
Find calm with Dr Sian Williams and beautiful music from the Proms
Peaceful Proms mornings with Dr Sian Williams, featuring beautiful and calming pieces from this and previous years’ ѿý Proms. We’ll also hear from a Proms star performer with their choice of classical music that helps them find their focus.
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Music Played
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Air)
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
4 Lieder for Piano, Op 8 (No 3)
Performer: Miku Nishimoto-Neubert.- Solo Musica.
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Charles‐Marie Widor
Symphony No 1 Op 16 (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Martin Yates. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.- Dutton.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Four Sacred Pieces (Praise to the Virgin Mary)
Conductor: Xian Zhang. Orchestra: ѿý National Chorus of Wales. -
William Grant Still
Vignettes (2nd mvt, 'Carmela')
Ensemble: Salon Trio.- Salon Trio.
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Maurice Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin (Prelude)
Conductor: Stéphane Denève. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.- SWR MUSIC.
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Franz Schubert
Nacht und Träume (Night & Dreams), D 827
Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Julien Quentin.- Sony.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
Symphony No 1 in B flat major (3rd mvt)
Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.- Naxos.
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María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir
Maríuljóð (Mary's Poem )
Choir: Schola Cantorum. Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson.- Sono Luminus.
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Giacomo Puccini
Le Villi ( Act 1: 'Prelude')
Conductor: Ivan Repušić. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra.- BR Klassik.
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Louise Farrenc
Symphony No 3 in G minor, Op 36 (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Duncan Ward. Orchestra: Philzuid.- Fuga Libera.
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George Gershwin
Embraceable You (Girl Crazy)
Performer: Joshua Bell. Conductor: John Williams. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- Sony.
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Marie Dare
Elegy
Performer: Yan Levionnois. Performer: Héloïse Luzzati. Performer: Xavier Phillips. Performer: Caroline Sypniewski.- La Boîte à Pépites.
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Duke Ellington
Black, Brown & Beige arr for orchestra (2nd mvt, 'Brown')
Composer: Maurice Peress. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.- Naxos.
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Claude Debussy
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Performer: Andrew Nicholson. Conductor: Thierry Fischer. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. -
Rebecca Clarke
Epilogue
Performer: Gerald Peregrine. Performer: Antony Ingham.- Naxos.
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Julian Lloyd Webber
Jasmine
Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Louis Philippson.- MASTERWORKS.
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Trad.
24 Negro Melodies, Op 59 (No 20, 'Pilgrim Song')
Performer: Alessio Pianelli. Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Orchestra: Avos Chamber Orchestra.- Rubicon.
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Gustav Holst
Hymn to the Dawn (Songs of the Rig Veda)
Performer: Elizabeth Bass. Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. -
Johann Stamitz
Symphony in F major, No 1 Op 4, Wolf F3 (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Nicholas Ward. Orchestra: Northern Chamber Orchestra.- Naxos.
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George Walker
Folk Songs for Orchestra (Going to lay down my sword)
Conductor: Edwin London. Orchestra: Cleveland Chamber Symphony.- Albany.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 102 in B flat major, Hob I:102 (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Ádám Fischer. Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra.- Naxos.
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Nainita Desai
Mother and Son (14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible)
Performer: Galya Bisengalieva. Conductor: Robert Ames. Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra.- Lakeshore.
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Robert Schumann
Arabesque, Op 18
Performer: Nelson Freire.- Decca.
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Arvo Pärt
Da Pacem Domine (Give Peace, O Lord)
Choir: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Conductor: Paul Hillier.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Jean Françaix
15 Children's Portraits by Auguste Renoir (No 4, 'Little Girl Reading')
Conductor: Alain Moglia. Orchestra: Toulouse National Chamber Orchestra.- Capriccio.
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Bill Evans
Peace Piece
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.- SAVOY.
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Edward Elgar
The Spirit of the Lord
Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.- Delphian.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No 9 in E flat major, K 271, 'Jeunehomme' (2nd mvt)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.- Warner.
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Roxanna Panufnik
Four World Seasons (2nd mvt, 'Tibetan Winter')
Performer: Tasmin Little. Conductor: Graham Bradshaw. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.- CHANDOS.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No 2 in B flat, Op 52, MWV A 18, 'Hymn of Praise' (1st mvt, 'Sinfonia')
Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich.- Alpha.
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Henry Purcell
Dido and Aeneas (Act II: The Groves Dance)
Performer: Jakob Lindberg. Music Arranger: Jakob Lindberg.- BIS.
Broadcast
- Fri 25 Jul 2025 09:00ѿý Radio 3 Unwind