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Calm your mind with Dr Sian Williams’ and touching music from the ѿý Proms

Peaceful Proms mornings with Dr Sian Williams, featuring beautiful and calming pieces from this and previous years’ ѿý Proms.

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

Featuring restful, serene music from Mozart, Ernest Chausson and Jennifer Higdon, and music from this and previous years’ ѿý Proms. We’ll also hear from a Proms performer about a piece of music that helps them find their focus, and Sian finds some bees and other wildlife while out to Take a Breath.

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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Tempest, Suite No 1 (5th mvt, Canon)

    Conductor: Okko Kamu. Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra.
    • BIS.
  • Elisabetta de Gambarini

    Sonata in G major, No 1 Op 1 (2nd mvt, 'Siciliana')

    Performer: Margherita Torretta.
    • PIANO CLASSICS.
  • David Hurd

    Love Bade Me Welcome

    Choir: Choir of Wadham College, Oxford. Conductor: Katherine Pardee.
    • OxRecs DIGITAL.
  • Mikhail Vysotsky

    I love pear in the garden

    Performer: John Schneiderman.
    • Prima Classic.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 39 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • SWR CLASSIC.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Trio, Op 10 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Juliana Koch. Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Ernest Chausson

    Piece in C major for Cello and Orchestra, Op 39

    Performer: David Delacroix. Conductor: Ivor Bolton. Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra Basel.
    • PROSPERO.
  • Karl Jenkins

    The Armed Man (No 10, Agnus Dei)

    Choir: National Youth Choir. Conductor: Karl Jenkins. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • DECCA.
  • Eunike Tanzil

    Luna

    Performer: Emanuel Keller. Performer: Eunike Tanzil.
    • DG.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Dance Card (No 2, 'Breeze Serenade')

    Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta.
    • CEDILLE.
  • Lucy Walker

    Give me your stars

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • DECCA.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Wie der Hirsch shreit nach frischem Wasser, Op 42, 'Psalm 42 (1st mvt, Chorus)

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Conductor: Justin Doyle. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Dolores Paterno

    La Sampaguita

    Performer: Sally Pinkas.
    • MSR Classics.
  • Peter Warlock

    An Old Song

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • EM Records.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Five Études-tableaux, P 160 (1st mvt, 'The Sea and the Seagulls')

    Music Arranger: Ottorino Respighi. Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales.
  • Maria Theresia von Paradis

    Sicilienne

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Modesta Bor

    Aquí te amo (Here I love you)

    Choir: Border Crossing. Conductor: Ahmed Anzaldúa.
    • Border CrosSing.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Étude No 2 Op 25 in F minor, 'The Bees'

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Sony.
  • Frederick Delius

    Florida Suite (Summer Evening)

    • ALBI.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Suite Italienne (2nd mvt, 'Serenata')

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula.
    • SONY.
  • Édouard Lalo

    Symphonie espagnole in D minor, Op 21 (4th mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Conductor: Juanjo Mena. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in G major, No 2 Op 18 (2nd mvt)

    • ALIBI.
  • Toby Young

    The Night

    Choir: National Youth Choir. Conductor: Dominic Ellis-Peckham.
    • NYCGB.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • DECCA.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Guitar Quartet No 4 in D major, G 448 (1st mvt, 'Pastorale')

    Performer: Johan Löfving. Ensemble: Consone Quartet.
    • Resonus.
  • Adolphus Hailstork

    The Song of Deborah

    Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
    • AVIE.
  • Edward MacDowell

    Die Sarazenen & Die schöne Aïdâ, Op 30 (No 2, 'The Beautiful Aida')

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Trad.

    Hijazain

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Yonathan Avishai. Performer: Omer Avital. Performer: Itamar Doari.
    • DG.
  • Edward Elgar

    May Song

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Northern Sinfonia Orchestra.
    • EMI.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D major (2nd mvt, 'Romanze')

    Performer: Liya Petrova. Conductor: Duncan Ward. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Mirare.
  • Alexander Gretchaninov

    All night vigil, Op 59 (5th mvt, 'Praise the name of the Lord')

    Singer: Dārta Paldiņa. Singer: Kārlis Rūtentāls. Singer: Jānis Kokins. Singer: Jānis Kurševs. Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava.
    • ONDINE.

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