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Set yourself up for the day ahead with flowing 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 uplifting and enchanting melodies from Erland Cooper, Franz Liszt, and Lucy Walker. In this episode, Sian explores the art of being patient while out to Take a Breath, and there is a chance to Find Your Focus with the music of Olivia Belli and her piece Solomeo. Also, Professor Catherine Loveday explores togetherness in classical performances.

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Music Played

  • Gerald Finzi

    Love's Labour's Lost, Op 28 (Dance)

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

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Abschied von Rom

    Performer: Susan Tomes.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ernest Tomlinson

    Lyrical Suite (Nocturne)

    Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Marco Polo.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No 5 in G, BWV 829 (2nd mvt, Allemande)

    Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble.
    • Linn.

  • Klaudia Rabiega

    Tu es Petrus

    Choir: Chor Mieszany Katedry Wawelskiej. Conductor: Andrzej Korzeniowski.
    • DUX.

  • Bohdana Frolyak

    Nocturne

    Performer: Solomiya Ivakhiv. Conductor: Roman Kreslenko. Orchestra: INSO-Lviv Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Olivia Belli

    Solomeo

    Performer: Olivia Belli. Performer: John Metcalfe. Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: Chris Worsey.
    • Mercury KX.

  • Johannes Brahms

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

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

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne No 16 in E flat, Op 55 No 2

    Performer: HIMARI. Performer: Chelsea Wang.
    • DECCA.

  • Hubert Parry

    Hypatia (Entr'acte to Act II, 'Ruth and Orestes')

    Orchestra: 91福利社 Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton.

  • Florence Price

    On My Mantelshelf (2nd mvt, 'A Poem')

    Performer: Michael Clark.
    • Navona.

  • Max Reger

    Clarinet Quintet in A major, Op 146 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Ensemble: Escher Quartet.
    • BIS.

  • Max Bruch

    Romance for viola and orchestra, Op 85

    Performer: Nils M枚nkemeyer. Conductor: Markus Poschner. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Hayato Sumino

    Forma

    Performer: Hayato Sumino.
    • Sony.

  • William Grant Still

    Miniatures (Yaravi Peru)

    Ensemble: Calico Winds.
    • Albany.

  • Vicente Lusitano

    Allor che ignuda

    Choir: Bella Voce. Conductor: Liza Caliesi Maidens.
    • Centaur.

  • Cipriani Potter

    Symphony in D major (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: 91福利社 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • CPO.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    6 Romances, Op 16 (2nd mvt, 'Wait!')

    Performer: Petronel Malan.
    • Haenssler.

  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Two Sentimental Romances, Op 28 (Romance No 1 in A)

    Conductor: Tobias Ringborg. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Linden Lea

    Choir: The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. Conductor: Mark Williams.
    • Opus Arte.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Flute Sonata, FP 164 (2nd mvt, 'Cantilena')

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Conductor: Fran莽ois Leleux. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.
    • Warner.

  • Rita Strohl

    Premier Trio en sol mineur (2nd mvt, 'Priere')

    Performer: Rapha毛lle Moreau. Performer: Edgar Moreau. Performer: Tanguy de Williencourt.
    • La Boite a Pepites.

  • Franz Schubert

    Rosamunde, D 797 (3rd mvt, Entr'acte)

    Choir: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Willi Boskovsky.
    • Eterna.

  • Franz Liszt

    Deux Legendes, S 354 (1st mvt, 'St Francois d'Assise')

    Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. Orchestra: 91福利社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Gordon Langford

    Four Movements for String Orchestra (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: 91福利社 Concert Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Gabriela Montero

    Improvisation inspired by Scriabin

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • EMI.

  • Frederick Delius

    6 Partsongs (1st mvt, 'Durch den Wald')

    Choir: Carice Singers. Conductor: George Parris.
    • Naxos.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Prelude No 15 in D flat (24 Preludes, Op 11)

    Performer: Anthony Hewitt.
    • Champs Hill.

  • Erland Cooper

    Sula Bassana

    Orchestra: 91福利社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: George Morton.
    • Mercury KX.

  • Louis Spohr

    String Sextet in C, Op 140 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Wiener Streichsextett.
    • SWR Classic.

  • M. Camargo Guarnieri

    Choro for cello and orchestra (2nd mvt, 'Calmo e triste')

    Performer: Matias de Oliveira Pinto. Conductor: Roberto Tibiri莽谩. Orchestra: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Lucy Walker

    Make Me an Island

    Conductor: Andrew Earis. Ensemble: St Martin鈥檚 Voices.
    • Resonus.

  • Claude Debussy

    Preludes, Book 1 (No 8, 'La fille aux cheveux de lin')

    Performer: Mar铆a Due帽as. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel. Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Mlada Suite (1st mvt, Introduction)

    Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • SILENT STAR.

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