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Calm your senses with soothing 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 Philip Glass, Mozart and Alexandra Str茅liski. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel about possible ways to deal with Seasonal Affective Disorder.

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Music Played

  • George Butterworth

    English Idyll No 2

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Kri拧s Russman.
    • BIS.

  • Alexandra Str茅liski

    A New Romance

    Performer: Alexandra Str茅liski.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto No 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Richard Egarr.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Vicente Lusitano

    Ave spes nostra, Dei genitrix

    Ensemble: The Marian Consort.
    • Linn Records.

  • Charlotte Sohy

    Berceuse, Op 30 No 4

    Performer: Marie Vermeulin.
    • La boite a pepites.

  • Justus R眉menapp

    Longing

    Performer: Dobrawa Czocher. Performer: Justus R眉menapp.
    • Justus R眉menapp.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Panis angelicus

    Orchestrator: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Chandos.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Nocturne from String Quartet no.2 in D major

    Performer: Lindsay String Quartet.
    • ASV.

  • BPMoore

    Lyra

    • Rhodium.

  • John Barry

    Dawn chorus

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Abdullah Ibrahim

    Mindiff

    Performer: Abdullah Ibrahim.
    • Gearbox Records.

  • Uuno Klami

    Sea Pictures No 4: Song of the watch

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • Fazer Records/Finlandia.

  • Iskra Strings & Pablo Nouvelle

    New Bags For Henry

    • 1631 Recordings.

  • Guido Alberto Fano

    Andante for piano & orchestra

    Performer: Roberto Prosseda. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nir Kabaretti.
    • Hyperion.

  • Charles Gounod

    Meditation on Bach's first prelude, 'Ave Maria'

    Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.

  • Vardapet Komitas

    Spring

    Ensemble: Sybarite5.
    • Bright Shiny Things.

  • Arnold Bax

    Woodland Love (Romance) from Spring Fire - symphony

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Halle Concerts Society.

  • Hugar

    Enigma (from The Vasulka Effect)

    Performer: Hugar.
    • Masterworks.

  • Tan Dun

    For the World (from Hero soundtrack)

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Ensemble: Ancient Rao Ensemble of Changsha Museum. Orchestra: China Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Tan Dun.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Nicola Eimer.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No 10 in B flat major, 'Gran partita' (3rd mvt - Adagio)

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

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C Major, D 956 (2nd mvt)

    • BPM Classical Series.

  • Eleanor Dunnet

    Exhale

    Conductor: David Hill. Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.

  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    Two Roses, No 1

    Performer: Mengjie Han.

  • Philip Glass

    Etude No 16, arranged for two guitars

    Performer: Roxane Elfasci. Performer: Baptiste Erard.
    • Cosmos Music.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Softly Awakes My Heart from Samson and Dalila, Op 47, transcribed for cello & harp

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Alis Huws.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Juliette Hurel. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • WARNER.

  • Olivia Belli

    Solomeo

    Performer: Olivia Belli. Performer: John Metcalfe. Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: Chris Worsey.
    • XXIM Records.

  • Jasdeep Singh Degun

    Anomaly

    Performer: Jasdeep Singh Degun.
    • Real World.

  • Ernest Farrar

    Bredon Hill (English pastoral impressions, Op 26 No 2)

    Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Alasdair Mitchell.
    • Chandos.

  • AVAWAVES

    Fractured Light

    • BMG Rights Management (WW) Ltd.

  • Jim Wallis & Nick Goss

    Seventh Man

    • Tip Top Recordings.

  • Akio Yashiro

    Prelude No 18 in F minor - Lento (from 24 Preludes)

    Performer: Mao Fujita.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Kelpe

    Castle Mountain, Canadian Rockies

    • Drut Recordings.

  • Emily Lim

    The Sun, Unafraid to Shine

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.

  • Whatever the Weather

    36掳颁

    • Ghostly International.

  • Piotr Wiese

    Pathe

    Performer: Piotr Wiese.
    • Moderna Records.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Madrigal (Romeo and Juliet, Suite No 1, Op 64, No 3)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.

  • Duke Ellington

    Single Petal of a Rose

    Performer: Luigi Palombi.
    • Dynamic.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 9 Feb 2025 18:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Mon 21 Apr 2025 18:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thu 17 Jul 2025 17:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 18 Jan 2026 17:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind