Find calm with Dr Sian Williams and beautiful music from the Proms
Peaceful Proms mornings with Dr Sian Williams, featuring beautiful and calming pieces from this and previous years’ 鶹 Proms. We’ll also hear from a Proms star performer with their choice of classical music that helps them find their focus.
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Music Played
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Air)
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
4 Lieder for Piano, Op 8 (No 3)
Performer: Miku Nishimoto-Neubert.- Solo Musica.
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Charles‐Marie Widor
Symphony No 1 Op 16 (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Martin Yates. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.- Dutton.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Four Sacred Pieces (Praise to the Virgin Mary)
Conductor: Xian Zhang. Orchestra: 鶹 National Chorus of Wales. -
William Grant Still
Vignettes (2nd mvt, 'Carmela')
Ensemble: Salon Trio.- Salon Trio.
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Maurice Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin (Prelude)
Conductor: Stéphane Denève. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.- SWR MUSIC.
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Franz Schubert
Nacht und Träume (Night & Dreams), D 827
Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Julien Quentin.- Sony.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
Symphony No 1 in B flat major (3rd mvt)
Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.- Naxos.
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María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir
Maríuljóð (Mary's Poem )
Choir: Schola Cantorum. Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson.- Sono Luminus.
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Giacomo Puccini
Le Villi ( Act 1: 'Prelude')
Conductor: Ivan Repušić. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra.- BR Klassik.
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Louise Farrenc
Symphony No 3 in G minor, Op 36 (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Duncan Ward. Orchestra: Philzuid.- Fuga Libera.
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George Gershwin
Embraceable You (Girl Crazy)
Performer: Joshua Bell. Conductor: John Williams. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- Sony.
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Marie Dare
Elegy
Performer: Yan Levionnois. Performer: Héloïse Luzzati. Performer: Xavier Phillips. Performer: Caroline Sypniewski.- La Boîte à Pépites.
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Duke Ellington
Black, Brown & Beige arr for orchestra (2nd mvt, 'Brown')
Composer: Maurice Peress. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.- Naxos.
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Claude Debussy
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Performer: Andrew Nicholson. Conductor: Thierry Fischer. Orchestra: 鶹 National Orchestra of Wales. -
Rebecca Clarke
Epilogue
Performer: Gerald Peregrine. Performer: Antony Ingham.- Naxos.
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Julian Lloyd Webber
Jasmine
Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Louis Philippson.- MASTERWORKS.
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Trad.
24 Negro Melodies, Op 59 (No 20, 'Pilgrim Song')
Performer: Alessio Pianelli. Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor. Orchestra: Avos Chamber Orchestra.- Rubicon.
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Gustav Holst
Hymn to the Dawn (Songs of the Rig Veda)
Performer: Elizabeth Bass. Choir: 鶹 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. -
Johann Stamitz
Symphony in F major, No 1 Op 4, Wolf F3 (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Nicholas Ward. Orchestra: Northern Chamber Orchestra.- Naxos.
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George Walker
Folk Songs for Orchestra (Going to lay down my sword)
Conductor: Edwin London. Orchestra: Cleveland Chamber Symphony.- Albany.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 102 in B flat major, Hob I:102 (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Ádám Fischer. Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra.- Naxos.
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Nainita Desai
Mother and Son (14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible)
Performer: Galya Bisengalieva. Conductor: Robert Ames. Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra.- Lakeshore.
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Robert Schumann
Arabesque, Op 18
Performer: Nelson Freire.- Decca.
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Arvo Pärt
Da Pacem Domine (Give Peace, O Lord)
Choir: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Conductor: Paul Hillier.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Jean Françaix
15 Children's Portraits by Auguste Renoir (No 4, 'Little Girl Reading')
Conductor: Alain Moglia. Orchestra: Toulouse National Chamber Orchestra.- Capriccio.
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Bill Evans
Peace Piece
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.- SAVOY.
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Edward Elgar
The Spirit of the Lord
Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.- Delphian.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No 9 in E flat major, K 271, 'Jeunehomme' (2nd mvt)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.- Warner.
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Roxanna Panufnik
Four World Seasons (2nd mvt, 'Tibetan Winter')
Performer: Tasmin Little. Conductor: Graham Bradshaw. Orchestra: 鶹 Symphony Orchestra.- CHANDOS.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No 2 in B flat, Op 52, MWV A 18, 'Hymn of Praise' (1st mvt, 'Sinfonia')
Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich.- Alpha.
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Henry Purcell
Dido and Aeneas (Act II: The Groves Dance)
Performer: Jakob Lindberg. Music Arranger: Jakob Lindberg.- BIS.
Broadcast
- Fri 25 Jul 2025 09:00鶹 Radio 3 Unwind