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Embrace the day with stress-free 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 uplifting and enchanting melodies from Korngold, Chopin, and Betty Jackson King, this episode explores how music can help with talking about personal things. Plus, Sian is inspired by the sound of trees in the wind while out to take a breath.

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Music Played

  • Johan Svendsen

    Romanze in G minor, Op 26

    Performer: Marianne Thorsen. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Rachel Portman

    Childhood

    Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • NODE RECORDS.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Marietta's Lied (Die tote Stadt)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Eivind Aadland.
    • WARNER.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Peace on Earth

    Performer: Huw Watkins. Singer: Ruby Hughes.
    • BIS.
  • Gustav Holst

    A Moorside Suite (2nd mvt, 'Nocturne')

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Meredith Monk

    Ellis Island

    Performer: Ursula Oppens. Performer: Bruce Brubaker.
    • ECM.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Concerto No 2 In F Minor, Op 21 (2nd mvt, Larghetto)

    • ULTIMATE CLASSIX.
  • Sigur Rós

    óٲí

    Composer: Georg Hólm. Composer: Jón Þór Birgisson. Composer: Kjartan Sveinsson. Composer: Orri Páll Dýrason. Performer: 12 Ensemble.
    • SANCHO PANZA RECORDS.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O Quam Mirabilis Est

    Ensemble: Taracea.
    • ALPHA.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    4 Scottish Dances Op 59 (No 3, Allegretto)

    Ensemble: Dallas Winds. Conductor: Jerry Junkin.
    • REFERENCE RECORDINGS.
  • Lennox Berkeley

    Serenade for Strings Op 12 (2nd mvt, Andantino)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Francisco Guerrero

    O Sacrum Convivium

    Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Paul Brough.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Arr. for Orchestra by Robin O'Neill (Variation 13)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Robin O’Neill.
    • BIS.
  • William Grant Still

    Prelude

    Performer: Hartmut Höll.
    • CPO.
  • Erland Cooper

    Movement 5 - Pt 2 - Instrumental

    Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble. Director: Erland Cooper.
    • DECCA.
  • Camille Pépin

    Apaisé, boisé/Soothed, wood (The Sound of Trees)

    Performer: Yan Levionnois. Performer: Julien Hervé. Orchestra: Orchestre de Picardie. Conductor: Arie van Beek.
    • NOMADMUSIC.
  • Henry Purcell

    'Music for a While' from Oedipus (arr. for viola d'amore and cello)

    Performer: Garth Knox. Performer: Agnès Vesterman.
    • ECM.
  • Gordon Jacob

    Violin Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Clare Howick. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Grant Llewellyn.
    • NAXOS.
  • Helen Leach

    A Melrose Rhapsody (Version for Violin & Piano)

    Performer: Benedict Holland. Performer: Simon Leach.
    • DIVINE ART.
  • Seckou Keita

    Tamala's Caravan Trail (African Rhapsodies)

    Performer: Seckou Keita. Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Performer: Suntou Susso. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Heron.
    • CLAVES.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, Hob VIIe:1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Thomas Klug.
    • WARNER.
  • Clémence de Grandval

    Suite for Flute & Piano (4th mvt, 'Romance')

    Performer: Hélène Couvert. Performer: Juliette Hurel.
    • ALPHA.
  • Jean Françaix

    Symphony in G minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
    • HYPERION.
  • Betty Jackson King

    Lullaby arr. violin and piano

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Performer: Matthew Hagle.
    • CEDILLE.
  • Johannes Brahms

    String Quartet No 1 in C Minor, Op 51 No 1 (2nd mvt, 'Romanze')

    Ensemble: Melos Quartett.
    • THE CLASSICAL LABEL.
  • Julius Röntgen

    Symphony No 24 in E major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester. Conductor: David Porcelijn.
    • CPO.
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Aqua

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • MILAN.
  • Haydn Wood

    Violin Concerto in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Ave Maria

    Choir: VocalEssence Ensemble Singers. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.
    • CLARION.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne, Op 37/1

    Performer: Álvaro Pierri. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
    • SONOTON - SCD.
  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F Major, Op Posth 166, D 803 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Wigmore Soloists.
    • BIS.
  • Peteris Vasks

    Plainscapes - Plainscape II

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Håkon Samuelsen. Performer: VOCES8.
    • DECCA.

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