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Revitalise your morning with peaceful 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 wonderful, recharging music from Bob Chilcott, Robert Schumann, and Judith Weir. Sian spots some deer while out to Take a Breath and Professor Catherine Loveday explores the science behind the benefits of sharing music with others.

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Music Played

  • Alice Mary Smith

    Symphony in C minor (2nd mvt)

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

  • Robert Schumann

    Davidsbündlertänze, Op 6 (No14, 'Zart und singend')

    Performer: Tiffany Poon.
    • Pentatone.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Flute Quintet No 6 in E flat major, Op 17 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Rafael Ruibérriz de Torres. Ensemble: Francisco de Goya String Quartet.
    • Brilliant.

  • Trad.

    Soay

    Composer: Rebecca Dale. Performer: Justine Watts. Conductor: James MacMillan. Orchestra: Scottish Festival Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Richard Strauss

    Horn Concerto No 2, TrV 283 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Owen. Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Elliott Jack Sansom

    Finding My Feet

    Performer: Elliott Jack Sansom.
    • Decca.

  • Clémence de Grandval

    Lamento

    Performer: Lajos Lencsés. Ensemble: Budapest Strings.
    • Haenssler Classic.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Tu es Petrus

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • Decca.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Cancion de Cuna

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Decca.

  • Max Reger

    Ballet Suite, Op 130 (2nd mvt, 'Colombine')

    Conductor: Horst Stein. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Valborg Aulin

    Parisian Scenes (In the Quiet of the Night)

    Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • Nilento.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Schwanenlied

    Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.
    • Sony.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Chant du ménéstrel, Op 70

    Performer: Narek Hakhnazaryan. Conductor: Tigran Hakhnazaryan. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker.
    • Ars.

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Media vita

    Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.
    • Signum.

  • William Grant Still

    Serenade for orchestra

    Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Romance in F major, Op 36

    Performer: Gabriel Schwabe. Conductor: Marc Soustrot. Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester.
    • Naxos.

  • Judith Weir

    Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (2nd mvt)

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Signum.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A major K.581 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Signum.

  • Belle Chen

    My Deers

    Performer: Belle Chen.
    • PLATOON.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    All my stars forsake me

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.
    • Delphian.

  • Charlotte Sohy

    Histoire sentimentale, Op 34 (2nd mvt, 'Amourette')

    Conductor: Debora Waldman. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence.
    • La Boite a Pepites.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No 13 in B flat major, Op 130 (5th mvt, 'Cavatina')

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Decca.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz No 18 in E flat major, KK IVb/10

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Hyperion.

  • Sergei Bortkiewicz

    Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 52, 'From My Homeland' (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Florence Price

    Child Asleep

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Flipside.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Serenade in D minor, B 77 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • Avi.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Ambarvalia, Op 70

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

  • Bob Chilcott

    Lovely Tear of Lovely Eye

    Performer: Jonathan Vaughn. Performer: Alfie Johnson. Choir: Wells Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Matthew Owens.
    • Hyperion.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Bassoon Concerto in F major, Op 75 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Theo Plath. Conductor: Leo McFall. Orchestra: German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Genuin.

  • Franz Lachner

    Septet in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Orfeo.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Magnolia, Pt 2 (4th mvt, 'Mammy')

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • Navona.

  • Frederick Delius

    North Country Sketches (1st mvt, 'Autumn')

    Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Jung Jae-il

    Psalm 89 48 I

    Choir: Budapest Scoring Choir. Conductor: Jun Eun Hye.
    • Jung Jaeil.

  • Frank Bridge

    Suite for Strings, H 93 (3rd mvt, 'Nocturne')

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Chandos.

  • Philip Stopford

    Lully, Lulla, Lullay

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

Broadcasts

  • Mon 29 Dec 202509:00
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  • Yesterday09:00
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