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Soundtrack your evening with relaxing classical

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 Haydn, Meredith Monk, and Isobel Waller-Bridge. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how playing a musical instrument can help you to unwind.

To listen on most smart speakers just ask 麻豆社 Sounds to play Classical Wind Down.

3 hours

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Fri 20 Feb 2026 17:00
麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Anon.

    Corde Natus Ex Parentis

    Performer: Christian Forshaw. Lyricist: Aurelius Prudentius. Music Arranger: Christian Forshaw. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Concerto No 1 in G Minor, Op 25 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Jonathan Bloxham.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Variation 1 on the Air Vien qu脿, Dorina bella by Bianchi, Op 7, J 53

    Performer: Michael Endres.
    • Oehms Classics.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String quartet in C major, Op 54 No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.

  • Justus R眉menapp

    La Recherche - Piano Solo Version

    • Justus R眉menapp.

  • Rachel Portman

    John Walks Home

    • Bucks Records Limited.

  • Louise Farrenc

    20 Piano 茅tudes de moyenne difficult茅, Op 42: No 8 in G Major

    Performer: Maria Stratigou.
    • Grand Piano.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12: Sinfonia

    Orchestra: L鈥檃rpa festante. Conductor: Thomas Gropper.
    • Oehms Classics.

  • Carlos Simon

    we all found heaven (instrumental version)

    Performer: Carlos Simon. Performer: MK Zulu.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Nocturne-serenade, Op 45

    Performer: Tianwa Yang. Orchestra: Orquesta Sinf贸nica de Navarra. Conductor: Ernest Mart铆nez Izquierdo.
    • Naxos.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    24 Preludes Op.11 (no.21 in B flat major)

    Performer: Julius Asal.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    Home

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Alexander.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • David Bruce

    Caja de M煤sica: III. Tempo di Joropo

    Performer: Bridget Kibbey. Singer: Dawn Upshaw.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Michael Higgins

    May the road rise to meet you

    Lyricist: Trad.. Choir: Sonoro. Conductor: Neil Ferris.
    • Oxford University Press Music.

  • Sofi Paez

    Preludio

    • Sofi Paez.

  • Jacques Champion de Chambonni猫res

    Sarabande Jeunes Zephirs

    Performer: Philippe Pierlot. Performer: Lucile Boulanger. Performer: Myriam Rignol.
    • Mirare.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Kuolema (Scene with Cranes)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Caelin Rivers & The Wong Janice

    Suspension - with cello

    • Little Symphony Records.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Io son ferito ahi lasso

    Performer: Erin Headley. Performer: Bruce Dickey. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Stephen Stubbs.
    • Accent.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Prelude in F minor

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Decca.

  • Shin Suzuma

    Windowlight

    • Platoon Ltd.

  • Masayoshi Fujita

    Misty Avalanche

    • Erased Tapes.

  • Georgs Pel膿cis

    Concertino bianco: 1. Con intenerimento

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Fritzsch.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).

  • William Byrd

    Peccantem me quotidie a 5, T. 6 (Cantiones Sacrae, 1575)

    Lyricist: Anon.. Conductor: Owain Park. Choir: The Gesualdo Six.
    • Hyperion.

  • Franz Liszt

    Consolation No 2 in E Major, S 172/2

    Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Alex Patterson

    Meditation

    Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: David Hill.

  • Bill Fay

    Love Is The Tune

    Composer: Mary Lattimore. Performer: Mary Lattimore.
    • Dead Oceans.

  • Giya Kancheli

    33 Miniatures for Piano (Excerpts): No. 1, Calando

    Performer: Elisaveta Blumina.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Meredith Monk

    Dark/Light 2

    Ensemble: Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble.
    • ECM New Series.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Oboe Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Kristina Blaumane.
    • BIS.

  • Belle Chen

    Kingdom Animalia - Brendan Cox Meditative Rework

    Performer: Belle Chen.
    • Platoon.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Aria

    Music Arranger: Salvatore Di Vittorio. Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Emilie Levienaise Farrouch

    Louella

    Performer: Vanessa Wagner.
    • THE BACK OFFICE.

  • Debbie Wiseman

    New Found Lands

    Ensemble: The Locrian Ensemble of London.
    • Silva Screen Records.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.

  • Daigo Hanada

    Lullaby

    • Universal Music LLC.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet, Op 76 No 3, 'Emperor'

    Ensemble: Armida Quartett.

  • Dustin O鈥橦alloran

    We Move Lightly

    • Sony Classical.

  • Eyd铆s Evensen

    Dawn is Near

    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • John Dowland

    Semper Dowland semper Dolens

    Performer: Jadran Duncumb. Orchestra: Accademia Strumentale Italiana. Conductor: Alberto Rasi.
    • Challenge Classics.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 11 in A major, K 331 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Elliott Jack Sansom

    Head Above The Clouds

    Performer: Elliott Jack Sansom.

  • Julie Cooper

    Contemplation Suite; I. Dawn

    Performer: Clio Gould. Performer: Julie Cooper.
    • Signum Classics.

  • Herbert Howells

    Here is the little door

    Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • 脫lafur Arnalds

    TREE

    • Mercury Classics.

  • Yu鈥怭eng Chen

    Genshin Impact: Lover's Oath (arr for piano)

    Performer: Louis Philippson. Music Arranger: Pascal Hahn.
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 18 Mar 2025 18:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tue 20 May 2025 18:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Fri 8 Aug 2025 17:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thu 23 Oct 2025 17:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Fri 20 Feb 2026 17:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind