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Colour your evening with gentle sounds

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 Amy Beach, Jamie Duffy and Mozart. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Michael James Wong, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how gazing up at the clouds can help us feel calmer.

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Music Played

  • John Rutter

    The Lord is my shepherd

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Performer: Quentin Poole. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Gloria - the sacred music of John Rutter.
    • COLLEGIUM.
    • 6.

  • Amy Beach

    Piano Concerto in C sharp minor Op. 45 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Danny Driver. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Piano Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • James Blake

    Retrograde

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Music Arranger: Alexander Maydew. Music Arranger: Benjamin Rimmer. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • TIME.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No 5 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9.
    • LSO Live.
    • 3.

  • Naresh Sohal

    Lila VI: Conciousness

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Naresh Sohal: Violin Concerto & Lila.
    • Heritage Records.
    • 6.

  • Felice Anerio

    Ave Regina c忙lorum

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Sanctissima: Vespers and Benediction for the Feast of the Assumption of the Virg.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 12.

  • Tony Ann

    RAIN

    • RAIN.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 12 in E major, H.1:12 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 4: Il distratto.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 12.

  • Max Richter

    Luminous (From Perfect Sense)

    Performer: Ang猫le Dubeau. Ensemble: La Piet脿.
    • Portrait: Max Richter.
    • Groupe Analekta, Inc.
    • 13.

  • Josef Suk

    Meditation on an old Czech hymn "St Wenceslas", Op 35a

    Ensemble: Signum Quartett.

  • Jamie Duffy

    Puca

    Performer: Jamie Duffy.
    • Rubyworks Ltd..

  • Richard Addinsell

    Love on the Dole: Courting Couples

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Richard Addinsell.
    • Chandos.
    • 106.

  • Jung Jae-il

    Listen

    Performer: Jung Jae-il.
    • Listen.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 2.

  • Sheila Mary Power

    Suite for Cello & Piano No. 1 in E Major: II. Arioso

    Performer: Catherine Wilmers. Performer: Simon Marlow.
    • Cello Century of British Women Composers.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Michael John Trotta

    Lux Aeterna (Requiem)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Requiem.
    • HAMPTON ROADS MUSIC GROUP LLC.
    • 7.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade No 1 in D major, Op 11 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leopold Hager.
    • Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op. 11, Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53.
    • Forlane.
    • 4.

  • Nathan James Dearden

    Silent Stones

    Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Sarah Latto.

  • Jon Lord

    Air on a Blue String

    Performer: Cormac Henry. Performer: Jon Lord. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • Jon Lord: To Notice Such Things, Evening Song, et al..
    • AVIE Records.
    • 9.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 41 in C major, K 551, 'Jupiter' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Mozart: The Beginning & The End.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 8.

  • John Williams

    Saving Private Ryan - music for the film: Hymn to the Fallen

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Eventide.
    • Decca.

  • Esther Abrami

    Tournelle

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Kim Barbier. Ensemble: Esther Abrami Ensemble.
    • Tournelle.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Allegretto in C minor, D 915

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.

  • Jo茫o Luiz Rezende

    Yemaya

    Performer: Ashley Jackson. Ensemble: Harlem Chamber Players.
    • Take Me To The Water.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 7.

  • Mar铆a Luisa Anido

    Lejania (Preludios Nostalgicos, No 1)

    Performer: Mar铆a Luisa Anido.
    • Grande Dame of the Guitar.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Richard Flury

    Symphony No 1 in D minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Mann.
    • Richard Flury: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 2.

  • Lloyd Coleman

    Luminescence

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

  • Alexandra Hamilton鈥怉yres

    Stone Stairs

    Performer: Alexandra Hamilton鈥怉yres. Ensemble: Her Ensemble.
    • Play Echoes.
    • LEITER Verlag GmbH & Co. KG.
    • 8.

  • Gustav Holst

    Nocturne (A Moorside Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: David Lloyd鈥怞ones.
    • ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 4.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Starlight

    Performer: Kristina Arakelyan.
    • Platoon Ltd.

  • Trad.

    Star of the County Down (Matt Robertson Ambient Mix)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Matt Robertson. Music Arranger: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Music Arranger: Matt Robertson.
    • Star of the County Down (Ambient Mix).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Bing & Ruth

    Nearer

    • Species.
    • 4AD.
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 12 Nov 2025 17:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tue 9 Dec 2025 17:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind