Bring balance to your morning with peaceful 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 serene, and enchanting melodies from composers including Arvo P盲rt, Fanny Mendelssohn, and Dvo艡谩k, there's also your daily opportunity to Find your Focus, encouraged today with music by Lambert. Professor Catherine Loveday joins the show to explore why children might be more relaxed when listening to unfamiliar music, and Sian Takes a Breath by a babbling brook to find a brief moment of rest.
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Sir George Dyson
Three Songs of Praise (No 2, 'Lauds')
Choir: 91福利社 Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: 91福利社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Chandos.
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Eug猫ne Ysa每e
Reve d'enfant [Childhood Dream], Op 14
Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Guillaume Bellom.- Erato.
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Josef Myslivecek
Symphony in B flat major (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Matthias Bamert. Orchestra: London Mozart Players.- Chandos.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Nabucco Piano Variation (arr for piano from Nabucco: Va' pensiero)
Performer: Gabriele Bagnati. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Kl枚pfel.- Sony Music.
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Victor Herbert
Yesterthoughts, Op 37
Performer: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt. Orchestra: Metamorphosen Berlin.- Sony.
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Frank Bridge
Souvenir (arr for viola & piano)
Music Arranger: Veronica Leigh Jacobs. Performer: Eniko Magyar. Performer: Tadashi Imai.- Naxos.
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Lambert
As Ballad
Performer: Lavinia Meijer.- Sony.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo in C major, K 373
Performer: Chloe Chua. Conductor: Hans Graf. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra.- Pentatone.
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Yu鈥怭eng Chen
Reminiscence
Performer: Yu鈥怭eng Chen. Conductor: Robert Ziegler. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- DG.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Romance in B flat major, Op 28 (arr for violin & orchestra)
Performer: Pierre Fouchenneret. Music Arranger: Philippe Gaubert. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud. Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland.- Naxos.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Klavierstuck in B flat major
Performer: Sontraud Speidel.- ARS Produktion.
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Eric Coates
For Your Delight
Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: 91福利社 Philharmonic Orchestra.- Chandos.
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Johann Stamitz
Sinfonia in D major WolS I D-23 (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Timo Handschuh. Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim.- CPO.
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Ola Gjeilo
Ecce Novum
Choir: Choir of Royal Holloway. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.- Decca.
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Alec Templeton
Pocket Size Sonata No 1 (1st mvt, 'Improvisation')
Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Jos茅 Gallardo.- DG.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Serenade in B flat major, Op 37 (version for cello and orchestra)
Performer: Li-Wei Qin. Conductor: Michael Hal谩sz. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra.- Naxos.
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Dobrinka Tabakova
Sun Triptych (3rd mvt, 'Dusk')
Conductor: David Hill. Orchestra: 91福利社 Concert Orchestra.- ECM.
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Ethel Smyth
Nocturne
Performer: David Kadouch.- Mirare.
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Arvo P盲rt
The Deer's Cry
Choir: Vox Clamantis. Conductor: Jaan-Eik Tulve.- ECM.
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Robert Schumann
Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 97, 'Rhenish' (2nd mvt, Scherzo)
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony.- SFS Media.
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Franz Liszt
Years of Pilgrimage (1st year, Switzerland: 'By a Spring')
Performer: Roger Muraro.- Universal.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Romance for String Orchestra in B major
Conductor: Charles Peebles. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.- Somm.
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Anna Lapwood
Arise, Shine
Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.- Sony.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No 15 in D major, Op 28, 'Pastorale' (2nd mvt)
Performer: Igor Levit.- Sony.
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Rachel Portman
Tipping Points (5th mvt, 'Earth')
Performer: Niklas Liepe. Conductor: Erina Yashima. Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester.- Sony.
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Toru Takemitsu
12 Songs for Guitar (No 8, 'Here, There and Everywhere')
Performer: Shin-Ichi Fukuda.- Naxos.
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Alexis Ffrench
The Time of Your Life
Performer: Alexis Ffrench.- Sony.
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Serenade Melancolique, Op 26
Performer: Guy Braunstein. Conductor: Kirill Karabits. Orchestra: 91福利社 Symphony Orchestra.- Pentatone.
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Friday Afternoons, Op 7 (Fishing Song)
Composer: Benjamin Britten. Performer: Guy Braunstein. Conductor: Kirill Karabits. Orchestra: 91福利社 Symphony Orchestra. Choir: New London Children鈥檚 Choir. Conductor: Alexander Wells.- Naxos.
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Florence Price
String Quartet in G major (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Delirium Musicum. Conductor: Etienne Gara.- Erato.
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Eleanor Daley
Set me as a seal
Choir: Choir of Royal Holloway. Conductor: Rupert Gough.- Signum.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
How Fair This Spot, Op 21 No 7
Performer: Nobuyuki Tsujii. Music Arranger: Arcadi Volodos.- DG.
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Ernest Shand
Legende, Op 201
Performer: Alexandra Whittingham.- Delphian.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
7 Gypsy Melodies, Op 55 (No 4, 'Songs My Mother Taught Me')
Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Conductor: Eivind Aadland. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.- Warner.
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Charlotte Sohy
Tryptique champ锚tre, Op 21 (2nd mvt, 'Au fil de l'eau')
Performer: Mathilde Cald茅rini. Performer: Omer Bouchez. Performer: Yung-Hsin Lou Chang. Performer: Yan Levionnois. Performer: Constance Luzzati.- La Bo卯te 脿 P茅pites.
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Joe Hisaishi
Symphonic Suite, 'Castle in the Sky' (The Castle of Time)
Orchestra: New Japan Philharmonic World Dream Orchestra.- Decca.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Nach dir Herr verlanget mich, BWV 150 (No 6)
Choir: VOCES8. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.- VOCES8 Records.
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