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Discover morning calmness 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 uplifting and enchanting melodies from Helena Munktell, Frank Bridge, and Vincent d'Indy. Professor Catherine Loveday explores the role of personality in music taste, and Sian takes a breath and finds joy in walking through the mud.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Eleanor Daley

    Upon Your Heart

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Piano Piece in E major

    Performer: Liana Șerbescu.
    • jpc.
  • Frank Bridge

    Serenade

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Edin Kaso

    Summer's Wind

    Performer: Edin Kaso.
    • Edin Kaso Music.
  • Imogen Holst

    Variations on an Elizabethan Theme

    Conductor: Jac van Steen. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra.
    • NMC.
  • Nicola Matteis

    Sarabanda (Adagio)

    Performer: Amandine Beyer. Ensemble: Gli Incogniti.
    • ALPHA.
  • Philip Glass

    Orphée, arr for piano duet (Act 2: 10th mvt, 'La Chambre d'Orphée')

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.
    • DG.
  • Tõnu Kõrvits

    Songs From Dolores's Songbook (No 7, 'Azure')

    Conductor: Risto Joost. Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.
    • Ondine.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op 18 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic.
    • DG.
  • Helena Munktell

    Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op 21 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Tobias Ringborg. Performer: Peter Friis Johansson.
    • Naxos.
  • Vincent d’Indy

    Karadec Suite, Op 34 (2nd mvt, 'Chanson')

    Conductor: Darrell Ang. Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester.
    • Naxos.
  • Giovanni Battista Viotti

    Violin Concerto No 22 in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Conductor: Lawrence Foster. Orchestra: Juilliard Orchestra.
    • Warner.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 12 in A major, K 414 (2nd mvt)

    • Forlane.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No 9 in G minor, D173 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • BIS.
  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances, Op 22, Transcribed for oboe and piano (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Gabriel Pidoux. Performer: Jorge González Buajasán.
    • Alpha.
  • Trad.

    Salley Gardens

    Performer: VOCES8.
  • John Brunning

    Concerto Magna Carta (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Conductor: Clark Rundell. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Platoon Ltd.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Serenade in A minor (3rd mvt, 'Intermezzo and Trio')

    Conductor: Martin Yates. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Vocalion.
  • André Campra

    Messe de requiem (4th mvt, 'Agnus Dei')

    Singer: Wynford Evans. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Choir: Monteverdi Choir.
    • WARNER.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Cello Concerto in A minor, Op 40 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Raphael Wallfisch. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Noel DaCosta

    A Set of Dance Tunes for Solo Violin (No 2, 'Neumedia')

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine.
    • Cedille.
  • Claude Debussy

    Clair De Lune (arr for theremin and voice)

    Performer: Carolina Eyck. Music Arranger: Carolina Eyck.
    • Neumeister.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050 (1st mvt)

    • The Classical Label.
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Ichimei (Small Happiness)

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • KAM.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Fantaisie, Op 79

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • DECCA.
  • André Bangambula Vindu

    Lullaby (Congolese)

    Performer: William Chapman Nyaho.
    • MSR.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

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

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Warner.
  • Florence Price

    Dance in the Canebrakes (No 3, 'Silk Hat and Walking Cane')

    Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta.
    • Cedille.
  • Johanna Müller-Hermann

    Violin Sonata in D minor, Op 5 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Gaede. Performer: Oliver Triendl.
    • ±áä²Ô²õ²õ±ô±ð°ù.
  • William Grant Still

    From the Black Belt (No 6, 'Brown Girl')

    Orchestra: Westchester Symphony Orchestra.
    • Vox.
  • Nikolai Golovanov

    Cherubic Hymn

    Performer: Nigel Short. Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Signum.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 10 Feb 2025 09:00
  • Sat 22 Feb 2025 09:00
  • Thu 6 Mar 2025 09:00
  • Next Friday 09:00