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Calm your morning with captivating harmonies

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 relaxing, enchanting music from Scriabin, Amy Beach, and Eric Coates. Sian tries to concentrate on just one of her senses while out to Take a Breath, and Professor Catherine Loveday explores how music can help with procrastination. Plus a chance to Find Your Focus with music by Ursula Leveaux and David McGuinness.

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Music Played

  • Josef Suk

    Serenade for Strings in E flat major, Op 6 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: William Boughton. Orchestra: English Symphony Orchestra.
    • Nimbus.

  • Philippe Sarde

    La chanson d'Hélène ('La Choses de la Vie')

    Performer: Daniel Lozakovich. Performer: Hélène Mercier. Music Arranger: Jérôme Ducros.
    • Warner.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op 20 (2nd mvt: Var 4)

    Performer: Julius Asal. Conductor: Fabio Luisi. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata for Viola da Gamba in D major, BWV 1028, arr for clarinet, cello, & double bass (1st mvt)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Sebastien Dubé.
    • Sony.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    3 Miniatures for Piano, Op 42 (Valse)

    Performer: Alexander Malofeev.
    • Sony.

  • Laura Snowden

    Song for Maria

    Performer: Laura Snowden.
    • Bandcamp.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 7 (4th mvt, Nachtmusik II)

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • BR Klassik.

  • Ursula Leveaux

    Where the Tea Is

    Composer: David McGuinness. Performer: Ursula Leveaux. Performer: David McGuinness.
    • Concerto Caledonia.

  • John Williams

    Sabrina (Theme)

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Conductor: John Williams. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alleluja Variation (after Exsultate, jubilate, K 165/K 158a: 3rd mvt, 'Alleluja')

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Kim Barbier. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Ensemble: Esther Abrami Ensemble.
    • Sony.

  • Amy Beach

    4 Sketches, Op 15 (3rd mvt, 'Dreaming')

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • Sony.

  • William Byrd

    Awake Mine Eyes

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christopher.
    • Coro.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 2 No 2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Fumika Mohri. Conductor: Michael Halász. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice.
    • Naxos.

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Abendserenade

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina.
    • Sony.

  • Robert Lopez

    Remember Me (Coco)

    Composer: Kristen Anderson‐Lopez. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.

  • Giovanni Battista Pescetti

    Sonata in C minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Valérie Milot. Music Arranger: Carlos Salzedo.
    • Anémone 13.

  • Stephen Edwards

    Light Eternal

    Performer: Stephen Edwards. Conductor: Candace Wicke. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Mother Goose Recordings.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    La Bohème (Act 2: 'Quando m'en vo / Musetta's Waltz')

    Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Dora Pejačević

    Canzonetta, Op 8

    Performer: Lusiné Harutyunyan. Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Nils Frahm

    Listening Over

    Performer: Nils Frahm.
    • LEITER.

  • Eric Coates

    Summer Days (2nd mvt, 'On the Edge of the Lake / Isla of the Waters')

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Trad.

    Scarborough Fair

    Music Arranger: Stephen Smith. Choir: Elektra Women’s Choir.
    • Elektra Women's Choir.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No 3, 'Pastoral' (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.
    • Halle.

  • John Rutter

    This Is the Day

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Collegium.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Das Jahr, H 385 (No 6, 'June / Serenade')

    Performer: Claire Huangci.
    • Alpha.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah, HWV 56 (Part 1: No 12, 'For Unto Us a Child Is Born')

    Choir: BBC Singers. Ensemble: The Norwegian Wind Ensemble. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Resonus Classics.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Un Dia de Noviembre

    Performer: Thibault Cauvin.
    • Sony.

  • Xiaogang Ye

    Concerto of Life, Op 23c (1st mvt, 'Life Song')

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa. Conductor: José Serebrier. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op 67 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Keri-Lynn Wilson. Orchestra: Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Gabriela Montero

    Sur le lac du Bourget [On Lake Bourget]

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Erato.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony No 5, Op 64 (2nd mvt)

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

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Romance of the Prairie Lilies, Op.39

    Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Naxos.

  • Dan Forrest

    The Sun never says

    Performer: Matthew Sharp. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.

  • Julie Cooper

    Glory of Earth

    • Audio Network.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Quartet in G minor, TWV43 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Senario.
    • Globe.

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