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Drift into the evening with the sound of calming 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 Handel, Yann Tiersen and Rebecca Dale. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how what we drink at the end of the day affects us.

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

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Fri 26 Sep 2025 17:00
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Music Played

  • Mel Bonis

    Meditation in F major, Op 33

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • M茅ditation in F Major, Op. 33.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Harp concerto in B flat major, Op 4 No 6 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Ensemble: Lucerne Festival Strings.
    • 贬盲苍诲别濒.
    • Sony.
    • 2.

  • Jules Massenet

    Meditation from Thais

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Justus R眉menapp

    Hidden Paths

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

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Nicholas Carpenter. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in D major, Op 23 No 4

    Performer: Arsha Kaviani.
    • Slow Down.
    • SRSLY.
    • 10.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Banquet dance from The Tempest - Incidental music, Op 1

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.

  • Nadia Boulanger

    Cantique (Arr. Vennart for saxophone & ensemble)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • N. Boulanger: Cantique (Arr. Vennart for Saxophone & Ensemble).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Toshifumi Hinata

    Never Forgiven

    Orchestra: Budapest Scoring Orchestra. Conductor: Zolt谩n Pad.
    • 銉赌銉笺偗銉娿偆銉堛儵銉椼偨銉囥偅銈�.
    • Sony Music Labels Inc..
    • 8.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 26 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1; Florence Price: Violin Concertos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Hideyuki Hashimoto

    Prayer

    Performer: Hideyuki Hashimoto.
    • XXIM Records.

  • Lucy Walker

    Bird Raptures: II. Twilight

    Conductor: Andrew Earis. Ensemble: St Martin's Voices.
    • Resonus Classics.

  • Vince Pope

    Fountainhead for Strings

    Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Tieppo鈥怋runt.
    • Manners McDade.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu Joy of Man鈥檚 Desiring (Cantata No 147)

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Ramgopal Krishnaraju

    Pensivity Symphony No 1, Part 2: Second childhood

    Orchestra: Budapest Symphony Orchestra.
    • Ramgopal Krishnaraju.

  • Eyd铆s Evensen

    Eternal

    Composer: Ari Bragi K谩rason. Performer: Eyd铆s Evensen. Performer: Ari Bragi K谩rason.
    • XXIM Records.

  • Aaron Copland

    Story of Our Town (from Our Town)

    Performer: Sebastian Knauer.
    • Hollywood.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.

  • Lara Somogyi

    oasis

    Composer: Jean鈥怣ichel Blais. Performer: Lara Somogyi. Performer: Jean鈥怣ichel Blais.
    • Mercury Classics.

  • Trad.

    Ar Lan y Mor

    Ensemble: The Kanneh鈥怣asons.
    • Traditional: Ar Lan y M么r (Arr. The Kanneh-Masons for Ensemble).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Paul Mealor

    O Sacred Heart

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.
    • Welsh Music for Strings.
    • Rubicon.
    • 3.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D minor, Kk 213

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.

  • Hinako Omori

    asagao

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenn茅.

  • Claude Debussy

    R锚verie, L. 68 (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Ferdinando Ronchini)

    Performer: Juliette Herlin. Performer: Kevin Ahfat. Music Arranger: Ferdinando Ronchini.
    • Dialogue: Debussy & Schumann.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 118.

  • Yann Tiersen

    Comptine d'un autre ete, l'apres-midi

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Herbert Howells

    Sing Lullaby

    Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Mira

    Meme si tu pleures

    Performer: Mira.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn: Variation 7, Grazioso

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.

  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon in D Major

    Performer: Anda Egl墨te.
    • Prima Classic.

  • Jim Perkins

    Parade of the Obscure

    Composer: Joanna Forbes L'Estrange. Performer: Jim Perkins. Performer: Joanna Forbes L'Estrange.
    • Bigo & Twigetti.

  • Belle Chen

    Meditation for the Healing Heart

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

  • Giovanni Sollima

    Contrafactus, for flute and string orchestra

    Performer: Massimo Mercelli. Orchestra: Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie. Conductor: Vahan Mardirossian.
    • SZ Sugar.

  • Louis Philippson

    Dragon's Lullaby

    Composer: Leon Wolf. Composer: Robin Kallenberger. Performer: Louis Philippson.
    • Sony Masterworks.

  • Snorri Hallgr铆msson

    And There Was Nowhere

    Performer: Snorri Hallgr铆msson. Orchestra: Budapest Art Orchestra. Conductor: P茅ter Pejtsik.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasy in C major, D 934 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux. Performer: Joseph Havlat.
    • Schubert.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 9.

  • Deborah Henson-Conant

    Merceditas

    Performer: Evelyn Huber. Orchestra: Philharmonie Salzburg. Conductor: Elisabeth Fuchs.
    • Fine Music.

  • Misha Mullov-Abbado

    The Stage Hand

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

  • Adoro

    The Gentle Surrender

    Performer: Adoro.

  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra

    Performer: Stephen Wake.
    • Stephen Wake.

  • Rebecca Dale

    Morphation I - Evolutionary Etude

    Performer: Fenella Humphreys. Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Signum Records.

  • Hedwige Chr茅tien

    Chant mystique

    Performer: Natacha Colmez-Collard. Performer: Camille Belin.
    • Impressions Romantiques.
    • Pr茅sence Compositrices.
    • 8.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 30 Jul 2025 17:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 24 Aug 2025 18:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Fri 26 Sep 2025 17:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind