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Peaceful Proms Special: Immersive classical music to ease your mind

Enjoy a ‘peaceful Proms morning’ with this three hour collection of the most mindful classical pieces that have been performed at the Âé¶¹Éç Proms.

Enjoy a ‘peaceful Proms morning’ with this three hour collection of the most mindful classical pieces that have been performed at the Âé¶¹Éç Proms.

Featuring Elanor Alberga’s Snow White and the Severn Dwarves from 2024’s CBeebies Prom, Keiko Abe’s Michi which premiered at the Proms in 1989, as well as a host of calming classical pieces from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Fanny Mendelssohn, and Benjamin Britten.

Produced by Katie Hill.
An Overcoat Media Production for Âé¶¹Éç Radio 3 Unwind. MM.

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Children, Op. 43: I. Andante

    Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: Âé¶¹Éç Symphony Orchestra.
    • Elgar : Orchestral Works.
    • Rhino.
    • 2.
  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Enchanted Isle.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (2nd mvmt, Andante)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces.
    • Trumpet Concertos.
    • Simax Classics.
    • 2.
  • Samuel Coleridgeâ€Taylor

    Symphony in A Minor, Op. 8: II. Lament. Larghetto affettuoso

    Conductor: Douglas Bostock. Orchestra: Aarhus Symfoniorkester.
    • Musical Concepts.
  • Lili Boulanger

    Trois Morceaux Pour Piano: D'un Vieux Jardin

    Performer: Charlotte Mueller.
    • Woman's Work - Music for Solo Piano.
    • MSR Classics.
    • 6.
  • Eleanor Alberga

    Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs: Snow White's Dance

    • Orchid Classics.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, "From the New World": II. Largo

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Koji Kondo

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

    Performer: Lise Vandersmissen. Music Arranger: Jim Clements. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Zelda's Lullaby (Arr. Clements for Vocal Ensemble & Harp).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Anna Meredith

    Little World

    Performer: Anna Meredith.
    • The End We Start From (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 3.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    An Irish Idyll in Six Miniatures, Op 77 No 2 (The Fairy Lough)

    Singer: Morgan Pearse. Orchestra: Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Stanford: Orchestral Songs.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.
  • Claude Debussy

    2 Arabesques, L. 66: Arabesque No. 1

    Performer: Hippo Dreams.
    • Etymology Classics.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep May Safely Graze

    Performer: Leon Fleisher. Music Arranger: Egon Petri.
    • Two Hands.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: II. Largo

    Performer: Stewart Goodyear. Conductor: Andrew Constantine. Orchestra: Âé¶¹Éç National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Orchid Music Limited.
  • William Byrd

    O Lord, Make Thy Servant Elizabeth

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Orchestra: The Sixteen. Ensemble: The Sixteen.
    • Music of the Kingdom.
    • CORO.
    • 4.
  • Jeanâ€Philippe Rameau

    Les Indes galantes, Prologue: Entree de la suite d'Hebe

    Conductor: György Vashegyi. Orchestra: Orfeo Orchestra.
    • Note 1 Music GmbH.
  • Thea Musgrave

    Clarinet Concerto: IV. Sensuoso

    Performer: Victoria Soames Samek. Orchestra: Âé¶¹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thea Musgrave.
    • Clarinet and Saxophone Classics.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra: II. Romanze - Lento

    Orchestra: Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur. Ensemble: Duo Tal & Groethuysen. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Two Pianos & Orchestra/Symphony No. 5.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

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

    Conductor: Alberto Martini. Orchestra: Accademia I Filarmonici.
    • Vivaldi: Concertos for Strings.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Keiko Abe

    Michi (For Solo Marimba)

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Rhythm Song.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 12.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem K. 626 - Lacrimosa

    Conductor: Jordi Savall. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations.
    • Mozart : Requiem.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 8.
  • Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Sinfonietta No. 1: II. Song Form-Largo

    Orchestra: The Experiential Orchestra. Conductor: James Blachly.
    • American Counterpoints.
    • Bright Shiny Things.
    • 4.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    6 Lieder, Op. 1: No. 3, Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Eric Le Sage.
    • "La tempesta di mare" - Vivaldi, Mozart, Bach, Telemann, Beethoven.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 60.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Brahms: Symphonies 1-4.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 3.
  • Erik Satie

    Mercure, Scene 1: La nuit

    Conductor: Jérôme Kaltenbach. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy.
    • Satie: Parade, Gymnopédies, Mercure & Relâche.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 36: II. Adagio cantabile

    Conductor: Johannes Goritzki. Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3.
    • jpc schallplatten Versandhandels GmbH.
    • 6.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz in C Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2: Tempo giusto

    Performer: Ji Liu.
    • Pure Chopin.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 6 No. 10, HWV 328: V. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Simon Standage. Performer: Elizabeth Wilcock. Performer: Anthony Pleeth. Performer: Robert Woolley. Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: The English Concert.
    • Handel: Complete Orchestral Recordings.
    • Archiv Produktion.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 126: II. Adagio molto, Piu mosso

    Performer: Benjamin Frith. Conductor: Andrew Gourlay. Orchestra: Âé¶¹Éç National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Stanford: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Works for Solo Piano.
    • Champs Hill Records.
    • 2.
  • Caroline Shaw

    And the Swallow

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 7.
  • Benjamin Britten

    A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: 7. Interlude

    Composer: John James. Composer: Robert Wedderburn. Composer: Robert Southwell. Composer: James Noel John. Composer: Roger Hemingway. Performer: Tanya Houghton. Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Clarinet Concerto, Op. 31: II. Adagio, ma senza Rigore

    Performer: Roberta Gottardi. Orchestra: Orchestra da camera Benedetto Marcello. Conductor: Flavio Scogna.
    • Brilliant Classics.
  • Florence Price

    Resignation

    Choir: London Voices.
    • Oxford University Press Music.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Flute Sonata in B-Flat Major: III. Largo

    Performer: Enzo Caroli. Performer: Anna Martignon.
    • Urania Records.
  • Andrea Morricone

    Cinema Paradiso

    Composer: Ennio Morricone. Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Conductor: Stéphane Denève. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic.
    • Classical Chillout.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 36.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Cantique de Jean Racine

    Choir: Accentus. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • Faure Requiem.
    • ²Ô²¹Ã¯±¹±ð.
    • 09.

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