
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.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 7 in A major (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Teodor Currentzis. Orchestra: MusicAeterna.- Sony.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Song Without Words in D major, Op 109, MWV Q34
Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Performer: Gerald Moore.- Warner.
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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.
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Cécile Chaminade
Theme varie for piano Op 89
Performer: Christian Hadland. -
Baden Powell
Consolation
Performer: Herbie Mann. Performer: Baden Powell. Performer: Juquinha.- RHINO ATLANTIC.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Song of India, 'Hindu Song', version for violin & piano (Sadko)
Performer: Nicolas Koeckert. Performer: Milana Chernyavska.- Naxos.
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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.
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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.
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Barbara Harbach
Arcadian Reverie for String Orchestra
Conductor: Kirk Trevor. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.- MSR Classics.
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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.
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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.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony in D minor, WAB 100, 'Die Nullte' (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Markus Poschner. Orchestra: Bruckner Orchester Linz.- Capriccio.
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Edward Elgar
3 Characteristic Pieces, Op 10 (No 2, 'A Moorish Serenade')
Conductor: James Judd. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.- Naxos.
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John Ireland
Summer Evening
Performer: Mark Bebbington.- SOMM.
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Bright Sheng
Postcards (1st mvt, 'From the Mountains')
Conductor: Lan Shui. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra.- BIS.
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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.
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Manuel de Falla
Nana
Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.- Mercury.
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Trad.
An Eriskay Love Lilt (arr for choir)
Music Arranger: Hugh Roberton. Choir: Laudibus. Conductor: Mike Brewer.- Hyperion.
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Frederick Delius
In a Summer Garden
Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.- Chandos.
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Hannah Kendall
A Winged Spirit
Performer: Hyeyoon Park. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.- NMC Recordings.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
The Swan Piano Variation (From The Carnival of the Animals, R125)
Performer: Gabriele Bagnati. Music Arranger: Svetoslav Karparov.- Sony Masterworks.
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Ferenc Farkas
March Suite for Chamber Orchestra (2nd mvt, 'Elegia')
Conductor: Péter Csaba. Orchestra: MÁV Szimfonikus zenekar.- Toccata.
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Paul Mealor
Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Decca.
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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.
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Julie Cooper
Continuum (Instrumental)
Ensemble: Oculus Ensemble. Conductor: Jessica Cottis.- Signum.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
A London Symphony, 'Symphony No 2', 1920 version (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.- Hyperion.
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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 09:00ѿý Radio 3 Unwind