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Peaceful Proms Special: Restful melodies to calm the mind

Enjoy a ‘peaceful Proms morning’ with this three hour collection of the most mindful classical pieces that have been performed at the ѿý Proms.

Enjoy a peaceful Proms morning with this three hour collection of the most mindful classical pieces that have been performed at the ѿý Proms.

This mix features Ronald Binge’s ‘Sailing By’ as part of 100 Years of the Shipping Forecast Prom, William Grant Still’s ‘Elegy’ which was performed by Isabelle Demers in 2023, and a string quartet by Doreen Carwithen which was programmed in Liverpool in 2022.

Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Radio 3 Unwind. MM

3 hours

Music Played

  • Grace Williams

    Sea Sketches for String Orchestra: V. Calm Sea in Summer

    Conductor: John Andrews. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Grace Williams: Orchestral Works.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 14.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 4: Entr'acte (Barcarolle)

    Lyricist: Jules Barbier. Lyricist: Michel Carré.
    • Vissi d'Arte - Opera for Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.
  • William Henry Harris

    Faire is the Heaven

    Composer: Edmund Spenser. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen.
    • Poetry in Music.
    • CORO.
    • 1.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin concerto in G minor Op.80 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite from the Gadfly, Op. 97a: VIII. Romance

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Piers Lane.
    • Virtuoso Violin.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Thomas Tallis

    O Sacrum Convivium

    Performer: Gabriel Crouch. Performer: Gallicantus.
    • Queen Mary's Big Belly: Hope for an Heir in Catholic England.
    • Signum Records.
    • 9.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony No. 1 in E Minor: II. Largo, maestoso

    Conductor: John Jeter. Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony.
    • Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • Yo-Yo Ma - The Classic Albums Collection.
    • Masterworks.
    • 1.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 7: Romanze. Andante non troppo con grazia

    Performer: Francesco Nicolosi. Orchestra: Alma Mahler Sinfonietta. Conductor: Stefania Rinaldi.
    • Schumann, C.: Piano Concerto in A Minor / Piano Trio in G Minor.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Ken Burton

    A Prayer

    Lyricist: Paul Laurence Dunbar. Conductor: Ken Burton. Choir: London Voices.
    • Oxford University Press Music.
  • Ronald Binge

    Sailing By (Radio 4, Shipping Forecast theme)

    Conductor: David Parry. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.
    • Great Britain - 2012.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 6.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madama Butterfly, Act II: Coro a bocca chiusa "Humming Chorus"

    Lyricist: Giuseppe Giacosa. Lyricist: Luigi Illica. Choir: Vienna State Opera Choir. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Puccini: Madama Butterfly (2013 Remastered Version).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    6 Etudes de concert, Op. 35: II. Automne

    Performer: Mark Viner.
    • Brilliant Classics Licensing BV.
  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de nuit, Op.15 No.1

    Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.
    • Elgar Wand of Youth.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 23.
  • Lili Boulanger

    Pie Jesu

    Performer: Owen Saldanha. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • Celestial Dawn.
    • Signum Records.
    • 10.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio No. 7 in B-Flat Major "Archduke", Op. 97: III. Andante cantabile

    Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
  • Edgar L Bainton

    Three Pieces for Orchestra: I. Elegy. Lento, molto tranquillo

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • Chandos.
  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Dreamland

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Luna.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • John Blow

    An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell: I. Mark How the Lark and Linnet Sing

    Performer: Thomas Walker. Performer: Samuel Boden. Lyricist: John Dryden. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Blow: An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell & Other Works.
    • Hyperion.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird - Ballet Suite (1911): IV. The Princesses' Round Dance

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.
    • Pierre Boulez Conducts Stravinsky.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Strings in G Minor, RV 157: II. Largo

    Conductor: Alberto Martini. Orchestra: Accademia I Filarmonici.
    • Vivaldi: Concertos for Strings.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio

    Performer: Javier Perianes. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Grieg: Piano Concerto; Lyric Pieces.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 2.
  • Koji Kondo

    Zelda's Lullaby (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble & Harp)

    Performer: Lise Vandersmissen. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Nightfall.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.
  • Claude Debussy

    Suite bergamasque, CD 82, L. 75: III. Clair de lune

    Performer: Cécile Ousset.
    • Debussy: Préludes, Pour le piano, L'Isle joyeuse, Images, Suite bergamasque & Ar.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 39.
  • Augusta Holmès

    Ludus pro Patria: La Nuit et l'Amour

    Conductor: Patrick Davin. Orchestra: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz.
    • Samuel Friedmann.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 1 in B Flat Minor. Larghetto

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
    • Chopin: Complete Nocturnes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Peter Warlock

    Capriol Suite: V. Pieds-en-l'air

    Performer: James Ross. Ensemble: Büyükada Ensemble.
    • Warlock Capriol Suite.
    • Ulysses Arts.
    • 5.
  • William Grant Still

    Elegy

    Performer: Philip Brunelle.
    • Clarion.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    String Quartet No. 2: I. Adagio

    Ensemble: Sorrel String Quartet.
    • Chandos.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • John Tavener

    Mother of God

    Composer: Mikhail Lermontov. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 15.
  • Erik Satie

    Mercure, Scene 1: La nuit

    Conductor: Jérôme Kaltenbach. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy.
    • Satie: Parade, Gymnopédies, Mercure & Relâche.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Franz Liszt

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124: II. Quasi adagio

    Performer: Alexander Ullman. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Sonata.
    • Rubicon.
    • 2.
  • Thomas Adès

    Dawn, Chacony for orchestra at any distance

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Thomas Adès.
    • Dawn - Chacony for Orchestra at any Distance.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 1.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Chant du ménestrel, Op. 71

    Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • Chant du ménestrel, Op.71.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    Stars

    Composer: Sara Teasdale. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Lux.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Fri 25 Jul 2025 06:00