Fill your morning with gentle festive classical music
Calming and festive classical music to inspire focus and set you up Christmas. Presented by broadcaster, author and counselling psychologist Dr Sian Williams.
Calming and festive classical music to help you focus and set you up for Christmas. Presented by broadcaster, author and counselling psychologist Dr Sian Williams.
Featuring soothing stocking fillers from Hilary Campbell, Percy Grainger, and J.S Bach. Sian takes a festive breath and finds a special Christmas tree, while Professor Catherine Loveday explores Christmas music and nostalgia.
On radio
Music Played
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George Frideric Handel
Messiah: Part I, Pastoral Symphony ('Pifa')
Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Niels Wilhelm Gade
Children's Christmas, No 4 (The Little Girls' Dance)
Performer: Anker Blyme.- DACAPO.
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Trad.
In Dulci Jubilo
Performer: Sandra Marteleur. Choir: S:t Jacobs kammark枚r. Conductor: Gary Graden.- BIS.
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Victor Hely-Hutchinson
A Carol Symphony (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Prague City Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.- NAXOS.
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Gustaf Nordqvist
Jul, jul, str氓lande jul (Christmas, Christmas, glorious Christmas)
Ensemble: The Real Group.- VIRGIN.
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John Jacob Niles
I wonder as I wander
Performer: Alstad. Performer: Ben Goheen.- Aemeralds.
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Leopold Mozart
Divertimento in F major, ('Die musikalische Schlittenfahrt')
Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: 成人论坛 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- NAXOS.
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Joanna Forbes
Auld Lang Syne
Ensemble: London Voices. Conductor: Ben Parry.- SIGNUM.
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Harold Edwin Darke
In the Bleak Midwinter
Performer: Septura. Music Arranger: M. Knight.- NAXOS.
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Hector Berlioz
L'enfance du Christ (Op 25), Pt 2 ('L'adieu des bergers')
Choir: Swedish Radio Choir. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.- LINN RECORDS.
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John Ireland
The Holy Boy
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- CHANDOS.
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Chris Black
Go to the Child
Choir: 成人论坛 Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: Bob Chilcott. -
Marc鈥怉ntoine Charpentier
Messe de minuit pour no毛l, H. 9, No 1 'Kyrie Eleison' & No毛ls sur les instruments, H. 534: No 3 'Joseph est bien marie'
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.- WARNER.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Der Schneemann ('Serenade')
Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Shelley.- DG.
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罢谤盲诲
Christmas Eve (Tommy Coen's reel)
Performer: Jean Kelly. Ensemble: The Telling.- FIRST HAND.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Christmas Eve: Scene1 (1st mvt, 'Introduction')
Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Michail Jurowski.- Capriccio.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
'Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy' (The Nutcracker Suite Op. 71: Act 2, Scene 14c)
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- WARNER.
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John Rutter
There is a Flower
Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Singer: Ruth Holton.- Collegium.
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Johannes Brahms
Chorale Prelude Op 122 No 8 ('Es ist ein Ros entsprungen')
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Scott.- ALTO.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Hodie Christus natus est
Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Martin Baker.- HELIOS.
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罢谤盲诲
The First Nowell
Ensemble: New Century Saxophone Quartet.- CHANNEL.
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Karel Svoboda
Drei Haseln眉sse f眉r Aschenbr枚del (Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella)
Performer: Caroline Fischer. Music Arranger: Andreas Gilomen.- GENUIN.
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Benjamin Britten
Corpus Christi Carol
Performer: VOCES8.- DECCA.
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Margaret Bonds
The Ballad of the Brown King (2nd mvt, 'They brought fine gifts')
Choir: The Dessoff Choirs. Conductor: Malcolm Merriweather.- AVIE.
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Robert Wells
Christmas Song
Composer: Mel Torm茅. Performer: Fergus McCreadie. -
Kim Porter
Christmas Eve
Performer: 成人论坛 Singers. Conductor: Owain Park. -
Franz Liszt
Weinachtsbaum, S. 186, No 7 ('Schlummerlied')
Performer: Roland P枚ntinen.- BIS.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso in G minor, Op 6 No 8, 'Christmas Concerto' (3rd mvt)
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罢谤盲诲
S眉脽er die Glocken nie klingen
Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Whilds.- WARNER.
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Agust铆n Barrios Mangor茅
Villancico de Navidad
Performer: Thibaut Garcia.- ERATO.
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Christopher Rouse
Karolju, No 11, 'Italian'
Orchestra: 成人论坛 Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Conductor: David Zinman.- SONY.
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Peter Warlock
Bethlehem Down
Orchestra: Prague City Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.- NAXOS.
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Trad.
Wexford Carol
Ensemble: Lumiere String Quartet.- Lumiere.
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Hilary Campbell
Sleep, My Dreaming One
Choir: Blossom Street. Conductor: Hilary Campbell.- NAXOS.
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Katherine K. Davis
Drummer Boy
Performer: The King鈥檚 Singers.- SIGNUM.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Puer natus in Bethlehem, BWV 603
Ensemble: Quartetto Italiano di Viole da Gamba.- WINTER.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 1 in G minor, Op 13 'Winter Daydreams' (2nd mvt, 'Land of Gloom, Land of Mists')
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.- WARNER.
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Percy Grainger
The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol
Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Conductor: John Scott.- ALTO.
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Joaqu铆n Rodrigo
'Pastorcito santo' (3 Villancicos, No 1)
Performer: Thibaut Garcia. Singer: Alessandro Fisher. -
罢谤盲诲
Les Anges Dans Nos Campanges
Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Qu茅bec.- ANALEKTA.
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Andr茅 Jolivet
Pastorale de Noel ('L'etoile')
Ensemble: Britten-Pears Ensemble.- ASV.
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Trad.
Ar Gyfer Heddiw'r Bore
Performer: Bryn Terfel. Ensemble: Brigyn.- EOS Record.
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Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons, Op 8 No 4, RV 297, 'Winter' (2nd mvt, Largo)
Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: 成人论坛 Symphony Orchestra.- CHANDOS.
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Trad.
Still, still, still
Performer: Alexis Ffrench.- SONY.
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