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Kickstart your day with Dr. Sian Williams and calming music from the Proms

Classical UnwindPeaceful Proms Mornings

Peaceful Proms mornings with Dr Sian Williams, featuring peaceful, and comforting pieces from this and previous years’ BBC 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’ BBC 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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Fri 12 Sep 202509:00
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Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu. Conductor: Tianyi Lu. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Signum.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 62 in D major, Hob I:62 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies. Orchestra: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester.
    • Sony.

  • Leos Janáček

    Suite for Strings (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Thérèse Divry. Orchestra: Ad Artem Orchestra of Lorraine.
    • Forlane.

  • Amy Beach

    3 Compositions, Op 40 (No 2, 'Berceuse')

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Performer: Matthew Hagle.
    • Cedille.

  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Children, Op 43 (No 2)

    Conductor: Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.
    • Halle.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 553

    Performer: Pascale Rouet.
    • VDE_Gallo.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Piano Quintet No 1 in A minor, Op 30 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Louise Farrenc.
    • CPO.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Summer Music (2nd mvt, 'Siesta')

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Florence Price

    Barcarolle

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Guild.

  • Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

    Symphony No 3, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' (2nd mvt)

    Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Conductor: David Zinman. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta.
    • Nonesuch.

  • 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.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Il pastor fido [The Faithful Shepherd], HWV 8a, (Overture: Part 2)

    Conductor: David Bates. Orchestra: La Nuova Musica.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 4 in D, K 19 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Osmo Vänskä. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Spiritual Suite for Piano (2nd mvt, 'The Bells')

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Albany Records.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Entracte

    Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
    • Claves.

  • Robert Schumann

    Liederkreis, Op 39, arr for piano (No 5, 'Mondnacht')

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Music Arranger: Clara Schumann.
    • Decca.

  • John Dowland

    Come Again

    Ensemble: Cantus Thuringia.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.

  • 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.

  • Clémence de Grandval

    Oboe Concerto, Op 7 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Lajos Lencsés. Conductor: Andrey Boreyko. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hannsler.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Guiding Light

    Performer: Gerard Cousins.
    • Prima Classic.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Symphony No 1 in E major, Op 5, 'Slavyanskaya' (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • BIS.

  • Georges Bizet

    The Fair Maid of Perth Suite, WD 15, (2nd mvt, 'Sérénade')

    Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.
    • UMG.

  • Augusta Holmès

    Three Small Pieces (Chanson)

    Performer: Juliette Hurel. Performer: Hélène Couvert.
    • Alpha.

  • 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.

  • John Rutter

    Visions (No 4, 'The Holy City')

    Performer: Kerson Leong. Choir: Temple Church Choir. Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.
    • Collegium.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Thomas Klug.
    • Warner.

  • Ed Frazier Davis

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    5 Fantasiestücke for String Quartet, Op 5 (No 4, 'Minuet & Trio')

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, 'Classical' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Aziz Shokhakimov. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg.
    • Warner.

  • Anon

    El Rorro

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS.

Broadcast

  • Fri 12 Sep 202509:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind