Kickstart your day with Dr. Sian Williams and calming music from the Proms
Peaceful Proms mornings with Dr Sian Williams, featuring peaceful, and comforting pieces from this and previous years’ 鶹 Proms.
Peaceful Proms mornings presented by broadcaster, author and counselling psychologist Dr Sian Williams.
Featuring peaceful, comforting music from Prokofiev, Caroline Shaw and Mozart, and music from this and previous years’ 鶹 Proms. We’ll also hear from organist and Proms star Rachel Mahon about a piece of music that helps her find her focus, and Sian spies her first blood moon while out to Take a Breath.
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Music Played
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Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Alexandra Dariescu. Conductor: Tianyi Lu. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.- Signum.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 62 in D major, Hob I:62 (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies. Orchestra: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester.- Sony.
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Leoš Janáček
Suite for Strings (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Thérèse Divry. Orchestra: Ad Artem Orchestra of Lorraine.- Forlane.
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Amy Beach
3 Compositions, Op 40 (No 2, 'Berceuse')
Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Performer: Matthew Hagle.- Cedille.
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Edward Elgar
Dream Children, Op 43 (No 2)
Conductor: Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.- Halle.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 553
Performer: Pascale Rouet.- VDE_Gallo.
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Louise Farrenc
Piano Quintet No 1 in A minor, Op 30 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Ensemble Louise Farrenc.- CPO.
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Richard Rodney Bennett
Summer Music (2nd mvt, 'Siesta')
Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: 鶹 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.- Chandos.
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Florence Price
Barcarolle
Performer: Kirsten Johnson.- Guild.
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Henryk Górecki
Symphony No 3, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' (2nd mvt)
Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Conductor: David Zinman. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta.- Nonesuch.
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Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne No 2 in D flat major, Op 27
Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov. -
Undine Smith Moore
We Shall Walk Through the Valley
Ensemble: Apollo5.- Voces8.
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George Frideric Handel
Il pastor fido [The Faithful Shepherd], HWV 8a, (Overture: Part 2)
Conductor: David Bates. Orchestra: La Nuova Musica.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 4 in D, K 19 (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Osmo Vänskä. Orchestra: 鶹 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. -
Margaret Bonds
Spiritual Suite for Piano (2nd mvt, 'The Bells')
Performer: Rochelle Sennet.- Albany Records.
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Caroline Shaw
Entracte
Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.- Claves.
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Robert Schumann
Liederkreis, Op 39, arr for piano (No 5, 'Mondnacht')
Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Music Arranger: Clara Schumann.- Decca.
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John Dowland
Come Again
Ensemble: Cantus Thuringia.- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor, RV 531 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Sarah McMahon. Performer: Jonathan Byers. Conductor: Monica Huggett. Orchestra: Irish Baroque Orchestra.- Linn.
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Clémence de Grandval
Oboe Concerto, Op 7 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Lajos Lencsés. Conductor: Andrey Boreyko. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.- Hannsler.
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Alexis Ffrench
Guiding Light
Performer: Gerard Cousins.- Prima Classic.
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Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No 1 in E major, Op 5, 'Slavyanskaya' (3rd mvt)
Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka. Orchestra: 鶹 National Orchestra of Wales.- BIS.
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Georges Bizet
The Fair Maid of Perth Suite, WD 15, (2nd mvt, 'Sérénade')
Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.- UMG.
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Augusta Holmès
Three Small Pieces (Chanson)
Performer: Juliette Hurel. Performer: Hélène Couvert.- Alpha.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
Symphony No 6 in E flat major, Op 94, 'In Memoriam G F Watts' (2nd mvt)
Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.- Naxos.
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John Rutter
Visions (No 4, 'The Holy City')
Performer: Kerson Leong. Choir: Temple Church Choir. Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.- Collegium.
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (2nd mvt)
Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Thomas Klug.- Warner.
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Ed Frazier Davis
O Magnum Mysterium
Choir: 鶹 Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers. -
Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor
5 Fantasiestücke for String Quartet, Op 5 (No 4, 'Minuet & Trio')
Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.- Azica Records.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, 'Classical' (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Aziz Shokhakimov. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg.- Warner.
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Anon
El Rorro
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- PHILIPS.
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- Fri 12 Sep 2025 09:00鶹 Radio 3 Unwind