Peaceful Proms Special: Calming classical tunes
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 Isobel Waller-Bridge’s The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse, featured at the 2024 21st Century Soundtracks Prom, as well as VOCES8’s cover of Radiohead’s Pyramid Song from the 2023 Mindful Mix Prom. Plus a whole host of well-known favourites from Edward Elgar, Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.
Produced by Katie Hill
An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Radio 3 Unwind. MM
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Jean Sibelius
Belshazzar's Feast Suite, Op. 51: III. Nocturne
Conductor: Pietari Inkinen. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.- Sibelius, J.: Night Ride and Sunrise / Belshazzar's Feast Suite / Kuolema.
- Naxos.
- 3.
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Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 (Arr. for Viola and Orchestra)
Performer: Timothy Ridout. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- Elgar: Viola Concerto - Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra.
- harmonia mundi.
- 3.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Silence and Music
Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Ensemble: Giovanni Gabrieli.- Silence & Music.
- Signum Records.
- 3.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Lieder ohne Worte I, Op. 19b: VI. Andante sostenuto
Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Gunars Upatnieks. Ensemble: Schumann Quartett.- Blue Hour: Mendelssohn Edition.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 1.
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Grace Williams
Elegy
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.- Welsh Music for Strings.
- Rubicon.
- 1.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
4 Novelletten, Op. 52: No. 3, Andante con moto
Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Conductor: Vladislav Czarnecki.- EBS.
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Dora Pejačević
Symphony in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 41: II. Andante sostenuto
Conductor: Ari Rasilainen. Orchestra: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz.- CPO.
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Isobel Waller-Bridge
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse
Composer: Charles Mackesy. Performer: Isobel Waller-Bridge.- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
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Ken Burton
Many are the Wonders
Ensemble: ORA Singers. Conductor: Suzi Digby.- harmonia mundi.
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Léo Delibes
Lakme: Flower Duet (Arr. for Violin and Strings)
Music Arranger: Vivan Bhatti. Music Arranger: Ketan Bhatti. Performer: Esther Abrami.- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 40: II. Largo
Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 40 (1941 3rd Version): II. La.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 1.
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Michael Tippett
A Child of our Time, Part III: Preludium
Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2
Lyricist: Lorenzo Da Ponte. Lyricist: Pierre Beaumarchais. Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.- Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (Complete Mozart Edition).
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 12.
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Lili Boulanger
Nocturne (Arr. for Violin and Orchestra)
Performer: Luka Faulisi. Conductor: Martyna Pastuszka. Orchestra: {oh!} Orkiestra.- Nocturne (Arr. for Violin and Orchestra by Matthias Spindler).
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Grażyna Bacewicz
Piano Quintet No. 1: III. Grave
Performer: Ewa Kupiec. Conductor: Mariusz Smolij. Ensemble: Capella Bydgostiensis.- Bacewicz: Symphony for String Orchestra, Concerto for String Orchestra & Piano Q.
- Naxos.
- 3.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 20 No. 3: II. Menuetto. Allegretto
Ensemble: London Haydn Quartet.- Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 20 \"Sun Quartets\".
- Hyperion.
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Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai
Performer: Steven Osborne. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.- Ravel: Piano Concertos; Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain.
- Hyperion.
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Fela Sowande
African Suite: II. Nostalgia: Andante
Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta.- African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1.
- Cedille.
- 7.
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Lucy Walker
Give Me Your Stars
Composer: Sara Teasdale. Ensemble: VOCES8.- TWENTY.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 6.
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Frederick Delius
2 Pieces for Small Orchestra: No. 1, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Conductor: Vernon Handley. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- Icon: Vernon Handley.
- Parlophone UK.
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Kristina Arakelyan
Star Fantasy
- Platoon.
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Benjamin Britten
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a: No. 3, Moonlight
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.- Warner Music UK Limited.
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Clara Schumann
3 Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22: I. Andante Molto
Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: James Baillieu.- 3 Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22: I. Andante Molto (Arr. for Clarinet & P.
- Signum Records.
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Peter Warlock
Capriol Suite, 2. Pavane
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Fantasia on Greensleeves.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: III. Andante
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.- "Jeunehomme" - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 21 and other Piano Pieces.
- Warner Classics.
- 93.
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Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces, Book II, Op. 38: No. 3, Melody
Performer: Håkon Austbø.- Grieg Piano Works.
- Brilliant Classics.
- 11.
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Judith Weir
I Love All Beauteous Things
Composer: Robert Bridges. Choir: Christ Church Cranbrook.- Christ Church Cranbrook.
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Yoko Shimomura
Dearly Beloved
Performer: Yoko Shimomura.- Universal Music Operations Ltd.
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George Frideric Handel
Water Music, Suite No. 1, HWV 348: No. 6, Air
Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.- Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
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Erik Satie
Gymnopédie No. 1. Lent et douloureux
Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.- Satie: The Complete solo piano music.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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George Walker
Lilacs for Voice and Orchestra: I. When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd
Performer: Latonia Moore. Lyricist: Walt Whitman. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst.- Walker: Antifonys, Lilacs, Sinfonias Nos 4 & 5.
- Cleveland Orchestra.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Snow Maiden, Op. 12 "Snégourotchka": X. Melodrama
Orchestra: Metamorphose String Orchestra. Conductor: Pavel Lyubomudrov.- Halidon.
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Claude Debussy
Rêverie, L. 68
Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Zürcher Kammerorchester.- Belle Époque.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 1.
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Edward MacDowell
Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 15: II. Andante tranquillo
Performer: Xiayin Wang. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- MacDowell: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1.
- Chandos Records Limited.
- 03.
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Robert Schumann
Fantasiestucke, Op. 73: I. Zart und mit Ausdruck
Performer: Lorraine Campet. Performer: Nathanaël Gouin.- Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73: I. Zart und mit Ausdruck (Arr. for Double Bas.
- 貹é.
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Radiohead
Pyramid Song
Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Matthew Sharp. Performer: Eleanor Turner. Performer: Eleanor Turner. Ensemble: VOCES8. Ensemble: VOCES8.- Enchanted Isle.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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