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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.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Air)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    4 Lieder for Piano, Op 8 (No 3)

    Performer: Miku Nishimoto-Neubert.
    • Solo Musica.
  • Charles‐Marie Widor

    Symphony No 1 Op 16 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Martin Yates. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Dutton.
  • 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.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin (Prelude)

    Conductor: Stéphane Denève. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • SWR MUSIC.
  • Franz Schubert

    Nacht und Träume (Night & Dreams), D 827

    Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • Sony.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Symphony No 1 in B flat major (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
  • María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir

    Maríuljóð (Mary's Poem )

    Choir: Schola Cantorum. Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson.
    • Sono Luminus.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Le Villi ( Act 1: 'Prelude')

    Conductor: Ivan Repušić. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra.
    • BR Klassik.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No 3 in G minor, Op 36 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Duncan Ward. Orchestra: Philzuid.
    • Fuga Libera.
  • George Gershwin

    Embraceable You (Girl Crazy)

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Conductor: John Williams. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony.
  • Marie Dare

    Elegy

    Performer: Yan Levionnois. Performer: Héloïse Luzzati. Performer: Xavier Phillips. Performer: Caroline Sypniewski.
    • La Boîte à Pépites.
  • Duke Ellington

    Black, Brown & Beige arr for orchestra (2nd mvt, 'Brown')

    Composer: Maurice Peress. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
  • 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.
  • Julian Lloyd Webber

    Jasmine

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Louis Philippson.
    • MASTERWORKS.
  • Trad.

    24 Negro Melodies, Op 59 (No 20, 'Pilgrim Song')

    Performer: Alessio Pianelli. Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Orchestra: Avos Chamber Orchestra.
    • Rubicon.
  • 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.
  • George Walker

    Folk Songs for Orchestra (Going to lay down my sword)

    Conductor: Edwin London. Orchestra: Cleveland Chamber Symphony.
    • Albany.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 102 in B flat major, Hob I:102 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Ádám Fischer. Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
  • Nainita Desai

    Mother and Son (14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible)

    Performer: Galya Bisengalieva. Conductor: Robert Ames. Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra.
    • Lakeshore.
  • Robert Schumann

    Arabesque, Op 18

    Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Decca.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Da Pacem Domine (Give Peace, O Lord)

    Choir: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Jean Françaix

    15 Children's Portraits by Auguste Renoir (No 4, 'Little Girl Reading')

    Conductor: Alain Moglia. Orchestra: Toulouse National Chamber Orchestra.
    • Capriccio.
  • Bill Evans

    Peace Piece

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • SAVOY.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Spirit of the Lord

    Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.
    • Delphian.
  • 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.
  • Roxanna Panufnik

    Four World Seasons (2nd mvt, 'Tibetan Winter')

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Conductor: Graham Bradshaw. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.
  • 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.
  • Henry Purcell

    Dido and Aeneas (Act II: The Groves Dance)

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg. Music Arranger: Jakob Lindberg.
    • BIS.

Broadcast

  • Fri 25 Jul 2025 09:00