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Peaceful Proms Special: Relaxing classical sounds

Bring a sense of calm to your day with three hours of serene classical favourites from the BBC Proms.

Find a moment of calm with this three-hour collection of serene classical pieces from BBC Proms.

Featuring favourites from Frédéric Chopin, J. S. Bach and Florence Beatrice Price, plus gentle recent works by Isobel Waller‑Bridge, Ola Gjeilo, and Joby Talbot.

Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind. MM

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Fri 29 Aug 202506:00
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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour Op.12

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Elgar//Dvorak/Respighi/Vasks.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 6.

  • Frank Bridge

    Sally in Our Alley

    Orchestra: Budapest Strings. Conductor: Károly Botvay.
    • Holst, G.: St. Paul's Suite / A Fugal Concerto / Britten, B.: Simple Symphony /.
    • Capriccio.
    • 4.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturnes, Op. 27: No. 2 in D Flat Major. Lento sostenuto

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
    • Chopin: Complete Nocturnes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.

  • Robert Schumann

    12 Klavierstücke für kleine und große Kinder, Op. 85: No. 12, Abendlied

    Performer: Kian Soltani. Music Arranger: Michael Rot. Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg. Conductor: Gregory Ahss.
    • Schumann.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.

  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances, Op. 22 - No. 1, Andante molto

    Performer: Sophie Kauer. Performer: Kunal Lahiry. Music Arranger: Max Knoth.
    • Unsung.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Eric Coates

    Summer Days Suite: In a Country Lane

    Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Eric Coates: London Again.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 10.

  • Joby Talbot

    Ink Dark Moon: II. Adagio Contemplativo

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
    • The Moon & The Forest.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 06.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io piangia (Rinaldo)

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Ensemble: CHAARTS.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    The Rose

    Lyricist: Christina Rossetti. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble. Choir: Choir of Royal Holloway.
    • Winter Songs.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz No. 19 in A Minor, KK IVb (Version for Harp in A Flat Minor)

    Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.
    • Classical Class Vol 4.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 40.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite from the Gadfly, Op. 97a: VIII. Romance (Arr. Atovmyan)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Piers Lane.
    • Virtuoso Violin.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Hubert Parry

    An English Suite: VI. Air

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Boult Conducts Parry.
    • Lyrita.
    • 07.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony No. 1 in E Minor: II. Largo, maestoso

    Conductor: John Jeter. Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony.
    • Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse

    Performer: Isobel Waller-Bridge.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude (Cello Suite No.1 in G Major BWV.1007)

    Music Arranger: Jakob Lindberg. Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • Bach on the Rauwolf Lute.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Elegy, Op. 20 "The Fall of the Leaf"

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Dougie MacLean

    Caledonia (Arr. Blake Morgan)

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Caledonia (Arr. Blake Morgan).
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Trout Quintet: Andante

    Performer: Boris Berezovsky. Performer: Vasko Vassilev. Performer: Christopher Vanderspar. Performer: Tony Hougham. Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Singer: Andrew Staples.
    • Schubert: Trout Quintet.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: 1. Morning Mood

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Blind Test Musique Classique.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 27.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob.VIIb:1: II. Adagio

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Petra Müllejans.
    • Haydn: Concertos for Cello.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 2.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliette, Op. 64: Introduction

    Performer: Elvira Misbakhova. Music Arranger: Vadim Borisovsky. Music Arranger: François Vallières. Ensemble: I Musici de Montréal. Conductor: Jean-François Rivest.
    • Destins tragiques.
    • Les Disques ATMA Inc..
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Miroirs, M. 43: III. Une barque sur l'océan

    Conductor: Riccardo Muti. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole; Une barque sur l'ocean.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.

  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon in D major

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Lorenza Borrani. Performer: Lucy Gould. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Performer: Stephan Rath. Performer: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Klassik die jeder kennt.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 84.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155: II. Dumka. Andante con moto

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • The Very Best of Dvorak.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante

    Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart, W.A.: Klavierkonzerte Nr. 21 & 27.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Berceuse, Op. 16

    Performer: Cocomi. Performer: 牛牛.
    • Fauré: Berceuse, Op. 16.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio for Strings

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Classics for Farewells.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.

  • Franz Liszt

    Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141: No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor "La campanella"

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
    • Liszt: La campanella.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran Partita": III. Adagio

    Ensemble: German Wind Soloists.
    • Classical Chill.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • David Lang

    Mystery Sonatas: No. 7, Glory

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich.
    • David Lang: Mystery Sonatas.
    • Cantaloupe Music.
    • 7.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    In the Fen Country - Symphonic Impression

    Orchestra: The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis/The Lark Ascending etc..
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.

  • Grace Williams

    Sailing Song (Sea Sketches, No 2)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Sea Sketches for String Orchestra: II. Sailing Song.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

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

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

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