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Welcome a peaceful morning with beautiful 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 gently flowing melodies from composers like Schubert, Beach, and Carwithen, this episode also gives you a chance to find your focus through the music of Sophie Hutchings. Sian takes a breath and manages to discharge an unsettling feeling she has woken up with, and Professor Catherine Loveday explores how music can be a source of comfort and support during pregnancy and labour.

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No 5 in A major, K 219 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Chloe Chua. Conductor: Hans Graf. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
    • Pentatone.

  • Nobuo Uematsu

    Frozen Tears (Merregnon: Heart of Ice)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eckehard Stier.
    • Decca.

  • Kurt Weill

    Youkali (version for violin & piano)

    Performer: Daniel Lozakovich. Performer: Hélène Mercier.
    • Warner.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Suffolk Suite (1st mvt, Prelude)

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 77 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • John Ireland

    Spring Sorrow (Arr. for Cello & Piano)

    Music Arranger: Julian Lloyd Webber. Performer: Gerald Peregrine. Performer: Antony Ingham.
    • Naxos.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Chiquilín de Bachín (arr for trumpet & guitar)

    Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Performer: Thibaut Garcia. Music Arranger: Jérôme Ducros.
    • Warner.

  • Sophie Hutchings

    Landing

    Performer: Sophie Hutchings.
    • Mercury.

  • Joanna Borrett

    Then

    Ensemble: Her Ensemble.
    • Signum.

  • Hjálmar Ragnarsson

    Ave Maria (Total Immersion: Icelandic Chill, Live)

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Oliver Davis

    Pieces of Wood (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Kerenza Peacock. Conductor: Julian Kershaw. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Signum.

  • Patrick Hawes

    Reflexionem

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

  • Eric Coates

    I Sing to You (Souvenir)

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

  • Ignacy Jan Paderewski

    Piano Concerto, Op 17 (2nd mvt, Romanza)

    Performer: Claire Huangci. Conductor: Shiyeon Sung. Orchestra: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • John Rutter

    Look at the World

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Collegium.

  • Philip Lane

    Suite of Cotswold Folk Dances (Brighton Camp)

    Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia.
    • Resonance.

  • Franz Schubert

    Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, Op 129, D 965

    Performer: David Moreau. Performer: Edgar Moreau. Performer: Jérémie Moreau.
    • Erato.

  • Yu‐Peng Chen

    Peaceful Hike (Qingce Daytime)

    • miHoYo.

  • Edward Elgar

    Carissima (arr for cello & strings)

    Performer: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt. Orchestra: Metamorphosen Berlin.
    • Sony.

  • Orlande de Lassus

    Aurora lucis rutilat (arr for saxophone quartet & choir)

    Music Arranger: Freddie Crowley. Choir: Corvus Consort. Ensemble: Ferio Saxophone Quartet. Conductor: Freddie Crowley.
    • Chandos.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Lute Concerto in D major, RV 93 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Evangelina Mascardi. Ensemble: Estrovagante. Director: Riccardo Doni.
    • Arcana.

  • Alla Pavlova

    Adagio, 'Prayer for Peace on Earth'

    Performer: Yury Revich. Performer: Volodymyr Borodin.
    • ARS Produktion.

  • William Walton

    Siesta

    Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Hikaru Shirosu

    Nocturne No 2 (Unused Umbrella)

    Performer: Hikaru Shirosu.
    • Shirosu Records.

  • Francis Kleynjans

    Prelude No 3 in G major (24 Preludes)

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham.
    • Decca.

  • Max Reger

    Lyric Andante in D major

    Conductor: Bernhard Güller. Orchestra: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester.
    • Menuetto Classics.

  • Amy Beach

    Four Sketches, Op 15 (No 1, 'Autumn')

    Performer: Claire Huangci.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 6, Op 68, 'Pastoral' (2nd mvt, 'Scene by the Brook')

    Conductor: Antonello Manacorda. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • Sony.

  • Koji Kondo

    Saria's Song (Legend of Zelda)

    Performer: Alexander Joseph. Music Arranger: Alexander Joseph.
    • Alexander Joseph.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Suite from 24 Melodies, Op 59 (No 4, Lament / They will not lend me a child)

    Conductor: Michael Repper. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Avie.

  • Dora Pejačević

    Piano quartet in D minor Op.25 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    Mother

    Performer: Floraleda Sacchi.
    • Amadeus Arte.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Swan Song (6 Lieder, Op 1: No 1)

    Performer: Mats Lidström. Performer: Leif Kaner‐Lidström.
    • HYPERION.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Suite No 3 in G major, Op 55 (1st mvt, Elegie)

    Conductor: Dmitry Liss. Orchestra: Ural Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Fuga Libera.

  • Frederick Delius

    Aquarelle No 1

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Documents.

Broadcast

  • Wednesday 09:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind