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Peaceful Proms Special: Peaceful melodies to ease your mind

Enjoy a ‘peaceful Proms morning’ with this three hour collection of the most mindful classical pieces that have been performed at the ѿý Proms.

Enjoy a ‘peaceful Proms morning’ with this three hour collection of the most mindful classical pieces that have been performed at the ѿý Proms.

This mix includes Gustav Holst’s The Planets featuring at the 2025 'The Planets and Star Wars Prom', as well as Ghislaine Reece-Trapp’s In Paradisum performed by Anna Lapwood in 2023, and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s Sinfonietta No. 1 performed by Chineke! In 2023.

Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Radio 3 Unwind. MM

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour, Op. 12

    Performer: Nicolas Dautricourt. Conductor: Frédéric Chaslin. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Elgar: Violin Concerto & Salut d'amour - Delius: Suite.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 4.
  • Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto No. 9 in G Major, Op. 8: II. Largo

    Performer: Takako Nishizaki. Orchestra: Kölner Kammerorchester. Conductor: Helmut Müller‐Brühl.
    • Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos Op. 5, Nos. 1-2 and Op. 8.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
    • 8.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Lyricist: Charles Anthony Silvestri. Conductor: Eric Whitacre. Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers.
    • Light & Gold.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 16.
  • Gustav Holst

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

    Choir: ѿý Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.
    • Holst : The Planets & Egdon Heath.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 7.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony No. 2 in One Movement, Op. 30: V. Adagio

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4, Song for Orchestra & Knight in Armour.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Ghislaine Reece‐Trapp

    In Paradisum

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Luna.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: II. Adagio

    Performer: Sharon Kam. Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Requiem, Op. 48, N. 97: IV. Pie Jesu

    Performer: James Rutherford. Performer: Libby Crabtree. Performer: Yan Pascal Tortelier. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: CBSO Chorus.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Piano Trio in D Minor: II. Andante

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Arthur Bliss

    Pastoral, "Lie Strewn the White Flocks": III. Pan's Saraband

    Performer: Alan Fearson. Performer: David Haslam. Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Choir: Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • Chandos.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No.2

    Performer: Vladimir Feltsman.
    • Chopin: Complete Nocturnes, Barcarolle, Berceuse.
    • Nimbus Alliance.
    • 2.
  • Florence Price

    Resignation

    Choir: London Voices.
    • Oxford University Press Music.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major, KV 299: II. Andantino

    Performer: Anna Besson. Performer: Clara Izambert. Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen. Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis.
    • Mozart: Flute Concertos.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 5.
  • Jessica Curry

    I Have Begun My Ascent

    Performer: Jessica Curry.
    • Dear Esther (Original Game Soundtrack).
    • thechineseroom.
    • 2.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan (Arr. for Cello and Piano)

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Songs from the Arc of Life.
    • Masterworks.
    • 14.
  • Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Sinfonietta No. 1: II. Song Form-Largo

    Orchestra: Experiential Orchestra. Conductor: James Blachly.
    • American Counterpoints.
    • Bright Shiny Things.
    • 4.
  • Alma Mahler Werfel

    Bei dir ist es traut

    Composer: Staffan Evert Storm. Composer: Rainer Maria Rilke. Performer: Francesca Chiejina. Orchestra: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (Arr. for Saxophone & Ensemble)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • PRISM, Vol. 2.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite No. 1: III. Intermezzo

    Conductor: Pablo González. Orchestra: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra.
    • Bizet: Carmen & L'arlésienne Suites.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Philip Glass

    Violin Concerto No. 1: II. Quarter Note = 108

    Performer: Adele Anthony. Conductor: Takuo Yuasa. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.
    • Glass, P.: Violin Concerto / Company / Prelude From Akhnaten.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Deep River

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Summertime.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 15.
  • Jacob Collier

    World O World

    Choir: The Aeolians. Conductor: Jason Max Ferdinand.
    • Djesse Vol. 4.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 16.
  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopédie No. 1

    Performer: Philippe Entremont.
    • Erik Satie & Friends.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22, B. 52: IV. Larghetto

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • Dvorák: Serenades for Strings and Winds.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33, TH 57: Moderato assai quasi Andante - Thema

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto / Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations / Dvořák: Silent Woods; R.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 7.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 36: II. Adagio cantabile

    Conductor: Johannes Goritzki. Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • CPO.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Arabesque

    Performer: Maria Du Toit. Performer: Vera Kooper.
    • She/Her: Music for Clarinet and Piano by 12 Female Composers.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 10.
  • Noriko Koide

    Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Platoon Ltd.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Minuet from String Quintet in E Major, Op. 13 No. 5

    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mischa Maisky Portrait - Virtuose Cellokonzerte.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 10.
  • Michael Arne

    The Lass With the delicate Air

    Ensemble: Brandywine Baroque.
    • Plectra Music.
  • Peter Gregson

    The Day Before

    Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Carduccis Classics.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Grace Williams

    Sailing Song (Sea Sketches, No 2)

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Sea Sketches for String Orchestra: II. Sailing Song.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.
  • George Walker

    Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: II. Grave

    Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Black Composer Series, Vol. 3: Ulysses Simpson Kay & George Theophilus Walker (R.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet No. 62 in C Major, "Emperor": II. Poco adagio, cantabile

    Ensemble: Kodály Quartet.
    • Varma röda stunder.
    • Naxos.
    • 35.
  • William Byrd

    Justorum animae

    Conductor: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • Ave verum corpus: Motets & Anthems of William Byrd.
    • Collegium.
    • 18.

Broadcast

  • Fri 8 Aug 2025 06:00

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