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Elevate your evening with glorious 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 J贸hann J贸hannsson, Margaret Bonds and Erik Satie 鈥� plus some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcast Caroline Steel on how cooking a simple dinner can help you de-stress from the pressures of your day.

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Music Played

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Cherubic Song (Liturgical Chants: 4 Spiritual Songs)

    Lyricist: Anon.. Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards K募ava.
    • Ondine.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 6 in D Major, BWV 1012 (IV. Sarabande) (Arr. for Cello & Strings)

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Music Arranger: Fred Thomas. Ensemble: Manchester Orchestra.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Bright Star

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Flipside Music.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Trio No 1 in B major, Op 8

    Ensemble: ATOS Trio.

  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    For a Moment

    Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • Mercury KX.

  • John Field

    Nocturne No 1 in E flat major

    Performer: Elizabeth Joy Roe.
    • Decca.

  • Mokale Koapeng

    KHUTSO - Chant for Peace

    Performer: Charl du Plessis. Choir: Singkronies Chamber Choir. Choir: Vocal Ensemble Cant'afrika. Orchestra: University of Pretoria Camerata. Conductor: Johannes Theodorus van der Sandt.
    • Andreas Lamken.

  • Anon.

    Jeux Interdits - Spanish Romance (arr. for guitar and orchestra)

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Watkins.
    • Deutsch Grammophon.

  • Fiona Brice, Jim Perkins & Tony Woollard

    As The Night Draws In

    • Bigo and Twigetti.

  • Herbert Howells

    A Spotless Rose

    Choir: Apollo5.
    • VOCES8 Records.

  • J贸hann J贸hannsson

    Good Night, Day

    Performer: Hildur Gu冒nad贸ttir. Orchestra: Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Weeden.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Fantasia No 1 a 4 'For Ye Great Dooble Base"

    Ensemble: Fretwork. Conductor: Richard Boothby.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Helena Munktell

    Violin Sonata in E flat major Op.21 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Cecilia Zilliacus. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • db Productions.

  • Hayato Sumino

    Nocturne III - Once in a Blue Moon

    • Sony Classical.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet

    Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Ensemble: Van Kuijk Quartet.

  • Erik Satie

    Mercure, Scene 1: La nuit

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy. Conductor: J茅r么me Kaltenbach.
    • Naxos.

  • Clint Mansell

    Ghosts of Things to Come (Requiem for a Dream OST)

    Performer: Clint Mansell. Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Gustav Holst

    Ave Maria Op.9b for female chorus a 8

    Choir: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Conductor: William Vann.
    • SOMM.

  • Rachel Portman

    much loved (feat. Caroline Dale)

    • Node Records.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Suite No 4 in E Minor, HWV 429 (4th mvt, Sarabande)

    Performer: Danny Driver.
    • Hyperion.

  • Helen Leach

    Where Hope Was Sown: I. The Day of the Peewits' Return

    Performer: Richard Simpson. Ensemble: Victoria String Quartet.
    • Divine Art.

  • Trad.

    Despair Not, O Heart (Arr For String Quartet)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • ECM New Series.

  • Nightports & Matthew Bourne

    Window

    • The Leaf Label.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto in D major Op 35 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Robert Schumann

    Abendlied Op.85 no.12

    Music Arranger: Joseph Joachim. Performer: Lena Neudauer. Orchestra: German Radio Philharmonic. Conductor: Pablo Gonzalez.
    • H盲nssler Classics.

  • The Wong Janice

    Cello for the New Moon

    • The Wong Janice.

  • Ezio Bosso

    Before 6

    Performer: Vanessa Wagner.
    • THE BACK OFFICE.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Ave generosa

    Choir: Oxford Camerata. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.
    • Naxos.

  • Erland Cooper

    Hoxa Sound

    • Believe International.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Six Studies in English Folk Song: No. 2, Spurn Point

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Nils Frahm

    The Dane

    • Erased Tapes.

  • Alan Hovhaness

    Prayer of Saint Gregory

    Performer: Olivier Theurillat. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Laurent Gay.
    • Indesens.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Songs Without Words Op 19 No 6 in G minor 'Venetian Gondola Song'

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • A Winged Victory for the Sullen

    So That The City Can Begin To Exist

    • Artificial Pinearch Manufacturing.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet in G minor D173 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Leonkoro Quartet.

  • Mary Lattimore

    We Wave From Our Boats

    • Ghostly International.

  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Meditation on 'Amazing Grace'

    Ensemble: Eastern Virginia Brass Quintet.
    • Albany Records.

  • Patrick Yeboah

    Differences

    • Patrick Yeboah.

  • Paul Leonard鈥怣organ

    Together

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Leonard鈥怣organ.
    • 麻豆社.

  • Eleanor Daley

    Requiem (In Remembrance)

    Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • HYPERION.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in G major, Op 126 No 5

    Performer: Georges Solchany.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Barrington Pheloung

    Sisters

    Orchestra: London Metropolitan Orchestra. Conductor: Barrington Pheloung.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Emma Jackson

    Cherished

    Performer: Emma Jackson.

  • Tomat & Federico Bisozzi

    Virus et Homo

    • 7K!.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sarabande for Guitar, FP 179

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • PENTATONE.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 28 Nov 2024 18:00
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  • Mon 8 Sep 2025 17:00
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