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Peaceful Proms Special: Gentle classics for rest and relaxation

Soundtrack your day with three hours of serene and uplifting classical music previously heard at the ѿý Proms festival.

Unwind with a collection of tranquil Proms performances, curated to bring a sense of peace as you go about your day.

Including the flowing string melodies of William Walton’s ‘Touch her soft lips and part’, the meditative beauty of Eric Whitacre’s ‘Alleluia’, the warmth of Grace Williams’s ‘Sea Sketches’, and more.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Radio 3 Unwind. MM

18 days left to listen

3 hours

Music Played

  • William Walton

    Henry V: Touch Her Soft Lips and Part

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • This Is the Day: Music on Royal Occasions.
    • Collegium.
    • 15.
  • William Boyce

    Symphony in B-Flat Major, Op. 2 No. 1: II. Moderato e dolce

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Boyce: 8 Symphonies.
    • Capriccio.
    • 5.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia. Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Ben Glassberg.
    • Aranjuez.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    Ubi Caritas

    Performer: Ola Gjeilo. Lyricist: Anonymous. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Ola Gjeilo.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Holst: The Planets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 02.
  • Max Richter

    Winter 2 - 2012

    Performer: Max Richter. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: André de Ridder.
    • Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Alleluia

    Conductor: Eric Whitacre. Ensemble: Eric Whitacre Singers.
    • Water Night.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 1.
  • Charles Gounod

    Ave Maria

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • Songs from the Arc of Life.
    • Masterworks.
    • 1.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Blumine

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Masterpieces in Miniature.
    • SFS Media.
    • 2.
  • Florence Price

    Piano Concerto in one movement (Adagio cantabile)

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah.
    • Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement; Symphony No. 1 in E Minor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto No. 10 in G Major: Largo

    Performer: Zhou Qian. Conductor: Kevin Mallon. Orchestra: Toronto Chamber Orchestra.
    • Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos No. 1, Op. 3 and Nos. 2 and 10.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Dora Pejačević

    Cello Sonata in E minor, III. Adagio sostenuto

    Performer: Andrej Bielow. Performer: Christian Poltéra. Performer: Oliver Triendl.
    • cpo.
  • Ronald Binge

    Sailing By

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.
    • 40 Best Classical Songs.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 40.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: II. Largo

    Performer: Stewart Goodyear. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Andrew Constantine.
    • Orchid Music Limited.
  • Frederick Edward Weatherly

    Danny Boy

    Composer: Trad.. Music Arranger: Joshua Pacey. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • TWENTY.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 15.
  • Frederick Delius

    A Village Romeo and Juliet: Interlude. The Walk to the Paradise Garden

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Delius: Orchestral Works.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep May Safely Graze from Cantata No. 208

    Music Arranger: James Galway. Lyricist: Salomon Franck. Conductor: James Galway. Conductor: James Galway. Conductor: James Galway. Conductor: Barry Griffiths. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: ѿý Singers. Choir: The Choir of King’s School, Canterbury.
    • Bach - The 50 Best Classical Masterpieces.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 39.
  • Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne for Violin and Piano

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • Beau Soir, French Violin & Piano Favourites.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.
  • Grace Williams

    Sea Sketches for String Orchestra: V. Calm Sea in Summer

    Conductor: John Andrews. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Grace Williams: Orchestral Works.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 14.
  • Roger Quilter

    Where the Rainbow Ends Suite: No. 1a Rainbow Land

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Quilter: Where the Rainbow Ends / Country Pieces.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 1.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Eight Part-songs, Op. 119: The Bluebird

    Lyricist: Mary E. Coleridge. Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
    • 50 Pure Classics By Classic FM.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 28.
  • Philip Glass

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

    Performer: Adele Anthony. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Takuo Yuasa.
    • Glass, P.: Violin Concerto / Company / Prelude From Akhnaten.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C Minor, BWV 1062: II. Andante e piano

    Performer: Gustav Leonhardt. Conductor: Bob van Asperen. Ensemble: Melante Amsterdam.
    • Bach: Harpsichord Concertos etc..
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Arabesque, for Clarinet and Piano

    Performer: Gaspare Tiricanti. Performer: Franca Moschini.
    • Les Six: France in the 1920s and Beyond.
    • Menuetto Classics.
    • 43.
  • Lili Boulanger

    Pie Jesu

    Performer: Owen Saldanha. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • Celestial Dawn.
    • Signum Records.
    • 10.
  • Louise Farrenc

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

    Conductor: Johannes Goritzki. Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3.
    • jpc schallplatten Versandhandels GmbH.
    • 6.
  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Star Fantasy

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Luna.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.
  • William Alwyn

    Concerto for Oboe and Harp: I. Andante e rubato

    Performer: Jonathan Small. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Alwyn, W.: Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Strings / Elizabethan Dances / The Innume.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581: II. Larghetto

    Performer: Eduard Brunner. Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Mozart / Weber: Clarinet Quintets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 02.

Broadcast

  • Fri 15 Aug 2025 06:00

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