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Shape your morning with peaceful classical 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 a range of relaxing and restful pieces from composers including Elgar, Farrenc, and Schubert, and a piece specially chosen to help you Find Your Focus by pianist Dzintra Erliha. Sian Takes a Breath outside after some rain and takes joy in a simple act in the garden, and Professor Catherine Loveday joins the show to explain what is happening in our brains when listening to music gives us pleasure.

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Music Played

  • Armando Manzanero

    Salut d'amour, Op 12

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Conductor: Mario Venzago. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Deng Yu-Hsien

    Spring Breeze Prelude

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.

  • Peteris Vasks

    Prayer

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava.
    • Ondine.

  • Eric Coates

    Springtime Suite (1st mvt, 'Fresh Morning')

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Resonance.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat major, KV 595 (3rd mvt, Rondo)

    Performer: Mishka Rushdie Momen. Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Alpha.

  • Trad.

    Fern Blossom

    Music Arranger: Valdis Muktupāvels. Performer: Kristine Balanas. Performer: Margarita Balanas. Performer: Valdis Muktupāvels.
    • Decca.

  • Michele Mangani

    Intermezzo for Clarinet & String Orchestra

    Performer: Seunghee Lee. Conductor: Steven Beck. Orchestra: Manhattan Chamber Players.
    • Musica Solis.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano in E minor, Op 45 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Trio Laflamme.
    • Evidence Classics.

  • Dzintra Erliha

    Calmness

    Performer: Dzintra Erliha.
    • Prima Classic.

  • Esther Abrami

    Tournelle

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Kim Barbier.
    • Sony.

  • Craig Armstrong

    Far from the Madding Crowd (Love Theme)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic.
    • DG.

  • Eunike Tanzil

    Flying Kites

    Conductor: Anna Handler. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
    • DG.

  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Desalento

    Performer: Karin Fernandes.
    • Azul Music.

  • Richard Addinsell

    Ring Round the Moon (6th mvt, 'Sad Waltz')

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton.

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    Vals in D minor (Waltzes, Op 8: No 3)

    Performer: Pietro Locatto.
    • Evidence Classics.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante défunte

    Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Music Arranger: Bill Elliott. Conductor: Bill Elliott. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Warner.

  • Suena

    Adulta

    Performer: Suena.
    • Sony.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    O Mon Bel Inconnu (Act I: Ent'racte)

    Conductor: Samuel Jean. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence.
    • Bru Zane.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 5 in B flat major, D435 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Sony.

  • Justus Rümenapp

    Für Oskar

    Performer: Justus Rümenapp. Conductor: Christian Köhler. Orchestra: Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg.
    • Justus Rümenapp.

  • Shreyas Murali

    Zen's Garden

    Performer: Shreyas Murali.
    • Karma Sounds.

  • William Byrd

    Ne Irascaris, Domine

    Choir: VOCES8. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.
    • Voces8 Records.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor, Op 45 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Manon Galy. Performer: Jorge González Buajasán.
    • Aparte.

  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Symphony No 1 in D minor, Op 9 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Roberto Paternostro. Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz.
    • Capriccio.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Tema con Variazioni

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Sony.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Everything Changes

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 8, Hob I:8 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Ádám Fischer. Orchestra: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • William Alwyn

    The Cure for Love (Waltz)

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

  • Jessica Curry

    Kiss the Bairns

    Choir: London Voices. Conductor: Ben Parry.
    • Jessica Curry Ltd.

  • Armando Manzanero

    Somos Novios [We're a Couple]

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • DG.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 3 in F major, Op 90 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic.
    • Münchner Philharmoniker.

  • Giulio Taglietti

    Il canto del cigno

    Performer: Diana Vinagre. Director: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata.
    • Erato.

  • Haydn Wood

    An Evening Song

    Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • NAXOS.

Broadcast

  • Monday 09:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind