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Peaceful Proms Special: Restful melodies to calm the mind

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

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

This mix features Ronald Binge’s ‘Sailing By’ as part of 100 Years of the Shipping Forecast Prom, William Grant Still’s ‘Elegy’ which was performed by Isabelle Demers in 2023, and a string quartet by Doreen Carwithen which was programmed in Liverpool in 2022.

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Music Played

  • Grace Williams

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

    Conductor: John Andrews. Orchestra: BBC 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. Prélude

    Performer: Yo‐Yo 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: BBC 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..

  • CĂ©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: Hallé.
    • 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: BBC 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: BBC 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: BBC 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: CĂ©cile Ousset.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Augusta HolmĂšs

    Ludus pro Patria: La Nuit et l'Amour

    Conductor: Patrick Davin. Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz.
    • Samuel Friedmann.

  • FrĂ©dĂ©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: BĂŒyĂŒkada 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 défunte, 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: JĂ©rĂŽme 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: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Rubicon.

  • Thomas AdĂšs

    Dawn, Chacony for orchestra at any distance

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Thomas AdÚs.
    • Halle Concerts Society.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Chant du ménestrel, Op. 71

    Performer: Pablo FerrĂĄndez. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    Stars

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

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