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Calm your mind with Dr Sian Williams and inspiring 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 restorative, beautiful music from Saint-Saëns, Chaminade and Price, and music from this and previous years’ ѿý Proms. We’ll also hear from Proms star Arooj Aftab with a choice of music that helps her find her focus, and Professor Catherine Loveday explains the science behind stage fright.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 7 in A major (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Teodor Currentzis. Orchestra: MusicAeterna.
    • Sony.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song Without Words in D major, Op 109, MWV Q34

    Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Performer: Gerald Moore.
    • Warner.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra (2nd mvt,'In Memoriam')

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Sophie Langdon. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Odaline de la Martínez.
    • Chandos.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Theme varie for piano Op 89

    Performer: Christian Hadland.
  • Baden Powell

    Consolation

    Performer: Herbie Mann. Performer: Baden Powell. Performer: Juquinha.
    • RHINO ATLANTIC.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Song of India, 'Hindu Song', version for violin & piano (Sadko)

    Performer: Nicolas Koeckert. Performer: Milana Chernyavska.
    • Naxos.
  • Wojciech Kilar

    Generique (The King and the Mockingbird)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: Orchestra of the National Academy of St Cecilia.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    Violin Concerto in B flat major, No 2 Op 7 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Fumika Mohri. Conductor: Michael Halász. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice.
    • Naxos.
  • Barbara Harbach

    Arcadian Reverie for String Orchestra

    Conductor: Kirk Trevor. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • MSR Classics.
  • Pau Casals

    El cant dels ocells [The Song of the Birds] (version for cello & orchestra)

    Performer: Harriet Krijgh. Conductor: Gustavo Gimeno. Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz.
    • Capriccio NR.
  • Florence Price

    Heav'n bound soldier

    Performer: Libby Burgess. Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C major, No 3 Op 76 , Hob III:77, 'Emperor' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Armida Quartett.
  • Erroll Garner

    Erroll's Blues

    Performer: Joanna MacGregor.
    • Collins Classics.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony in D minor, WAB 100, 'Die Nullte' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Markus Poschner. Orchestra: Bruckner Orchester Linz.
    • Capriccio.
  • Edward Elgar

    3 Characteristic Pieces, Op 10 (No 2, 'A Moorish Serenade')

    Conductor: James Judd. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
  • John Ireland

    Summer Evening

    Performer: Mark Bebbington.
    • SOMM.
  • Bright Sheng

    Postcards (1st mvt, 'From the Mountains')

    Conductor: Lan Shui. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
    • BIS.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 2 Op 17, 'Little Russian' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Marion Bauer

    Piano Concerto, Op 36, 'American Youth' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Diana Ambache. Orchestra: Ambache Chamber Ensemble.
    • Naxos.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Nana

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Mercury.
  • Trad.

    An Eriskay Love Lilt (arr for choir)

    Music Arranger: Hugh Roberton. Choir: Laudibus. Conductor: Mike Brewer.
    • Hyperion.
  • Frederick Delius

    In a Summer Garden

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
  • Hannah Kendall

    A Winged Spirit

    Performer: Hyeyoon Park. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • NMC Recordings.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    The Swan Piano Variation (From The Carnival of the Animals, R125)

    Performer: Gabriele Bagnati. Music Arranger: Svetoslav Karparov.
    • Sony Masterworks.
  • Ferenc Farkas

    March Suite for Chamber Orchestra (2nd mvt, 'Elegia')

    Conductor: Péter Csaba. Orchestra: MÁV Szimfonikus zenekar.
    • Toccata.
  • Paul Mealor

    Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Decca.
  • John Williams

    Princess Leia's Theme (Star Wars: A New Hope)

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Conductor: John Williams. Orchestra: Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles.
    • DG.
  • Julie Cooper

    Continuum (Instrumental)

    Ensemble: Oculus Ensemble. Conductor: Jessica Cottis.
    • Signum.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A London Symphony, 'Symphony No 2', 1920 version (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Deus, qui beatum Marcum a 10, C 36

    Ensemble: Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam. Ensemble: Oltremontano. Director: Wim Becu.
    • ACCENT.

Broadcast

  • Fri 8 Aug 2025 09:00