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Take time to relax with a soothing classical playlist

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 Ravel, Rebecca Dale and Drexler. 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 through thoughts and feelings can be a powerful tool to reduce stress.

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Music Played

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat major (version for string orchestra) (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Toulouse. Conductor: Lina Tur Bonet.
    • Felix & Fanny.
    • 础辫补谤迟é.
    • 4.

  • Marika Takeuchi

    Returning

    Performer: Marika Takeuchi.
    • Iridescence.
    • Bigo & Twigetti.
    • 5.

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

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

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Thamos, King of Egypt, K 345 - 2nd act interlude

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.

  • Rebecca Dale

    The Lost Composers (Fortissima)

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Anna Rakitina.
    • The Lost Composers (Fortissima).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Alexander Pierce Hill

    The Victorious Hymn

    Ensemble: Apollo5.
    • The Victorious Hymn.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    3 ?tudes for Piano, Op. 31: No. 3. La nuit

    Performer: Alexander Malofeev.
    • Forgotten Melodies.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pavane, Op 50

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jac van Steen.

  • Manu Delago

    Draw

    Composer: Max Zbiral-Teller. Performer: Manu Delago.
    • Deuce.
    • Session Work Records.
    • 1.

  • Betty Jackson King

    Lullaby

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Performer: Matthew Hagle.
    • Cedille.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in A major Kk.208

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Scarlatti: Sonata in A Major, K 208.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Jamie Duffy

    Puca

    Performer: Jamie Duffy.
    • Jamie Duffy.
    • Kollective Neighbouring Rights Records B.V..
    • 8.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 11 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 11: II. Andante.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring from Cantata No 147

    Performer: Esther Birringer. Music Arranger: Myra Hess.
    • Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147.
    • Rubicon.
    • 1.

  • Gerald Finzi

    5 Bagatelles, Op 23 (No 2, 'Romance')

    Performer: Anastasia Schmidlin. Performer: Denis Zhdanov.
    • Finzi: 5 Bagatelles, Op. 23.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 2.

  • Mike Lazarev

    Serenity

    Performer: Mike Lazarev.
    • Dislodged.
    • 1631 Recordings.
    • 9.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Idyll, Op 44

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Emilie Godden.

  • Jocelyn Morlock

    Halcyon

    Performer: Tommy Mesa. Performer: Yoon Lee.
    • 17(67).
    • Azica Records.

  • Abdullah Ibrahim

    Devotion

    Performer: Abdullah Ibrahim.
    • The Balance.
    • Gearbox Records.
    • 9.

  • Garrett Schumann

    Sonata for orchestra (after Beethoven's Op 30 No 2) (2nd mvt)

    Composer: Yaniv Segal. Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Yaniv Segal.
    • Beethoven Reimagined.
    • Naxos.
    • 102.

  • Cecilia Tyrrell

    Expand your creativity

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin sonata in E minor, K 304 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Andrea Cicalese. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • Mozart: Violin Sonata in E Minor, K.304/300c: II. Tempo di Menuetto.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • William Henry Harris

    Faire is the Heaven

    Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers.

  • Laura Marling

    What He Wrote

    Performer: Rosie Bennet.
    • Laura Marling: What He Wrote.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante defunte arr. for wind ensemble

    Music Arranger: Guy du Cheyron. Ensemble: Ensemble Ouranos.
    • Constellations.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 5.

  • Eydís Evensen

    Flow

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Eydís Evensen.
    • Flow.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Drexler

    The Moon Represents My Heart

    • Drexler.

  • Giovanni Battista Viotti

    Violin concerto No 22 in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Paavo J?rvi.
    • Brahms, Viotti & Dvo?ák: Orchestral Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 5.

  • Akira Kosemura

    The Path Of Life

    Composer: 井口寛. Performer: Akira Kosemura. Performer: 井口寛.
    • Reach for NAGA.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 10.

  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Hear us in heaven

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
    • Head Space: Candlelight.
    • Signum Records.
    • 4.

  • Anna Clyne

    Dance (when you're broken open)

    Performer: Maja Bogdanovi?. Orchestra: Phion. Conductor: Xandi van Dijk.
    • Perfectly Free.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 5.

  • Henriette Renié

    Trio for harp, violin & cello (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Des ?quilibres.
    • Cordes rêvent.
    • Klarthe.
    • 4.

  • Robert Schumann

    Intermezzo from F-A-E sonata

    Performer: Hana Chang. Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.

  • Ben Ponniah

    Ra Ma Da Sa, Sa Se So Hung

    Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Ensemble: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Graham Ross.

  • Ananda Chatterjee

    Circuits

    Performer: Ananda Chatterjee.
    • Shivers.
    • Villager.
    • 3.

  • 锄补办è

    In Return

    • Orchestral Tape Studies II.
    • Past Inside the Present.
    • 4.

  • Camille Saint‐Sa?ns

    Tortoises from Carnival of the Animals, arr. Lewin for guitar & string ensemble

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham. Performer: Thea Sayer. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Saint-Sa?ns: Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: IV. Tortoises (Arr. Lewin for Guit.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 31 Mar 2026 17:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 25 Apr 2026 17:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind