Enhance your day with restful classical music
Calming classical music to inspire focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented by broadcaster, author and psychologist Dr Sian Williams.
Calming classical music to help you focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented by broadcaster, author and psychologist Dr Sian Williams.
Featuring delightfully gentle melodies from Cécile Chaminade, Franz Schubert, and George Butterworth. Plus Sian pays a visit to one of her favourite spots in nature and Professor Catherine Loveday explores how music can affect our driving.
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Alexander Glazunov
Rêverie, Op. 24
Performer: José Serebrier. Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. -
Hugo Alfvén
Gustav II Adolf, Op 49: VII. Elegy
Performer: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester. Performer: Okko Kamu. -
Cécile Chaminade
Nocturne, Op. 165
Performer: Olga Kopylova. -
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert, Op 77 (3rd mvt, Un sonnet d'amour)
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther. -
Gustav Holst
Brook Green Suite, H. 190: 2 - Air
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. -
Undine Smith Moore
We Shall Walk Through the Valley
Performer: VocalEssence. -
Albert Dietrich
Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 30: II. Adagio ma non troppo
Performer: Klaidi Sahatçi. Performer: European Soloists, Luxembourg. Performer: Christoph König. -
Max Richter
The Poetry of Earth (Geophony)
Performer: Max Richter. -
Robert Schumann
Symphony No.3 in E flat major, Op.97: Rhenish - 3 - Nicht schnell
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. -
Franz Schubert
An die Musik, D.547 (transcribed for cello and piano by Thedéen & Shirinyan)
Performer: Marianna Shirinyan. Performer: Torleif Thedéen. -
Henri Duparc
Aux étoiles
Performer: Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider. Performer: Orchestre national de Lyon. -
Claude Debussy
Doctor Gradus
Performer: Dino Ciani. -
Ottorino Respighi
3 Chorales, P. 167: No. 3, Andante (After J.S. Bach's BWV 645)
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach. Performer: Seattle Symphony. -
Toru Takemitsu
Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear?
Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: Jâms Coleman. -
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 4 in E flat major: 2. Adagio
Performer: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Neeme Järvi. -
José White Lafitte
Violin Concerto in F-Sharp Minor: II. Adagio ma non troppo
Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Performer: Encore Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Daniel Hege. -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Three Pianos and Orchestra in F major, K. 242 - Adagio
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. -
Carlos Simon
Warmth from Other Suns (Excerpts): III. Settle
Performer: Ivalas Quartet. -
AntonÃn Dvořák
From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68, B. 133 - V. Silent Woods (Arr. Niefind & Ribke
Performer: Kian Soltani. Performer: Staatskapelle Berlin. Performer: Cellists of the Staatskapelle Berlin. -
Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata No 4 in A minor, D 537: II Allegretto quasi andante
Performer: Daniel Barenboim. -
Ralph Vaughan Williams
3 Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes: No. 2, Rhosymedre (Orch. Foster)
Performer: Neville Marriner. -
Amy Beach
From Grandmother's Garden, Op. 97: Morning Glories
Performer: Kirsten Johnson. -
Gustav Holst
Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic (Original Version, Ed. C. M
Performer: Sir Mark Elder. Performer: Hallé. Performer: Hallé Choir. -
Giacomo Puccini
Intermezzo, Manon Lescaut (between Acts 2 and 3)
Performer: 91Èȱ¬ Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Gianandrea Noseda. -
Margaret Bonds
Spiritual Suite: II. The Bells
Performer: Michelle Cann. -
Frédéric d’Erlanger
Poeme in D major
Performer: Philippe Graffin. Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones. -
Sergey Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act I: Introduction
Performer: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Vasily Petrenko. -
Fanny Mendelssohn
6 Lieder, Op. 7: No. 1. Nachtwanderer
Performer: Amaro Dubois. Performer: TingTing Yao. -
Yuja Wang
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1 (1917 Final Version)
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Cecilia McDowall
O Oriens
Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton. -
Philip Glass
Etudes No.14
Performer: VÃkingur Ólafsson. -
George Butterworth
The Banks of Green Willow
Performer: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Sakari Oramo. -
Dame Ethel Mary Smyth
Suite for Strings, Op. 1A: I. Allegro con brio (re-arrangement from String Quint
Performer: Joshua Weilerstein. Performer: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218 - II. Andante cantabile
Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. -
Frederick Delius
2 Aquarelles: No. 1, Lento, ma non troppo
Performer: English Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber.
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