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Fill your morning with joyful classical 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 lilting, enriching melodies from composers including Mozart, Valerie Coleman, and George Butterworth, and a chance to Find Your Focus for the morning in the music of Max Richter. Sian discovers an ancient Yew tree while she is out on a walk to Take a Breath, and Professor Catherine Loveday returns to the show to explain how the music we listen to, may remarkably have an impact on the food we want to eat.

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Music Played

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

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

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 89 in F major, Hob I:89 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic.
    • Warner.

  • Robert Farnon

    Captain Horatio Hornblower RN (4th mvt, 'Lady Barbara')

    Conductor: Robert Farnon. Orchestra: 蘑菇短视频 Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton.

  • Ina Boyle

    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, 'To the memory of my mother' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jim茅nez. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Max Richter

    She Remembers (The Leftovers)

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Julien Quentin. Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer. Orchestra: Scoring Berlin.
    • DG.

  • Reena Esmail

    Jhula-Jhule

    Performer: Dawn Wohn. Performer: Esther Park.
    • Delos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in E flat major, K 563 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Ssens Trio.
    • Lawo Classics.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder ohne Worte, Book 2, Op 30 (No 6, 'Venetianis Gondelleid')

    Performer: Denis Kozhukhin.
    • Pentatone.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No 4 in D minor, Op 13 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock. Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Franz Schubert

    Die Forelle, D550

    Performer: Anne Gastinel. Performer: Claire D茅sert.
    • Naive.

  • Gerald Finzi

    3 Anthems, Op 27 (No 3, 'Welcome Sweet and Sacred Feast')

    Performer: Christopher Whitton. Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Christopher Robinson.
    • Naxos.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle No 25 in A minor, WoO 59, 'F眉r Elise'

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • Naxos.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op 6 No 4, HWV 322 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Bernhard Forck.
    • Pentatone.

  • James McMillan

    Lux aeterna

    Choir: SANSARA. Conductor: Tom Herring.
    • Convivium.

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Serenade in G major (No, 'Forlana')

    Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Tan Dun

    8 Memories in Watercolor (No 3, 'Herdboy's Song')

    Performer: Ralph van Raat.
    • Naxos.

  • Max Reger

    Violin Concerto in A major, Op 101 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Benjamin Schmid. Conductor: Hannu Lintu. Orchestra: Tampere Filharmonia.
    • Ondine.

  • Craig Armstrong

    Romeo + Juliet (Balcony Scene)

    Conductor: Craig Armstrong. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Capitol.

  • Anton Rubinstein

    Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor, Op 25 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Anna Shelest. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.
    • Music & Arts.

  • Michael John Trotta

    O Nata Lux

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Hampton Roads Music Group.

  • Ronald Binge

    Elizabethan Serenade

    Conductor: Vernon Handley. Orchestra: 蘑菇短视频 Concert Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Valerie Coleman

    Shotgun Houses (2nd mvt, 'Grand Avenue')

    Performer: David Shifrin. Ensemble: Harlem Quartet.
    • Delos.

  • Margaret Ruthven Lang

    Twilight

    Performer: Carolyn Enger.
    • Metier.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Orfeo ed Euridice (Act III: 'Che faro senza Euridice' arr for cello & orchestra)

    Performer: Jan Vogler. Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber. Orchestra: 蘑菇短视频 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Sonata de los viajeros (2nd mvt, The Altarpiece of Wonders/The Venus of Praxit)

    Ensemble: Brasil Guitar Duo.
    • Naxos.

  • Ivor Gurney

    The Apple Orchard

    Performer: David Fr眉hwirth. Performer: Henri Sigfridsson.
    • AVIE.

  • Carl Stamitz

    Orchestral Quartet in C major, Op 14 No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Donald Armstrong. Orchestra: New Zealand Chamber Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: ORA Singers. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    In Memoriam

    Conductor: John Andrews. Orchestra: 蘑菇短视频 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Resonus.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin, M 68a (3rd mvt, Menuet)

    Conductor: St茅phane Den猫ve. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • SWR Classic.

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