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Peaceful Proms Special: Restful melodies to calm the mind

Enjoy a 鈥榩eaceful Proms morning鈥� with this three hour collection of the most mindful classical pieces that have been performed at the 麻豆社 Proms.

Enjoy a peaceful Proms morning with this three hour collection of the most mindful classical pieces that have been performed at the 麻豆社 Proms.

This mix features Ronald Binge鈥檚 鈥楽ailing By鈥� as part of 100 Years of the Shipping Forecast Prom, William Grant Still鈥檚 鈥楨legy鈥� which was performed by Isabelle Demers in 2023, and a string quartet by Doreen Carwithen which was programmed in Liverpool in 2022.

Produced by Katie Hill
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Music Played

  • Grace Williams

    Sea Sketches for String Orchestra: V. Calm Sea in Summer

    Conductor: John Andrews. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Resonus Classics.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 4: Entr'acte (Barcarolle)

    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • William Henry Harris

    Faire is the Heaven

    Composer: Edmund Spenser. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen.
    • CORO.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin concerto in G minor Op.80 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite from the Gadfly, Op. 97a: VIII. Romance

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Piers Lane.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Thomas Tallis

    O Sacrum Convivium

    Performer: Gabriel Crouch. Performer: Gallicantus.
    • Signum Records.

  • Florence Price

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

    Conductor: John Jeter. Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony.
    • Naxos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Pr茅lude

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • Masterworks.

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 7: Romanze. Andante non troppo con grazia

    Performer: Francesco Nicolosi. Orchestra: Alma Mahler Sinfonietta. Conductor: Stefania Rinaldi.
    • Naxos.

  • Ken Burton

    A Prayer

    Lyricist: Paul Laurence Dunbar. Conductor: Ken Burton. Choir: London Voices.
    • Oxford University Press Music.

  • Ronald Binge

    Sailing By (Radio 4, Shipping Forecast theme)

    Conductor: David Parry. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics International.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madama Butterfly, Act II: Coro a bocca chiusa "Humming Chorus"

    Choir: Vienna State Opera Choir. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    6 Etudes de concert, Op. 35: II. Automne

    Performer: Mark Viner.
    • Brilliant Classics Licensing BV.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de nuit, Op.15 No.1

    Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hall茅.
    • Halle Concerts Society.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Pie Jesu

    Performer: Owen Saldanha. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • Signum Records.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio No. 7 in B-Flat Major "Archduke", Op. 97: III. Andante cantabile

    Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.

  • Edgar Bainton

    Three Pieces for Orchestra: I. Elegy. Lento, molto tranquillo

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • Chandos.

  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Dreamland

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Sony Classical.

  • John Blow

    An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell: I. Mark How the Lark and Linnet Sing

    Performer: Thomas Walker. Performer: Samuel Boden. Lyricist: John Dryden. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Hyperion.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird - Ballet Suite (1911): IV. The Princesses' Round Dance

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

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

    Conductor: Alberto Martini. Orchestra: Accademia I Filarmonici.
    • Naxos.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio

    Performer: Javier Perianes. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Koji Kondo

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

    Performer: Lise Vandersmissen. Music Arranger: Jim Clements. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Claude Debussy

    Suite bergamasque, CD 82, L. 75: III. Clair de lune

    Performer: C茅cile Ousset.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Augusta Holm猫s

    Ludus pro Patria: La Nuit et l'Amour

    Conductor: Patrick Davin. Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland鈥怭falz.
    • Samuel Friedmann.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 1 in B Flat Minor. Larghetto

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Peter Warlock

    Capriol Suite: V. Pieds-en-l'air

    Performer: James Ross. Ensemble: B眉y眉kada Ensemble.
    • Ulysses Arts.

  • William Grant Still

    Elegy

    Performer: Philip Brunelle.
    • Clarion.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    String Quartet No. 2: I. Adagio

    Ensemble: Sorrel Quartet.
    • Chandos.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante d茅funte, M. 19

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.

  • John Tavener

    Mother of God

    Composer: Mikhail Lermontov. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • Signum Records.

  • Erik Satie

    Mercure, Scene 1: La nuit

    Conductor: J茅r么me Kaltenbach. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy.
    • Naxos.

  • Franz Liszt

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124: II. Quasi adagio

    Performer: Alexander Ullman. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Rubicon.

  • Thomas Ad猫s

    Dawn, Chacony for orchestra at any distance

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Thomas Ad猫s.
    • Halle Concerts Society.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Chant du m茅nestrel, Op. 71

    Performer: Pablo Ferr谩ndez. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • Sony Classical.

  • E虅riks Es虒envalds

    Stars

    Composer: Sara Teasdale. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

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