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Recharge with Dr Sian Williams and soothing music from the Proms

Peaceful Proms mornings with Dr Sian Williams, featuring beautiful and calming pieces from this and previous years’ ѿý Proms.

Peaceful Proms mornings presented by broadcaster, author and counselling psychologist Dr Sian Williams.

Featuring soothing and relaxing pieces from Britten, Ravel and Rebecca Clarke, and music 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, and Sian takes a stroll in the footsteps of her ancestors.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor (2nd mvt, 'Romance')

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Sony.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    Ave Maria

    Choir: Blossom Street. Conductor: Hilary Campbell.
    • Naxos.
  • Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy, Op 46 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Conductor: Rory MacDonald. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Carnival of the Animals (No 13, 'The Swan')

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Decca.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Bluebird

    Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
    • DECCA.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Grazioso en sol mineur

    Performer: Jens Barnieck.
    • Coviello.
  • Frank Bridge

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Conductor: Krišs Russman. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales.
    • BIS.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major, M 35 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Leonkoro Quartet.
    • Mirare.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Etude No 3 Op 10, 'Tristesse [Sadness] Etude'

    • Audio Network.
  • Edward Elgar

    La Capricieuse, Op 17

    Performer: Lydia Mordkovitch. Performer: Julian Milford.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Stephan Moccio

    ѿý

    Performer: Stephan Moccio.
    • Decca.
  • Pauline Viardot

    Hai, Luli!

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Ensemble: Esther Abrami Ensemble.
    • Sony.
  • Jean Sibelius

    King Christian II Suite, Op 27 (4th mvt, Serenade)

    Conductor: Thomas Søndergård. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Linn.
  • François Couperin

    Les Barricades Mysterieuses (The Mysterious Barricades)

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Sony.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 1 (2nd mvt)

    • EMH Classical Music Library.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 3 in F major (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
  • Toby Hession

    She walks in beauty

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.
  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Ascent, Day 1 (Seven Days Walking)

    Performer: Ludovico Einaudi.
    • DECCA.
  • Ina Boyle

    Phantasy for Violion and Chamber Orchestra

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Conductor: Daniel Geiss. Orchestra: Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • Margaret Sutherland

    Choral Prelude (Second Suite)

    Performer: Jeanell Carrigan.
    • Wirripang.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 5, 'Emperor' (2nd mvt)

    • EMH Classical Music Library.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Vier Novelletten (No 2)

    Conductor: Vladislav Czarnecki. Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim.
    • EBS.
  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopedie No 1

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: José Gallardo.
    • DG.
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Pleiades Dances IIb, Op 28b (2nd mvt, 'Slender Romance')

    Performer: Nobuya Sugawa. Performer: Seiichirō Yamamoto. Performer: Kazunori Kawasaki. Performer: Masaharu Karita.
    • Universal.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from 'Peter Grimes' (1st mvt, 'Dawn')

    Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Warner.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    For Airi

    Performer: Fenella Humphreys.
    • Rubicon.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Czech Suite, Op 39 (3rd mvt, 'Sousedska')

    Conductor: Armin Jordan. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
    • WARNER.
  • Hania Rani

    Glass

    Performer: Hania Rani.
    • Gondwana Records.
  • Toru Takemitsu

    Cherry Blossoms

    Choir: SWR Vokalensemble. Conductor: Marcus Creed.
    • SWR MUSIC.
  • Nico Muhly

    The Revd Mustard his Installation Prelude

    Performer: James McVinnie.
    • Bedroom Community.
  • Gerald Finzi

    The Fall of the Leaf, Op 20

    Conductor: Adrian Boult. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Lyrita.
  • Orazio Benevoli

    Missa si Deus pro nobis, a 16 voci (1st mvt, Kyrie eleison)

    Conductor: Hervé Niquet. Orchestra: Le Concert Spirituel.
    • Alpha.
  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Saudade

    Performer: Karin Fernandes.
    • Azul.
  • Marianna Martines

    Concerto per Cembalo in G major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Nicoleta Paraschivescu. Performer: Stefano Barneschi. Orchestra: La Floridiana.
    • DHM.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Un soir de neige (1st mvt, 'De grandes cuillers de neige')

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

Broadcast

  • Fri 1 Aug 2025 09:00