Masons.
    • Decca.

  • Tan Dun

    The Wolf (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Dominic Seldis. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • RCO Live.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No 2 in G major, 'A London Symphony' (2nd mvt)

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

  • Florence Price

    Moon Bridge

    Choir: BBC Singers.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Where Beauty Dwells, No 7 Op 21

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett.
    • Warner.

  • Marianna Martines

    Ouverture in C major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: La Floridiana.
    • DHM.

  • Morgan Pochin

    Ave Maria

    Choir: Poor Clares of Arundel.
    • Decca.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Tempest: Prelude to Act III

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Leif Kayser

    Symphony No 2 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Matthias Aeschbacher. Choir: Côro Misto. Orchestra: Aalborg Symfoniorkester.
    • DeCapo.

  • Maria Theresia von Paradis

    Sicilienne in E flat major (arr cello and piano)

    Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Performer: Gerald Moore. Music Arranger: Samuel Dushkin.
    • Warner.

  • William Grant Still

    Africa: II The Land of Romance (arr for piano)

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Steinway & Sons.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Apres une Reve (After a dream)

    Performer: Louis Lortie.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Liturgical Chant: 4 Spiritual Songs (Cherubic Song)

    Conductor: Sigvards Kļava. Choir: Latvian Radio Choir.
    • Ondine.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Oboe Concerto in E flat (1st mvt)

    Performer: Senia Trubashnik. Conductor: Kurt Redel. Orchestra: Radio Luxembourg Symphony.
    • NFI.

  • Trad.

    Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Conductor: Rory Macdonald. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op 32 (2nd mvt, 'Venus, the Bringer of Peace')

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.
    • Sony.

  • Jon Hopkins

    Scene Suspended

    Performer: VOCES8.
    • Decca.

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