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Relax into the evening on a warm bed of 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 Dvorak, Gabriel Olafs and Alice Sara Ott. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how talking therapy helps reduce stress.

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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante Festivo

    Performer: Louis Philippson. Performer: Esther Abrami.
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.

  • Jean Lh茅ritier

    Ave Domina mea

    Choir: The Marian Consort. Conductor: Rory McCleery.
    • Linn Records.

  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Crimson.

  • Edward Elgar

    Sonatina for piano, 1. Andantino

    Performer: Lilit Grigoryan.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Enrique Granados

    Escenas romanticas No 4 (Epilogue) transc. for guitar

    Performer: Rapha毛l Feuill芒tre.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Nocturne

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • LYS.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quartet in C minor, Op 2 No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Chaos String Quartet.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op 72 No 2

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.

  • Arash Safaian

    Concerto No 5, 'Dorian' (1st mvt - Aria, after Bach's Cantata BWV 170)

    Performer: Sebastian Knauer. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester.
    • Neue Meister.

  • Christian Janssen

    Shepherd

    Performer: Christian Janssen.
    • Piano Mosaic.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep may safely graze (Cantata No 208) arr. Stokowski

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Chandos.

  • Teodor Wolgers

    Stillheten

    • [PIAS].

  • Jung Jae-il

    I Remember my name (from Squid Game)

    Performer: Ray Chen. Performer: Jonathan Ayling. Music Arranger: John Langley. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Cristian M膬celaru.
    • Decca.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Deep River, Op 59 No 10

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Sono Luminus.

  • Frederick Converse

    American Sketches - 2nd mvt: The Father of Waters (extract)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Lara Somogyi & Jean鈥怣ichel Blais

    aura

    • Mercury Classics.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Sicilienne from Pelleas et Melisande suite

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.

  • Rolando Marchesini

    Nostalgia

    Performer: Rolando Marchesini.
    • Rolando Marchesini / enjou.

  • Gabr铆el 脫lafs

    Whale Overture

    Performer: Gabr铆el 脫lafs.
    • Decca Records US.

  • Konstantia Gourzi

    Melodies from the sea, Op 86, No 5: whale

    Performer: Nils M枚nkemeyer. Performer: William Youn.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Gabr铆el 脫lafs

    Whale Variation

    Performer: Gabr铆el 脫lafs.
    • Decca Records US.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Emily Lim

    The Sun, Unafraid to Shine

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

  • Ahren Merz

    Rapture

    Performer: Ahren Merz.
    • Ahren Merz / Beneath the Tree Music.

  • Claude Debussy

    Cloches a travers les feuilles (Images, Set 2)

    Performer: Arsenii Moon.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Aaron Copland

    Quiet City

    Performer: Simon H枚fele. Performer: Sarah-Jane Porsmoguer. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascio ch'io pianga from Rinaldo arr. for oboe & ensemble

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Performer: Monika Razynska. Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo, Op 117 No 1

    Performer: Julius Asal.

  • Javier Escudero

    Dream Prelude

    Performer: Javier Escudero.
    • T茅l猫s Music.

  • Thom Robson

    Remembering

    Performer: Natalia Tsupryk. Performer: Fraser Bowles. Performer: Rory Dempsey. Performer: Thom Robson.
    • Thom Robson.

  • Joni Fuller

    Waking From Slumber

    Performer: Joni Fuller.
    • Audio Attack Production Music.

  • Bright Sheng

    Never Far Away: 1. Moonlight Shadows

    Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis. Orchestra: San Diego Symphony. Conductor: Jahja Ling.
    • Telarc.

  • Helena Paish

    The Annunciation

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Christopher Gray.
    • Signum Records.

  • Alice Sara Ott

    Lullaby to Eternity on fragments of W.A. Mozart's 'Lacrimosa'

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Florian Christl

    Mozart Variation (After Rondo from Serenade, K 250, "Haffner")

    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performer: Florian Christl. Performer: Raphaela Gromes.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Sam Rapley

    Ease

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • John Barry

    The Beyondness of Things

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.
    • Decca.

  • Yujin Baek

    Summer Breeze

    Performer: Yujin Baek.
    • Yujin Baek.

  • Anoushka Shankar

    Offering

    Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ames.
    • Leiter Verlag GmbH & Co. KG.

  • Josephine Lang

    Song without words, Op 35

    Performer: Ian Tindale.

Broadcasts

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