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Peaceful Proms Special: Immersive classical music to ease your mind

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.

Featuring Elanor Alberga’s Snow White and the Severn Dwarves from 2024’s CBeebies Prom, Keiko Abe’s Michi which premiered at the Proms in 1989, as well as a host of calming classical pieces from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Fanny Mendelssohn, and Benjamin Britten.

Produced by Katie Hill.
An Overcoat Media Production for ѿý Radio 3 Unwind. MM.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Children, Op. 43: I. Andante

    Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.
    • Elgar : Orchestral Works.
    • Rhino.
    • 2.
  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Enchanted Isle.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (2nd mvmt, Andante)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces.
    • Trumpet Concertos.
    • Simax Classics.
    • 2.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

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

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

    Trois Morceaux Pour Piano: D'un Vieux Jardin

    Performer: Charlotte Mueller.
    • Woman's Work - Music for Solo Piano.
    • MSR Classics.
    • 6.
  • Eleanor Alberga

    Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs: Snow White's Dance

    • Orchid Classics.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, "From the New World": II. Largo

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Koji Kondo

    Zelda's Lullaby (Arr. for Vocal Ensemble & Harp)

    Performer: Lise Vandersmissen. Music Arranger: Jim Clements. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Zelda's Lullaby (Arr. Clements for Vocal Ensemble & Harp).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Anna Meredith

    Little World

    Performer: Anna Meredith.
    • The End We Start From (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 3.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    An Irish Idyll in Six Miniatures, Op 77 No 2 (The Fairy Lough)

    Singer: Morgan Pearse. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Stanford: Orchestral Songs.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.
  • Claude Debussy

    2 Arabesques, L. 66: Arabesque No. 1

    Performer: Hippo Dreams.
    • Etymology Classics.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep May Safely Graze

    Performer: Leon Fleisher. Music Arranger: Egon Petri.
    • Two Hands.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

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

    Performer: Stewart Goodyear. Conductor: Andrew Constantine. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Orchid Music Limited.
  • William Byrd

    O Lord, Make Thy Servant Elizabeth

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Orchestra: The Sixteen. Ensemble: The Sixteen.
    • Music of the Kingdom.
    • CORO.
    • 4.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Indes galantes, Prologue: Entree de la suite d'Hebe

    Conductor: György Vashegyi. Orchestra: Orfeo Orchestra.
    • Note 1 Music GmbH.
  • Thea Musgrave

    Clarinet Concerto: IV. Sensuoso

    Performer: Victoria Soames Samek. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thea Musgrave.
    • Clarinet and Saxophone Classics.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra: II. Romanze - Lento

    Orchestra: Musikkollegium Winterthur. Ensemble: Duo Tal & Groethuysen. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Two Pianos & Orchestra/Symphony No. 5.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Strings in G Minor, RV 157: II. Largo

    Conductor: Alberto Martini. Orchestra: Accademia I Filarmonici.
    • Vivaldi: Concertos for Strings.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Keiko Abe

    Michi (For Solo Marimba)

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Rhythm Song.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 12.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem K. 626 - Lacrimosa

    Conductor: Jordi Savall. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations.
    • Mozart : Requiem.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 8.
  • Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Sinfonietta No. 1: II. Song Form-Largo

    Orchestra: The Experiential Orchestra. Conductor: James Blachly.
    • American Counterpoints.
    • Bright Shiny Things.
    • 4.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    6 Lieder, Op. 1: No. 3, Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Eric Le Sage.
    • "La tempesta di mare" - Vivaldi, Mozart, Bach, Telemann, Beethoven.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 60.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Brahms: Symphonies 1-4.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 3.
  • Erik Satie

    Mercure, Scene 1: La nuit

    Conductor: Jérôme Kaltenbach. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy.
    • Satie: Parade, Gymnopédies, Mercure & Relâche.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • 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.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz in C Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2: Tempo giusto

    Performer: Ji Liu.
    • Pure Chopin.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 6 No. 10, HWV 328: V. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Simon Standage. Performer: Elizabeth Wilcock. Performer: Anthony Pleeth. Performer: Robert Woolley. Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: The English Concert.
    • Handel: Complete Orchestral Recordings.
    • Archiv Produktion.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 126: II. Adagio molto, Piu mosso

    Performer: Benjamin Frith. Conductor: Andrew Gourlay. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Stanford: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Works for Solo Piano.
    • Champs Hill Records.
    • 2.
  • Caroline Shaw

    And the Swallow

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 7.
  • Benjamin Britten

    A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: 7. Interlude

    Composer: John James. Composer: Robert Wedderburn. Composer: Robert Southwell. Composer: James Noel John. Composer: Roger Hemingway. Performer: Tanya Houghton. Choir: Choir of Clare College. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Clarinet Concerto, Op. 31: II. Adagio, ma senza Rigore

    Performer: Roberta Gottardi. Orchestra: Benedetto Marcello Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Flavio Scogna.
    • Brilliant Classics.
  • Florence Price

    Resignation

    Choir: London Voices.
    • Oxford University Press Music.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Flute Sonata in B-Flat Major: III. Largo

    Performer: Enzo Caroli. Performer: Anna Martignon.
    • Urania Records.
  • Andrea Morricone

    Cinema Paradiso

    Composer: Ennio Morricone. Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Conductor: Stéphane Denève. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic.
    • Classical Chillout.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 36.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Cantique de Jean Racine

    Choir: Accentus. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • Faure Requiem.
    • Բï.
    • 09.

Broadcast

  • Fri 5 Sep 2025 06:00