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Sit back and relax with a classical music playlist for your 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 rich blend of music from the likes of William Mival, Helen Habershon and Mozart. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with Michael James Wong and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on the benefits of walking in a park.

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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pièce en Forme de Habanera

    Conductor: Andrew Litton. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Tema con Variazioni

    • Sony Classical.

  • William Mival

    Tristan - still: II. Poco meno messo. Tenero e fragile

    Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Signum Records.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus Iste

    Choir: BBC National Chorus of Wales. Conductor: Adrian Partington.

  • David Chalmin

    Valse noire for M.

    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D major Op.61 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Beethoven and Beyond.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Emilie Mayer

    String Quartet in G Major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Amai Quartet.
    • Emilie Mayer: String Quartets in F and G Major.
    • Da Vinci Classics.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major: III. Andante tranquillo

    Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Poppy Ackroyd

    For Those Who Wait

    • One Little Independent Records.

  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No. 3 " The Sunday Symphony":II. Prayer (Very slow)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Naxos.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    la pioggia

    • Universal Music LLC.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.4 (K.19) in D major

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

  • William Sterndale Bennett

    String Quartet in G Major, WoO 17: II. Adagio

    Ensemble: Villiers Quartet.
    • Naxos.

  • Julianna Barwick

    Call

    • BWSCD, INc. d/b/a SC Distribution.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: II. Adagio ma non troppo

    • Sony Classical.

  • Emily Lim

    The Sun, Unafraid to Shine

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.

  • Dustin O’Halloran

    Gold

    • Splinter Records.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 6, No. 12: III. Adagio

    • Archiv Produktion.

  • Robert Schumann

    No.1 from Three Romances, Op.94

    Performer: Oleg Shebeta-Dragan. Performer: Gunnar Mextorf.

  • Helen Habershon

    Found in a Dream

    • Divine Art.

  • Nadia Boulanger

    Lux aeterna

    Orchestrator: Jérôme Ducros. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sascha Goetzel.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Fela Sowande

    African Suite (Nostalgia)

    Orchestra: CBC Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Bernardi.
    • Sowande: African Suite.
    • CBC.
    • 15.

  • Max Richter

    And Some Will Fall

    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in E flat major, Op 117 No 1 (Schlummerlied)

    Performer: Eric Lu.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Leeward (Wind Color Vector)

    Performer: Gerard Cousins.
    • A Gift.
    • Galles Music.
    • 001.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32: 7 - Neptune, the Mystic

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Holst - Selected Works.
    • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO).
    • 7.

  • Paul Smith

    Most Precious Light

    Lyricist: Paul Smith.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • H. Leslie Adams

    Etude No. 10 in F Minor

    • Albany Records.

  • David Bergmüller

    Eileen

    Composer: David Orlowsky.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Lara Somogyi

    jól

    • Mercury Classics.

  • Gregorio Allegri

    Miserere

    • Sony Classical.

  • Daniel Bernard Roumain

    Divergence

    • Thirsty Ear Recordings.

  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik, D. 547 (Transc. for Cello & Piano)

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

Broadcasts

  • Tue 28 Apr 202617:00
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  • Saturday17:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind