Peaceful Proms Special: Soothing sounds for moments of calm
Relax with three hours of the most calming classical music that has previously featured at the 麻豆社 Proms.
Relax into a Peace Proms Morning with three hours of the most calming classical music that has previously featured at the 麻豆社 Proms.
With classical favourites by Joseph Haydn, Carl Orff, and Maurice Ravel; plus glowing harmonies from Caroline Shaw, Avril Coleridge-Taylor, and George Walker.
Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for 麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind. MM
On radio
Music Played
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Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (2nd mvmt, Andante)
Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces.- Simax Classics.
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Claude Debussy
R锚verie, L. 68
Performer: Fran莽ois鈥怞o毛l Thiollier.- Naxos.
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George Butterworth
Two English Idylls: No. 2, Adagio non troppo
Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Kri拧s Russman.- BIS.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: 2. Largo
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Kurt Sanderling.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Caroline Shaw
And the Swallow
Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.- Signum Records.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio
Performer: Wenzel Fuchs. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Alan Gilbert.- Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
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Dora Peja膷evi膰
Sonata for Cello and Piano in E Minor, Op. 35: III. Adagio Sostenuto
Performer: Janne Fredens. Performer: S酶ren Rastogi.- OUR Recordings.
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George Frideric Handel
Samson, HWV 57, Act 2 Scene 2: II. With Plaintive Notes (Air)
Performer: Mary Bevan. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.- Linn Records.
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Roger Quilter
Where the Rainbow Ends Suite: No. 2 Rosamund
Conductor: Adrian Leaper. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.- Marco-Polo.
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Jake Runestad
Let My Love Be Heard
Ensemble: VOCES8.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Max Richter
On the Nature of Daylight
Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Performer: Anna Lapwood.- Sony Classical.
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Erik Satie
3 Gymnop茅dies: 3 Gymnopedies: No. 2, Lent et triste
Conductor: Ondrej Len谩rd. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.- Naxos.
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Grace-Evangeline Mason
Glass Cathedrals
Performer: Lauren Scott.- AVIE Records.
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George Walker
Lyric for Strings
Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Tognetti.- Lyric for Strings.
- ABC Classic.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
The Evening Star
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.- Delphian Records.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus No. 6 in Stylo Francese
Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Gerald Finzi
Romance in E-Flat Major, Op. 11
Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.- Naxos.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1: II. Andante
Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.- Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Carl Orff
Carmina Burana: In trutina
Performer: Joshua Bell. Conductor: Michael Stern. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke鈥檚.- Sony Classical.
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Maurice Ravel
Pavane For A Dead Princess
Orchestra: Orchestre national de France.- DENON Classics.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: III. Andante
Performer: Christopher Adkins. Performer: Marc鈥怉ndr茅 Hamelin. Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- Hyperion.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Carnival of the Animals - The Swan
Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason.- UME - Global Clearing House.
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Florence Price
An Elf on a Moonbeam
Performer: Anna Lapwood.- Sony Classical.
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Arvo P盲rt
The Deer's Cry
Ensemble: VOCES8. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.- VOCES8 Records.
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Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: III. Adagio
Performer: Timothy Ridout. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- harmonia mundi.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: II. Adagio
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.- Onyx Classics.
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Ben Parry
Flame
Choir: National Youth Choir.- NYCGB.
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Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Sussex Landscape, Op. 27: II. Lento e molto tranquillo
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Elizabeth Poston
An English Day-Book (Sweet Suffolk Owl)
Choir: NYCoS National Girls Choir. Performer: Claire Jones. Conductor: Christopher Bell.- Signum Records.
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Eric Whitacre
The River Cam
Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Conductor: Eric Whitacre. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- Decca (UMO).
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Frederick Delius
2 Pieces for Small Orchestra: No. 1, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- Warner Classics.
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Max Bruch
Kol Nidrei, Op. 47
Performer: Jan Vogler. Ensemble: Dresdner Kapellsolisten. Conductor: Helmut Branny.- Sony Classical.
Broadcasts
- Fri 1 Aug 2025 06:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
- Fri 12 Sep 2025 06:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
- Sun 25 Jan 2026 14:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
- Mon 23 Feb 2026 06:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
- Next Saturday 14:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind