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
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Jean Sibelius
The Tempest, Suite No 1 (5th mvt, Canon)
Conductor: Okko Kamu. Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra.- BIS.
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Elisabetta de Gambarini
Sonata in G major, No 1 Op 1 (2nd mvt, 'Siciliana')
Performer: Margherita Torretta.- PIANO CLASSICS.
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David Hurd
Love Bade Me Welcome
Choir: Choir of Wadham College, Oxford. Conductor: Katherine Pardee.- OxRecs DIGITAL.
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Mikhail Vysotsky
I love pear in the garden
Performer: John Schneiderman.- Prima Classic.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 39 (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.- SWR CLASSIC.
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Ruth Gipps
Trio, Op 10 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Juliana Koch. Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: Michael McHale.- CHANDOS.
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Ernest Chausson
Piece in C major for Cello and Orchestra, Op 39
Performer: David Delacroix. Conductor: Ivor Bolton. Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra Basel.- PROSPERO.
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Karl Jenkins
The Armed Man (No 10, Agnus Dei)
Choir: National Youth Choir. Conductor: Karl Jenkins. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- DECCA.
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Eunike Tanzil
Luna
Performer: Emanuel Keller. Performer: Eunike Tanzil.- DG.
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Jennifer Higdon
Dance Card (No 2, 'Breeze Serenade')
Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta.- CEDILLE.
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Lucy Walker
Give me your stars
Choir: VOCES8.- DECCA.
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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.
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Dolores Paterno
La Sampaguita
Performer: Sally Pinkas.- MSR Classics.
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Peter Warlock
An Old Song
Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.- EM Records.
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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.
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Modesta Bor
Aquí te amo (Here I love you)
Choir: Border Crossing. Conductor: Ahmed Anzaldúa.- Border CrosSing.
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Frédéric Chopin
Étude No 2 Op 25 in F minor, 'The Bees'
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Sony.
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Frederick Delius
Florida Suite (Summer Evening)
- ALBI.
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Igor Stravinsky
Suite Italienne (2nd mvt, 'Serenata')
Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula.- SONY.
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Édouard Lalo
Symphonie espagnole in D minor, Op 21 (4th mvt)
Performer: James Ehnes. Conductor: Juanjo Mena. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.- CHANDOS.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in G major, No 2 Op 18 (2nd mvt)
- ALIBI.
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Toby Young
The Night
Choir: National Youth Choir. Conductor: Dominic Ellis-Peckham.- NYCGB.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No 2 (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- DECCA.
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Luigi Boccherini
Guitar Quartet No 4 in D major, G 448 (1st mvt, 'Pastorale')
Performer: Johan Löfving. Ensemble: Consone Quartet.- Resonus.
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Adolphus Hailstork
The Song of Deborah
Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.- AVIE.
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Edward MacDowell
Die Sarazenen & Die schöne Aïdâ, Op 30 (No 2, 'The Beautiful Aida')
Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.- CHANDOS.
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Trad.
Hijazain
Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Yonathan Avishai. Performer: Omer Avital. Performer: Itamar Doari.- DG.
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Edward Elgar
May Song
Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Northern Sinfonia Orchestra.- EMI.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Violin Concerto in D major (2nd mvt, 'Romanze')
Performer: Liya Petrova. Conductor: Duncan Ward. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- Mirare.
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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.
Broadcast
- Last Friday 09:00ѿý Radio 3 Unwind