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Get set for the day with uplifting classical music

Calming classical music to uplift your senses and set you up for the day ahead. Presented by broadcaster, author and counselling psychologist Dr Sian Williams.

Calming classical music to uplift your senses and set you up for the day ahead. Presented by broadcaster, author and counselling psychologist Dr Sian Williams.

Featuring enriching and uplifting melodies from Sibelius, Florence Price, and Rachel Currea. This episode explores the gift of a bright crisp morning. Plus, Professor Catherine Loveday explains how music can help those with autism.

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Music Played

  • Arnold Bax

    4 Orchestral Pieces (1st mvt, 'Pensive Twilight')

    Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Trad.

    Tra Bo Dau

    Composer: Alis Huws. Performer: Alis Huws.
    • Universal.

  • Rosey Chan

    Chorale in E flat

    Performer: Rosey Chan.
    • ROSEY CHAN.

  • Gunnar Birgegård

    Du Vilar

    Composer: Sven-David Sandström. Choir: Orphei Drängar.
    • Orphei Drängar.

  • Amy Beach

    Symphony in E minor, Op 32, 'Gaelic Symphony' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn. Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra.
    • NAXOS.

  • Trad.

    Deep River

    Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Music Arranger: Braimah Kanneh-Mason.
    • DECCA.

  • Lars‐Erik Larsson

    Lyric Fantasy, Op 54

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Petter Sundkvist.
    • Warner.

  • Rachel Currea

    Time Marches On

    Performer: Rachel Currea.
    • NFI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No18 in B flat (2nd mvt)

    • Chappell.

  • Ika Peyron

    Romance, Op 19

    Performer: Cecilia Zilliacus. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • dB Productions.

  • Alexander Dmitrievitch Sheremetiev

    Nine sili nebesniye

    Choir: Chorovaya Akademia.
    • RCA Red Seal.

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Serenade in G Major, (5th mvt, Minuet)

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

  • Gabriel Pierné

    6 Piéces posthumes: No 1, 'Prélude sur le nom de Paul Dukas, pour son tombeau'

    Performer: Diane Andersen.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Anon.

    Phos hilaron II

    Composer: Owain Park. Performer: Owain Park. Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op 120 No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jenő Jandó. Performer: Kálmán Berkes.

  • William Grant Still

    Summerland (version for violin & orchestra)

    Performer: Zina Schiff. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

  • Florian Christl

    Bavaria

    Performer: Florian Christl. Performer: Seeger Saitenmusik.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Cello Concerto in D (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Ostertag. Conductor: Klaus Arp. Orchestra: SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 16 in C major, K545, (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.

  • Grace Williams

    Four Illustrations for the Legend of Rhiannon (3rd mvt, 'The Penance')

    Conductor: John Andrews. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Eric Fogg

    Merok

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Hiawathan Sketches Op 16, (2nd mvt, 'A song')

    Performer: David Juritz. Performer: Michael Dussek.

  • Cyrillus Kreek

    Taaveti laul 141, 'Issand, ma huuan Su poole'

    Orchestra: Daniel Reuss. Choir: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.

  • Percy Sherwood

    Piano Concerto No 2 in E flat major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Adagio Cantabile (No 2 of 'Cinammon Grove')

    Performer: Kathy and David Blackwell.

  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasy in C major, Op 15, Wandererfantasie' (2nd mvt)

    Composer: Charles Koechlin. Conductor: Florian Hölscher. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.

  • Sylvie Bodorová

    Plegaria

    Performer: Heike Matthiesen.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 15

    Performer: Glenn Gould.

  • Kristina Arakelyan

    You Know Me

    Performer: Anna Lapwood. Performer: Joseph Beadle. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.

  • Frederick Delius

    Intermezzo (Fennimore and Gerda)

    Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera.

  • Florence Price

    First Romance

    Performer: Lara Downes.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Scenes Historiques I, Op 25 (Overture)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.

  • Jean-Baptiste Barrière

    Sonata No 10 in G major for two cellos (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: Jonathan Cohen.

  • Lauren Scott

    Elegy (for solo lever harp)

    Performer: Lauren Scott.
    • AVIE.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 17 Feb 2025 09:00
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  • Wed 7 May 2025 09:00
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