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Feel the warm embrace of calming classical music

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 Snorri Hallgrímsson, Sally Beamish and Mahler. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Michael James Wong, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on the importance of having a relaxed jaw.

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Music Played

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Barcarolle No. 4 in A-Flat Major, Op. 44

    Performer: Pascal Rogé.
    • Fauré: Barcarolles; Dolly Suite.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.

  • Edmund Rubbra

    Prelude and Fugue on a theme by Cyril Scott, Op 69 (Prelude)

    Performer: Francois Cloete. Music Arranger: Bernard Rose.
    • Prelude and Fugue on a Theme by Cyril Scott, Op. 69: I. Prelude (Arr. by Bernard.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.

  • Snorri Hallgrímsson

    I Am Weary, Don't Let Me Rest (Nowhere Sessions)

    Performer: Snorri Hallgrímsson.
    • I Am Weary, Don't Let Me Rest (Nowhere Sessions).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Jēkabs Jančevskis

    Dark is the Night

    Performer: Kristine Balanas. Performer: Margarita Balanas. Performer: Maja Horvat. Performer: Sara Wolstenholme. Performer: Yume Fujise. Performer: Christopher Murray. Performer: Toby Hughes.
    • Jančevskis: Dark is the Night.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Adagio Variation (after 2nd mvt, Adagio, from Piano concerto No 23, K 488)

    Composer: Gabriele Bagnati. Performer: Gabriele Bagnati.
    • Mozart Adagio Variation (After Piano Concerto No. 23, K.488: II. Adagio).
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin concerto in D major, Op 61 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Richard Tognetti. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Beethoven & Brahms Concertos for Violin and Orchestra (Live in Concert).
    • ABC Classic.
    • 2.

  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasy piece, Op 73 No 1

    Performer: Oleg Shebeta-Dragan. Performer: Dominic Degavino.

  • Florence Price

    String quartet No 2 in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: ConTempus Quartet.
    • Strings Intertwined.
    • Blue Griffin Recording.
    • 2.

  • A.J. Potter

    Rhapsody Under a High Sky

    Conductor: Proinnsías Ó Duinn. Orchestra: RTÉ Sinfonietta.
    • Romantic Ireland.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 2.

  • Clarence Cameron White

    Bandanna Sketches, Op 12 No 1 (Nobody knows de trouble I've seen)

    Performer: Miclen LaiPang. Performer: Nigel Yandell.
    • Deep River.
    • Delos.
    • 3.

  • Emma Jackson

    Alleia

    Performer: Emma Jackson.
    • Emma Jackson.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello concerto in E minor, Op 85 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: III. Adagio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Poppy Ackroyd

    Shimmer

    Performer: Poppy Ackroyd.
    • Continuum.
    • One Little Independent Records.
    • 2.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 6 in B minor, Op 74, 'Pathetique' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Violeta Vicci

    To the Stars

    Composer: Bruno Bavota. Performer: Violeta Vicci. Performer: Bruno Bavota.
    • Be Human.
    • Bigo & Twigetti.
    • 5.

  • Vicente Lusitano

    Emendemus in melius

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Michael Higgins

    Turning Points (3rd mvt - Moments)

    Ensemble: The Dionysus Ensemble.
    • Turning Points.
    • The Dionysus Ensemble.
    • 3.

  • Peter Gregson

    To process grief

    Performer: Jasmin Harsono. Choir: BBC Singers. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.

  • Ben Ponniah

    Ra Ma Da Sa, Sa Se So Hung

    Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Graham Ross.

  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    Violin concerto in A major, Op 5 No 2 (2nd mvt - Largo)

    Performer: Romuald Grimbert-Barré. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Cannes. Conductor: Benjamin Levy.
    • Saint-George, Pécou: Caribbean Violin Concertos.
    • Aparté.
    • 8.

  • Ennio Morricone

    Gabriel's Oboe (From "The Mission")

    Performer: Giovanni Davide Tomasi.
    • Embers.
    • Prima Classic.
    • 13.

  • Yu‐Peng Chen

    Yellow Shore

    Performer: Yu‐Peng Chen.
    • Yellow Shore.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin sonata No 3 in D minor, Op 108 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Andrew Wan. Performer: Charles Richard‐Hamelin.
    • Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: II. Adagio.
    • Les Productions Analekta Inc..
    • 1.

  • Tania León

    Elegia a Paul Robeson

    Performer: Lylia Guion. Ensemble: Ensemble for These Times.
    • El Tiempo Latine.
    • Aerocade Music.
    • 8.

  • Luke Faulkner

    Dreamer (Piano and Strings)

    Performer: Luke Faulkner. Ensemble: Alkyona Quartet.
    • DODO.

  • Anne Dudley

    Medhel an Gwyns

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jiménez.
    • Women.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 7.

  • Theo Chandler

    Undimmed by Tears

    Performer: Min Kwon. Performer: Graeme Steele Johnson. Performer: Brian Hong.
    • America/Beautiful.
    • Delos.
    • 12.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque Variation

    Composer: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Performer: Louis Philippson.
    • Debussy Arabesque Variation.
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Sally Beamish

    Under the Wing of the Rock, part 1

    Performer: Branford Marsalis. Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen.
    • Under the Wing of the Rock: I..
    • Bright Shiny Things.
    • 1.

  • Eleanor Dunnet

    Exhale

    Conductor: David Hill. Choir: BBC Singers. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.

  • Johann Gottlieb Janitsch

    Symphony in E flat major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Arte dei Suonatori. Conductor: Marcin Świątkiewicz.
    • Janitsch: Harpsichord Concertos & Symphonies.
    • CPO.
    • 108.

  • Adam Peters

    Walking in 60bpm

    Performer: Adam Peters.
    • Topanga.
    • State of Mind Records.
    • 7.

  • Cécile Lacharme

    Terre

    Performer: Cécile Lacharme.
    • Derives.
    • Bigo & Twigetti.
    • 9.

  • Franz Schreker

    Valse Lente

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 30 Jun 202617:00
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