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ѿý Proms Preview: Mesmerising music to calm your mind

Take a moment to unwind and relax with 3 hours of the most calming and beautiful music you can experience at this summer's ѿý Proms festival.

Relax, as you experience 3 hours of the most calming tracks that will feature at the ѿý Proms classical music festival this summer.

Including orchestral favourites from Sergei Rachmaninoff, Edvard Grieg and Maurice Ravel; plus glowing harmonies from Ethel Smyth, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Arvo Pärt and more.

Produced by James C Taylor & Katie Hill.

An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Radio 3 Unwind, MM

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: No. 2, Air

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Berliner Barock Solisten.
    • Bach Generations.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47: II. Adagio di molto

    Performer: Lea Birringer. Conductor: Benjamin Shwartz. Orchestra: Rheinische Philharmonie.
    • Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 - Järnefelt: Berceuse in G Minor -.
    • Rubicon.
    • 2.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    English Folk Song Suite: 2. Intermezzo: My Bonny Boy

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (Classic FM: The Full Works).
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 03.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": No. 6, Ave Maria

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Conductor: Simon‐Pierre Bestion. Ensemble: La Tempête.
    • Nocturne: Rachmaninov Vespers & Byzantine Hymns.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 10.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in G Major, Op. 2 No. 1: II. Largo

    Performer: Fumika Mohri. Performer: Michael Halász. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.
    • Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos, Opp. 2 & 7.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor, K.466 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Director: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466 & No. 27 in B-Flat Major,.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 02.
  • John Williams

    Princess Leia's Theme

    Performer: Zubin Mehta. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic.
    • Holst: The Planets / John Williams: Star Wars Suite / Strauss, R.: Also sprach Z.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Komm, susser Tod (Come, Sweet Death)

    Choir: Sansara. Conductor: Tom Herring.
    • Traces.
    • Platoon.
    • 04.
  • Edvard Grieg

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

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich. Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.
    • Grieg: Piano Concerto; Peer Gynt.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto No. 2 In G Minor, Op. 8 RV 315, Summer, Adagio e piano - Presto e forte

    Orchestra: Salzburger Kammerorchester. Conductor: Alexander Von Pitimic.
    • Vivaldi: Four Seasons.
    • Maestro.
    • 5.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125: III. Adagio molto e cantabile

    Lyricist: Friedrich Schiller. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Arvo Pärt

    Da Pacem Domine

    Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Michael Deltchev.
    • Collegium Vocale: Beyound The Eastern Wind.
    • Danacord Records.
    • 11.
  • Percy Grainger

    Lincolnshire Posy: II. Horkstow Grange

    Ensemble: Dallas Winds. Conductor: Jerry Junkin.
    • Reference Recordings.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a: No. 3, Moonlight

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Music by the Sea.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Conductor: Jacek Kaspszyk.
    • Le Piano Roi.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.
  • Alessandro Striggio

    Missa Ecco sì beato giorno: I. Kyrie

    Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Conductor: Robert Hollingworth.
    • Alessandro Striggio - Mass in 40 Parts (Remastered 2023).
    • CORO.
    • 2.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Indes galantes, RCT 44, Prologue: Entree de la suite d'Hebe

    Orchestra: Orfeo Orchestra. Conductor: György Vashegyi.
    • Note 1 Music GmbH.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Variation XVIII: Andante cantabile from Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Greatest Hits - Romance.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 17.
  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Bavarian Radio Chorus. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • The Planets.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 7.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    3 Chorales, P. 167: No. 1, Lento assai (After J.S. Bach's BWV 659)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Bach: Orchestral transcriptions by Respighi & Elgar.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Vater Unser (Version for Cello and Piano)

    Performer: Camille Thomas. Performer: Julien Brocal.
    • Voice Of Hope (Extended Edition).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 19.
  • Frederick Delius

    A Mass of Life, RT II/4, Pt. 2: Introduction

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Delius: A Mass of Life.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 6.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World": II. Largo

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 10.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Isle of Beauty

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Isle of Beauty.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.
  • Edward Elgar

    Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": 9. Nimrod (Adagio)

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • 50 Greatest British Classics.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 22.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    L'Oiseau de feu, K10: X. Khorovod (Ronde) des princesses

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
    • Stravinsky: L'Oiseau de feu (1911 Version): X. Khorovod (Ronde) des princesses.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Arturo Márquez

    Concierto de Otoño - II. Balada de floripondios

    Performer: Pacho Flores. Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería. Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto.
    • Estirpe.
    • Universal Music Spain S.L..
    • 2.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: II. Andante

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • Mendelssohn & Shostakovich: Violin Concertos.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Ravel): VIIIb. Cum mortuis in lingua mortua

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 13.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 7 in E Minor: IV. Nachtmusik II. Andante amoroso

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 7.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
    • 4.

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