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BBC Proms Special: Relaxing classical music to lighten your day

Find a moment of calm with peaceful music from this and previous seasons of the world’s greatest classical music festival, the Proms.

Find a moment of calm with peaceful music from this and previous seasons of the world’s greatest classical music festival, the Proms.

Featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Florence Beatrice Price, Ruth Gipps, John Rutter and more.

To listen to performances from this year’s BBC Proms just search ‘Proms’ on BBC Sounds.

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

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Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 18. Andante cantabile

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour, Op. 12

    Performer: Nicolas Dautricourt. Conductor: Frédéric Chaslin. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Elgar: Violin Concerto & Salut d'amour - Delius: Suite.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 4.

  • Trad.

    She Moved Through the Fair

    Performer: Jonathan Martindale. Performer: Lauren Scott. Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.
    • Classical Tranquillity.
    • Collegium.
    • 1.

  • Amy Beach

    Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45: III. Largo

    Performer: Danny Driver. Conductor: Rebecca Miller. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Beach, Chaminade & Howell: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ashley Jackson

    The Angels Changed My Name

    Composer: Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor. Performer: Ashley Jackson.
    • Ennanga.
    • Bright Shiny Things.
    • 7.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No. 6 in E Major: II. Marcia funebre. Andante maestoso

    Conductor: Marc Niemann. Orchestra: Philharmonisches Orchester Bremerhaven.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Miroirs, M. 43: V. La vallee des cloches

    Performer: Seong‐Jin Cho.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.

  • Toshifumi Hinata

    Never Forgiven

    Performer: Toshifumi Hinata. Music Arranger: Toshifumi Hinata. Orchestra: Budapest Scoring Orchestra. Conductor: Zoltán Pad.
    • ネヴァーフォーギブン.
    • Sony Music Labels Inc..
    • 1.

  • Mel Bonis

    Soir, Op. 76 No. 1

    Ensemble: Brackman Trio.
    • Discovering Roslavets - I. Silver Night.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Marcello Adagio Variation (After Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: II. Adagio)

    Composer: Alessandro Marcello. Composer: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Performer: Gabriele Bagnati.
    • Marcello Adagio Variation (After Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: II. Adagio).
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Trad.

    Ar Lan y Môr

    Ensemble: The Kanneh‐Masons.
    • Traditional: Ar Lan y Môr (Arr. The Kanneh-Masons for Ensemble).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Idyll, Op. 44

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Peebles.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Orchestral Works.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 4.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Serenade to Music

    Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Seaman.
    • Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony; Serenade to Music.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 5.

  • Rosey Chan

    Chrysalis

    Performer: Rosey Chan.
    • Platoon.

  • Eleanor Daley

    Grandmother Moon

    Performer: Owain Park. Lyricist: Mary Louise Martin. Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six.
    • Daley: Grandmother Moon.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Rinaldo: Act II - "Lascia ch'io pianga"

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Performer: Monika Razynska. Lyricist: Giacomo Rossi. Lyricist: Aaron Hill. Lyricist: Torquato Tasso. Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia.
    • Handel: Summer Evening.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 434.

  • Cipriani Potter

    Symphony in C Minor: II. Andante con moto

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • jpc schallplatten Versandhandels GmbH.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Vetrate di chiesa (Church Windows), P. 150: I. La fuga in Egitto

    Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Vetrate Di Chiesa - Impressioni Brasiliane - Rossiniana.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata No. 19 in C Minor, D. 958: II. Adagio

    Performer: George Fu.
    • Solitude with Schubert.
    • Platoon.
    • 3.

  • William Walton

    Sonata for String Orchestra: III. Lento

    Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Sir George Dyson

    Woodland Suite I. At Evening Bell

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • John Rutter

    God Be In My Head

    Ensemble: Meridian. Conductor: Irene Messoloras.
    • Serenity (Dolby Atmos Version).
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.

  • Florence Price

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

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Lara Somogyi

    Oasis

    Composer: Jean‐Michel Blais. Performer: Lara Somogyi. Performer: Jean‐Michel Blais.
    • oasis.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 1.

  • Frederick Delius

    3 Small Tone Poems: No. 3, Spring Morning

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones.
    • Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Evgeny Grinko

    Glare of Us

    Performer: Evgeny Grinko.
    • Winter Moonlight.
    • Nettwerk Music Group.
    • 1.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Two Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 77 : I. Cantique: Laetare anima mea

    Performer: Mattia Zappa. Performer: Massimiliano Mainolfi.
    • Sibelius & Grieg : Music for Cello and Piano "Lux Nordica".
    • Claves Records.
    • 9.

  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann

    Märchensuite für großes Orchester: I. Prolog

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Peter Hirsch.
    • Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Märchensuite / Canto di speranza / Impromptu / Alagoana..
    • wergo.
    • 1.

  • Brent Faiyaz

    Aberfan

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.
    • Welsh Music for Strings.
    • Rubicon.
    • 6.

  • Claude Debussy

    Danses pour Harpe Chromatique: Danse profane

    Performer: Claire Jones. Conductor: Paul Watkins. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Harp Concertos.
    • Signum Records.
    • 5.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Once

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Once.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Cringlemire Garden, Op. 39

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 06.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • Mendelssohn & Shostakovich: Violin Concertos.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Sunday 14:00
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