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Boost your mood with Dr Sian Williams and calming music from the Proms

Peaceful Proms mornings with Dr Sian Williams, featuring gentle, relaxing pieces from this and previous years’ ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms.

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

Featuring gentle, relaxing melodies from Takemitsu, Tailleferre and Rossini, and music from this and previous years’ ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms. We’ll also hear from American Violinist and Proms star Randall Goosby about a piece of music that helps him find his focus, and Sian explores a hidden world while out to Take a Breath.

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Music Played

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets (2nd mvt, 'Venus')

    Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • LPO.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Elegies for Piano, Op 34 (1st mvt, 'Wounded heart')

  • Frank Bridge

    Valse Intermezzo à cordes, H 17

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Chandos.
  • Toru Takemitsu

    Two Piano Pieces for Children (2nd mvt, 'Clouds')

    Performer: Veronika Shoot.
    • Ulysses Arts.
  • Rita Strohl

    Solitude (arr for violin and piano)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Kim Barbier.
    • Sony.
  • Harry Warren

    There Will Never Be Another You

    Performer: Chet Baker. Lyricist: Mack Gordon.
    • Play Digital.
  • Léo Delibes

    Coppelia (Valse lente)

    Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: Orchestra Victoria.
    • ABC.
  • Antonio Molina

    Mamer (Cradle Song)

    Performer: Sally Pinkas.
    • MSR Classics.
  • Antonio Molina

    Piano Sonata No 23 in F minor (2nd mvt)

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven. Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
    • Warner.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Requiem (Agnus Dei)

    Choir: Choeur Pro Arte de Lausanne. Choir: Choeur de Chambre Romand. Conductor: Armin Jordan.
    • Warner.
  • Gustav Holst

    A Song of the Night, Op 19, H 74

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Five Bagatelles, Op 23 (4th mvt, 'Forlana')

    Performer: Robert Plane. Ensemble: Finzi Quartet.
    • Resonus.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Edipo a Colono (Overture)

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Philips.
  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Circle Waltz

    Performer: Kristina Arakelyan.
    • Platoon.
  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    La Gioconda (Dance of the hours)

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • Büşra Kayıkçı

    Dragon

    Performer: Büşra Kayıkçı. Performer: Büşra Kayıkçı. Performer: Büşra Kayıkçı.
    • Warner.
  • Florence Price

    Suite No 1 for Organ (3rd mvt, Aria)

    Performer: Nicole Keller.
    • RAVEN CDs.
  • Antonio Cesti

    Tu mancavi a tormentarm (Wilt No Longer Thou Torment Me)

    Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski. Conductor: Matthias Bamert. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
  • Robert Schumann

    Waldszenen [Forest Scenes], Op 82 (No 7, 'The Prophet Bird')

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat major, K 417 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • BIS.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 1 in E minor (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: John StorgÃ¥rds. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Louise Héritte-Viardot

    Piano Quartet No 1 in A major, 'Im Sommer' (3rd mvt, 'Die Schwüle')

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos.
  • Xiaogang Ye

    A Morning Sun over Qiang Village

    Performer: Yue Li. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.
    • BIS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 101 in D major, 'Clock' (2nd mvt)

    • Chappell Recorded Music Library.
  • Kikuko Kanai

    Variations on Tensagunu-hana

    Performer: Manuela Wiesler. Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • BIS.
  • Alessandro Striggio

    Ecce beatem lucem a 40 (Behold the blessed light)

    Conductor: Paul Van Nevel. Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Sonata for Solo Harp (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Valérie Milot.
    • Analekta.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (Bouree)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Production.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia. Conductor: Ben Glassberg. Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse.
    • Warner.
  • William Mundy

    Sive vigilem (Whether I Keep Watch )

    Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Robert Quinney.
    • Outhere.
  • François Couperin

    Le Tic-Toc-Choc

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • ERATO.
  • Mrs. Philarmonica

    Sonata Quinta (1st mvt)

    Performer: Angelika Low-Beer. Performer: Johanna Regenbogen. Performer: Stephanie Knauer.
    • Soundworker.
  • Christian Sinding

    6 Pieces Op 32 (No 3, 'Rustle of Spring')

    Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
    • Naxos.
  • Henry Purcell

    Abdelazer, Z 570 (2nd mvt, Rondeau)

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists.
    • Warner.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Symphony No 1 in B flat major (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
  • Giacomo Antonio Perti

    Messa a 12 (Qui tollis)

    Choir: San Peronio Capella Musicale Chorus. Choir: Color Temporis. Choir: Collegium Music Almae Matris Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Orchestra della Cappella Musicale di San Petronio. Conductor: Michele Vannelli.
    • Dynamic.

Broadcast

  • Fri 15 Aug 2025 09:00