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Peaceful Proms Special: Relaxing classical sounds

Bring a sense of calm to your day with three hours of serene classical favourites from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms.

Find a moment of calm with this three-hour collection of serene classical pieces from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms.

Featuring favourites from Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Chopin, J. S. Bach and Florence Beatrice Price, plus gentle recent works by Isobel Waller?Bridge, Ola Gjeilo, and Joby Talbot.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 Unwind. MM

3 hours

Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour Op.12

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Elgar//Dvorak/Respighi/Vasks.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 6.
  • Frank Bridge

    Sally in Our Alley

    Orchestra: Budapest Strings. Conductor: K¨¢roly Botvay.
    • Holst, G.: St. Paul's Suite / A Fugal Concerto / Britten, B.: Simple Symphony /.
    • Capriccio.
    • 4.
  • Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Chopin

    Nocturnes, Op. 27: No. 2 in D Flat Major. Lento sostenuto

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
    • Chopin: Complete Nocturnes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.
  • Robert Schumann

    12 Klavierst¨¹cke f¨¹r kleine und gro?e Kinder, Op. 85: No. 12, Abendlied

    Performer: Kian Soltani. Music Arranger: Michael Rot. Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg. Conductor: Gregory Ahss.
    • Schumann.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.
  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances, Op. 22 - No. 1, Andante molto

    Performer: Sophie Kauer. Performer: Kunal Lahiry. Music Arranger: Max Knoth.
    • Unsung.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Eric Coates

    Summer Days Suite: In a Country Lane

    Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Eric Coates: London Again.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 10.
  • Joby Talbot

    Ink Dark Moon: II. Adagio Contemplativo

    Performer: Milo? Karadagli?. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
    • The Moon & The Forest.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 06.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io piangia (Rinaldo)

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Ensemble: CHAARTS.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    The Rose

    Lyricist: Christina Rossetti. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble. Choir: Choir of Royal Holloway.
    • Winter Songs.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Chopin

    Waltz No. 19 in A Minor, KK IVb (Version for Harp in A Flat Minor)

    Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.
    • Classical Class Vol 4.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 40.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite from the Gadfly, Op. 97a: VIII. Romance (Arr. Atovmyan)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Piers Lane.
    • Virtuoso Violin.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Hubert Parry

    An English Suite: VI. Air

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Boult Conducts Parry.
    • Lyrita.
    • 07.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony No. 1 in E Minor: II. Largo, maestoso

    Conductor: John Jeter. Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony.
    • Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse

    Performer: Isobel Waller-Bridge.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude (Cello Suite No.1 in G Major BWV.1007)

    Music Arranger: Jakob Lindberg. Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • Bach on the Rauwolf Lute.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Elegy, Op. 20 "The Fall of the Leaf"

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Dougie MacLean

    Caledonia (Arr. Blake Morgan)

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Caledonia (Arr. Blake Morgan).
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    Trout Quintet: Andante

    Performer: Boris Berezovsky. Performer: Vasko Vassilev. Performer: Christopher Vanderspar. Performer: Tony Hougham. Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Singer: Andrew Staples.
    • Schubert: Trout Quintet.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: 1. Morning Mood

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Blind Test Musique Classique.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 27.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob.VIIb:1: II. Adagio

    Performer: Jean©\Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Petra M¨¹llejans.
    • Haydn: Concertos for Cello.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 2.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliette, Op. 64: Introduction

    Performer: Elvira Misbakhova. Music Arranger: Vadim Borisovsky. Music Arranger: Fran?ois Valli¨¨res. Ensemble: I Musici de Montr¨¦al. Conductor: Jean-Fran?ois Rivest.
    • Destins tragiques.
    • Les Disques ATMA Inc..
    • 1.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Miroirs, M. 43: III. Une barque sur l'oc¨¦an

    Conductor: Riccardo Muti. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole; Une barque sur l'ocean.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon in D major

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Lorenza Borrani. Performer: Lucy Gould. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Performer: Stephan Rath. Performer: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Klassik die jeder kennt.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 84.
  • Anton¨ªn Dvo?¨¢k

    Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155: II. Dumka. Andante con moto

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • The Very Best of Dvorak.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante

    Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart, W.A.: Klavierkonzerte Nr. 21 & 27.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Gabriel Faur¨¦

    Berceuse, Op. 16

    Performer: Cocomi. Performer: ţţ.
    • Faur¨¦: Berceuse, Op. 16.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 1.
  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio for Strings

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Classics for Farewells.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.
  • Franz Liszt

    Grandes ¨¦tudes de Paganini, S. 141: No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor "La campanella"

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
    • Liszt: La campanella.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran Partita": III. Adagio

    Ensemble: German Wind Soloists.
    • Classical Chill.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • David Lang

    Mystery Sonatas: No. 7, Glory

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich.
    • David Lang: Mystery Sonatas.
    • Cantaloupe Music.
    • 7.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    In the Fen Country - Symphonic Impression

    Orchestra: The New Queen¡¯s Hall Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis/The Lark Ascending etc..
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • Grace Williams

    Sailing Song (Sea Sketches, No 2)

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Sea Sketches for String Orchestra: II. Sailing Song.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Symphony in A Minor, Op. 8: II. Lament. Larghetto affettuoso

    Conductor: Douglas Bostock. Orchestra: Aarhus Symfoniorkester.
    • Musical Concepts.

Broadcast

  • Fri 29 Aug 2025 06:00