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Begin the day with glorious 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 warming, enriching melodies from composers including Bruckner, Sibelius, and Nadia Boulanger, this morning's chance to Find Your Focus comes courtesy of the music of Fiona Brice. Sian explores the joy of a slower walk around a familiar route and is amazed by how much more she notices around her. Also, Professor Catherine Loveday looks at the role of the cerebellum in how we feel rhythm, and explains why music makes us want to move, and in turn moves us emotionally.

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Music Played

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Carnival of the Animals, R 125 (4th mvt, 'Tortoises')

    Performer: Lang Lang. Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
    • DG.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata for Orchestra, after Beethoven's Op 30 No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Composer: Yaniv Segal. Composer: Garrett Schumann. Conductor: Yaniv Segal. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Naxos.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 1 in D major D 82 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Marc Minkowski. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre.
    • Naive.

  • Nadia Boulanger

    3 Improvisations in A minor (2nd mvt, 'Petit Canon')

    Performer: Peter Mallinson. Performer: Lynn Arnold.
    • Meridian.

  • Muzio Clementi

    Symphony No 1 in C major, WoO 32 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia. Orchestra: Orchestra sinfonica di Roma.
    • Naxos.

  • Fiona Brice

    Trails of Light

    Performer: Fiona Brice.
    • Bigo and Twigetti.

  • Cole Porter

    Every time we say goodbye

    Music Arranger: Richard Rodney Bennett. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Paul Brough.
    • Signum.

  • William Grant Still

    Swanee River

    Performer: Hartmut Höll.
    • CPO.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto for Two Violins and Bassoon in D major, TWV 53:D4 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Monica Huggett. Performer: Claire Duff. Performer: Peter Whelan. Orchestra: Irish Baroque Orchestra.
    • Linn.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Souvenir du voyage (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble.
    • Antarctica.

  • Max Bruch

    Romance in F major for Viola and Orchestra

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
    • DECCA.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K 467 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    There Will Come Soft Rains

    Choir: The Pacific Lutheran Choir Of The West. Conductor: Richard Nance.
    • Signum.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No 6 in A major, WAB 106 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony.
    • Sony.

  • Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

    Fancy Dress, Op 82 (3rd mvt, 'Dusk')

    Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson. Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
    • Marco Polo.

  • Undine Smith Moore

    Afro American Suite (1st mvt, 'Nobody Knows the Trouble I See...')

    Performer: Marcus Eley. Performer: Giovanna Moraga-Clayton. Performer: Lucerne DeSa.
    • Imaginary Animals.

  • Charles Williams

    A Quiet Stroll

    Conductor: Ronald Corp. Orchestra: New London Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Karen Marrolli

    To Dust

    Choir: The Singers - Minnesota Choral Artists.
    • ARSIS Audio.

  • Johannes Brahms

    3 Intermezzi, Op 117 (No 2 in B flat minor)

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Sony.

  • César Franck

    Mass, Op 12, FWV 61, arr for violin and piano (Panis angelicus)

    Performer: Kyung-wha Chung. Performer: Kevin Kenner. Music Arranger: Kevin Kenner.
    • Warner.

  • Brian Easdale

    Adventure On! Suite (4th mvt, 'Pastorale and Lullaby - India')

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Chandos.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne No 6 in G minor, Op 15 No 3

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.

  • Hania Rani

    Sentimental Value

    Performer: Hania Rani.
    • Gondwana.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Requiem a 15 in A major (1st mvt, Introitus)

    Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • Warner.

  • William Sterndale Bennett

    Symphony in G minor, Op 43 (3rd mvt, Romanza)

    Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Lyrita.

  • Reena Esmail

    A Winter Breviary (2nd mvt, 'The Year's Midnight')

    Choir: St Martin’s Voices. Conductor: Andrew Earis.
    • Resonus.

  • James Horner

    A Kaleidoscope of Mathematics (A Beautiful Mind Soundtrack)

    Singer: Charlotte Church. Conductor: James Horner. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • E2E Classics.

  • William Alwyn

    Peter Pan Suite (3rd mvt, 'The Lost Boys in Never-Never Land')

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton.

  • Raymond Yiu

    Bauhinia Soft-Shoe

    Performer: Nicki Hutchins. Performer: Martin Cousin.
    • ABRSM Sounds.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Symphony No 4 in F major, Op 31 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Maddalena Casulana

    Morir non può il mio core

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante Festivo

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Håkan Parkman

    Take, O Take Those Lips Away

    Choir: Swedish Chamber Choir. Conductor: Simon Phipps.
    • NAXOS.

Broadcast

  • Monday 09:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind