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BBC Proms special: Gentle music for peace and reflection

Take a moment to relax with calming music from this and previous seasons of the world’s greatest classical music festival, the Proms.

Take a moment to relax with calming music from this and previous seasons of the world’s greatest classical music festival, the Proms.

Featuring works from Claude Debussy, Vaughan Williams, Florence Beatrice Price, Felix Mendelssohn, Anna Clyne 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

  • Claude Debussy

    Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, CD 87a

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Debussy:Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Images Pour Orchestre; Printemps (Sui.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    6 Pieces for Piano, P. 44: No. 3. Notturno. Lento

    Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.
    • Respighi: 6 Pieces for Piano, P. 44: No. 3. Notturno. Lento (Version for Harp).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io piangia (Rinaldo)

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

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor, K.466 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Director: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466 & No. 27 in B-Flat Major,.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 02.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina.
    • Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Piero Piccioni

    Amore mio aiutami

    Performer: Piero Piccioni.
    • Bacci Bros Records.

  • Betty Jackson King

    Four Seasonal Sketches: No. 1, Spring Intermezzo

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. III.
    • Albany Records.
    • 53.

  • Blake Morgan

    Moonrise

    Ensemble: VOCES8. Ensemble: Ringmasters.
    • Shall We Gather.
    • Universal Music Operations Limited.
    • 7.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80: III. Sicilienne. Allegretto molto moderato

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Franck: Symphony in D Minor – Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.

  • Florence Price

    An Elf on a Moonbeam

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Luna.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13.

  • Rosey Chan

    Heart 2 Heart

    Performer: Rosey Chan.
    • Sonic Apothecary II.
    • Platoon.
    • 6.

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Inner Light

    Ensemble: Vox Urbane. Conductor: Dan Ludford-Thomas.
    • Inner Light.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.

  • Dario Marianelli

    Dawn (Arr. Webb for Harp)

    Performer: Alis Huws.
    • Dawn (Arr. Webb for Harp) (From \"Pride and Prejudice\").
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 7 No. 1: II. Adagio

    Performer: Fumika Mohri. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Michael Halász.
    • Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos, Opp. 2 & 7.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance in E-Flat Major, Op. 11

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Trad.

    Shenandoah

    Music Arranger: James Erb. Ensemble: Mancunium Consort.
    • Shenandoah (Arr. for vocal ensemble by James Erb).
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.

  • Aaron Copland

    Billy the Kid Suite: IV. Prairie Night: Card Game at Night

    Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eduardo Mata.
    • Copland, A.: Billy the Kid Suite / Bernstein, L.: On the Waterfront / Harris, R..
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 4.

  • 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.

  • Yann Tiersen

    Ninnog

    Performer: Yann Tiersen.
    • The Liquid Hour l Rathlin from a Distance.
    • Mute.
    • 1.

  • Ronald Binge

    The Watermill

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson.
    • Binge: Watermill (The) / Scottish Rhapsody.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 11.

  • Luke Howard

    Dappled Light

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • Howard: Dappled Light.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Nitin Sawhney

    New Tribes

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nitin Sawhney.
    • Human Planet (Soundtrack from the TV Series).
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 24.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 7 in E Minor: IV. Nachtmusik II. Andante amoroso

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 7.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
    • 4.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Sonatine, M. 40: I. Modéré

    Performer: Seong‐Jin Cho.
    • Ravel: Sonatine, M. 40: I. Modéré.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • 40 Most Beautiful Classical Anthems.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 24.

  • Anna Clyne

    DANCE: III. in the middle of the fighting

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Anna Clyne: DANCE • Elgar: Cello Concerto.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 3.

  • Robert Lowry

    Shall We Gather at the River?

    Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bill Elliott.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.

  • John Rutter

    A Clare Benediction

    Lyricist: John Rutter. Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross. Ensemble: The Dmitri Ensemble.
    • John Rutter: A Clare College Celebration.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • Rachel Portman

    much loved

    Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • ask the river.
    • Node Records.
    • 3.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11: 2. Romance (Larghetto)

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: Polish Festival Orchestra.
    • Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 02.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Norma, Act I: Casta Diva

    Performer: Jan Vogler. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber.
    • Norma, Act I: Casta Diva (Arr. for Cello & Orchestra by Jan Vogler) (Radio Edit).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • George Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess, Act 1: "Summertime"

    Performer: Sharon Kam. Conductor: Gregor Bühl. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • 40 Most Beautiful Summer Classics.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 11.

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