Peaceful Proms Special: Soothing sounds for moments of calm
Relax with three hours of the most calming classical music that has previously featured at the ѿý Proms.
Relax into a Peace Proms Morning with three hours of the most calming classical music that has previously featured at the ѿý Proms.
With classical favourites by Joseph Haydn, Carl Orff, and Maurice Ravel; plus glowing harmonies from Caroline Shaw, Avril Coleridge-Taylor, and George Walker.
Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Radio 3 Unwind. MM
On radio
Music Played
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Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (2nd mvmt, Andante)
Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces.- Trumpet Concertos.
- Simax Classics.
- 2.
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Claude Debussy
Rêverie, L. 68
Performer: François‐Joël Thiollier.- Debussy: Piano Works, Vol. 1.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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George Butterworth
Two English Idylls: No. 2, Adagio non troppo
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Krišs Russman.- Butterworth: Orchestral Works & Works for Voice & Orchestra.
- BIS.
- 10.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: 2. Largo
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Kurt Sanderling.- Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 2.
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Caroline Shaw
And the Swallow
Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.- All Things Are Quite Silent.
- Signum Records.
- 7.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio
Performer: Wenzel Fuchs. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Alan Gilbert.- Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A Major, K. 622, II. Adagio.
- Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
- 1.
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Dora Pejačević
Sonata for Cello and Piano in E Minor, Op. 35: III. Adagio Sostenuto
Performer: Janne Fredens. Performer: Søren Rastogi.- Upheaval.
- OUR Recordings.
- 7.
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George Frideric Handel
Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 2: II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)
Performer: Mary Bevan. Lyricist: Newburgh Hamilton. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.- Handel: Samson.
- Linn Records.
- 41.
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Roger Quilter
Where the Rainbow Ends Suite: No. 2 Rosamund
Conductor: Adrian Leaper. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.- Quilter: Where the Rainbow Ends / Country Pieces.
- Marco-Polo.
- 3.
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Jake Runestad
Let My Love Be Heard
Lyricist: Alfred Noyes. Ensemble: VOCES8.- TWENTY.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Max Richter
On the Nature of Daylight
Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Performer: Anna Lapwood.- Luna.
- Sony Classical.
- 12.
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Erik Satie
3 Gymnopédies: 3 Gymnopedies: No. 2, Lent et triste
Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.- Night Music, Vol. 7.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Grace-Evangeline Mason
Glass Cathedrals
Performer: Lauren Scott.- Sea of Stars.
- AVIE Records.
- 5.
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George Walker
Lyric for Strings
Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Tognetti.- Lyric for Strings.
- ABC Classic.
- 1.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
The Evening Star
Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.- Coleridge-Taylor: Partsongs.
- Delphian Records.
- 10.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus No. 6 in Stylo Francese
Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.- Bach: The Art Of The Fugue.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 6.
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Gerald Finzi
Romance in E-Flat Major, Op. 11
Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.- A Finzi Anthology.
- Naxos.
- 5.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1: II. Andante
Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.- Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 2.
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Carl Orff
Carmina Burana: In trutina
Performer: Joshua Bell. Music Arranger: J.A.C. Redford. Music Arranger: Joshua Bell. Conductor: Michael Stern. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke’s.- Voice of the Violin.
- Sony Classical.
- 9.
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Maurice Ravel
Pavane For A Dead Princess
Orchestra: Orchestre national de France.- A Musica Mais Relaxante Classica No Universo.
- DENON Classics.
- 11.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: III. Andante
Performer: Christopher Adkins. Performer: Marc-André Hamelin. Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2; Piano Pieces, Op. 119.
- Hyperion.
- 3.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Carnival of the Animals - The Swan
Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason.- Rahatlatıcı Klasik Müzik.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
- 43.
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Florence Price
An Elf on a Moonbeam
Performer: Anna Lapwood.- Luna.
- Sony Classical.
- 13.
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Arvo Pärt
The Deer's Cry
Ensemble: VOCES8. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.- After Silence.
- VOCES8 Records.
- 2.
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Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: III. Adagio
Performer: Timothy Ridout. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- Elgar: Viola Concerto - Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra.
- harmonia mundi.
- 3.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: II. Adagio
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concertos / Orchestral Suites / Violin Concertos.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 9.
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Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.- Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo.
- Onyx Classics.
- 1.
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Ben Parry
Flame
Choir: National Youth Choir.- NYCGB.
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Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Sussex Landscape, Op. 27: II. Lento e molto tranquillo
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.- Coleridge-Taylor.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 7.
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Elizabeth Poston
An English Day-Book (Sweet Suffolk Owl)
Choir: NYCoS National Girls Choir. Performer: Claire Jones. Conductor: Christopher Bell.- A Ceremony of Carols, An English Day-Book.
- Signum Records.
- 22.
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Eric Whitacre
The River Cam
Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Conductor: Eric Whitacre. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- Water Night.
- Decca (UMO).
- 9.
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Frederick Delius
2 Pieces for Small Orchestra: No. 1, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- The Lark Ascending collection.
- Warner Classics.
- 12.
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Max Bruch
Kol Nidrei, Op. 47
Performer: Jan Vogler. Ensemble: Dresdner Kapellsolisten. Conductor: Helmut Branny.- My Tunes.
- Sony Classical.
- 9.
Broadcasts
- Fri 1 Aug 2025 06:00ѿý Radio 3 Unwind
- Fri 12 Sep 2025 06:00ѿý Radio 3 Unwind
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