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A calming classical soundtrack for a peaceful evening

Niall Breslin brings you calming classical music to help you release the stresses of the day, recharge and prepare to rest.

Three hours of calming classical music to help you release the stresses of the day, recharge and prepare to rest - presented by Irish musician and mindfulness expert Niall Breslin.

This episode features a wonderful soundscape of music from the likes of harpist Lavinia Meijer, pianist Hayato Sumino, Mozart and Debussy. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Michael James Wong, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how slowing your breath can calm your mind.

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Sat 24 Oct 202617:00
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Music Played

  • Sally Beamish

    April

    Performer: Sally Beamish. Performer: Ryan Corbett.
    • DELPHIAN.

  • Poppy Ackroyd

    In The Mist

    Performer: Poppy Ackroyd.
    • Liminal.
    • One Little Independent Records.
    • 1.

  • Yu‐Peng Chen

    Under the Moonlight

    Performer: Yu‐Peng Chen. Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Philipp Schupelius. Conductor: Liang Zhang. Orchestra: Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Rebecca Clarke

    I'll Bid My Heart Be Still (Version for Cello & Piano)

    Performer: Antony Ingham. Performer: Gerald Peregrine.
    • Folk Tales, Vol. 2: British & Irish Miniatures.

  • Jean‐Michel Blais

    mirador

    • Mercury Classics.

  • John Williams

    Theme from Schindler's List

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Pérotin

    Beata Viscera III

    Performer: Apollo5.
    • O Radiant Dawn.
    • VCM Records.
    • 16.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Farewell from Rome

    Performer: Susan Tomes.
    • Hyperion.

  • Robert Schumann

    Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 1, Widmung

    Performer: Leonardo Gucci.
    • Prisma Music.

  • Julián De La Chica

    Nocturnal & Circular Images, Op. 5: No. 4, Fado (Perf. on Harp)

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Irreverence Group Music.

  • Charlotte Greve

    The Well

    • Waterbodies (new release).
    • New Amsterdam Records.
    • 1.

  • Seigen Tokuzawa & Masaki Hayashi

    Filum

    • B.
    • flau.
    • 11.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No.1, Op.26: II. Adagio

    Performer: Eldbjørg Hemsing. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Gergely Madaras.
    • Bruch: Violin Concerto.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 2.

  • Rob Luft

    Sad Stars

    • Life is the Dancer.
    • Edition Records.
    • 9.

  • Hugh Aston

    Hugh Ashton's Maske

    Performer: Parthenia.
    • Within The Labyrinth.
    • MSR Classics.
    • 1.

  • Steven Osborne

    Improvisation on Keith Jarrett's Vienna Concert

    • Universal Music Operations Ltd.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet in C Major, K. 515: II. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio

    Performer: Takács Quartet.
    • Hyperion.

  • Exultate Singers

    The Water of Tyne

    • Exultate Singers.

  • Hugo Alfvén

    Andante religioso op. 31

    Performer: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
    • Alfvén: Andante religioso op. 31.
    • CPO.
    • 101.

  • Borbála Seres

    Vieja Leyenda

    • Vieja Leyenda.
    • Prima Classic.
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Theme from Samson and Delilah

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Music Arranger: Nina Simone.
    • Theme from Samson and Delilah (arr. Nina Simone).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Hayato Sumino

    Forma

    • Sony Classical.

  • Antonio Caldara

    12 Sonatas, Op. 1: Trio Sonata in E Minor, No. 5: I. Grave

    Performer: The BanXhies.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Lara Somogyi

    intimacy gradient

    • Universal Music Operations Ltd.

  • Dzintra Erliha

    New York City

    • Impressions From Afar.
    • Prima Classic.
    • 1.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Lullaby for Lucy

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Opus13

    Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV: Solveig's Song (Transcr. for String Quartet by Opus13

    • Alpha Classics.

  • Stephan Moccio

    Goodbye My Youth

    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).

  • Zdenek Fibich

    Piano Trio in F Minor, H174: II. Adagio ma non troppo

    Performer: Smetanovo trio.
    • SUPRAPHON a.s..

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Il Giustino RV 717, Act I: Vedrò con mio diletto (Arr. for Oboe and Piano)

    Performer: Serol Yapici. Performer: Koen Vroemen.
    • Télès Music.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Quartet in G Major, K. 285a (Attrib. Doubtful): I. Andante

    Performer: Cocomi. Performer: Ryota Higashi. Performer: Meguna Naka. Performer: Yusuke Yabe.
    • Universal Music LLC.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Scene with Cranes

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Claude Debussy

    Rêverie, CD 76

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Athana Siva

    into the unknown

  • Fergus McCreadie

    Forest Floor

    Performer: Fergus McCreadie. Performer: David Bowden. Performer: Stephen Henderson.

  • Zara Hudson‐Kozdoj

    XXs

    • Remember Who You Are.
    • Platoon.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lute Suite in G Minor: V. Sarabande

    Performer: Konrad Junghänel.
    • Note 1 Music GmbH.

  • Akira Kosemura

    Honey Lemon Soda - Main Theme

    • Honey Lemon Soda (Original Series Soundtrack).
    • Milan.
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 29 Sep 202617:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 24 Oct 202617:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind