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A classical music playlist to let the day go

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.

The programme also draws on a curated playlist designed to encourage small, positive actions in support of mental health. Alexis Ffrench鈥檚 Story of You offers gentle emotional reassurance, Ellen Reid鈥檚 Big Majestic creates a spacious, grounding sound world that supports calm breathing, and a harp arrangement of Dolores O鈥橰iordan鈥檚 Dreaming My Dreams brings an intimate, tender stillness. Niall Breslin invites listeners to press pause, guiding them through simple ways to use the body to navigate stress and restore a sense of mental calm and positivity.

Also, Caroline Steel brings some wind down wisdom on how changing the lighting in a room can have a restorative impact on your mood.

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Music Played

  • Now

    August de Boeck

    Nocturne

    • Phaedra.
  • 2 minutes ago

    Glowworm

    Agape

    • Hammock Music.
  • 7 minutes ago

    Ludovico Einaudi

    Full Moon

    Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.
    • The Moon & The Forest.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.
  • 12 minutes ago

    Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda

    6 Nocturnes, Op. 186: No. 5, Adagio con molta espressione

    • Naxos.
  • 17 minutes ago

    JB Dunckel

    Yokai

    • Warner Classics.
  • 19 minutes ago

    Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A, Op. 7 No. 1 - Adagio

    • Forlane.
  • 25 minutes ago

    James Edward Perkins

    A Distant Sun

    • Bigo and Twigetti.
  • 29 minutes ago

    Eric Whitacre

    The Seal Lullaby (Arr. Parkin for Instrumental Ensemble)

    • The Kanneh-Masons.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 21.
  • 33 minutes ago

    Ellen Reid

    Big Majestic

    • New Amsterdam Records.
  • 38 minutes ago

    Alexander Borodin

    Piano Trio (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Brahms Trio.
    • History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 302.
  • 47 minutes ago

    Jung Jae-il

    10.1

    • Universal Music Ltd..
  • 50 minutes ago

    Edward Elgar

    Sospiri, Op.70

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Elgar: The Music Makers: Short Pieces: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra / Davis.
    • Teldec.
    • 6.
  • 55 minutes ago

    Dolores O鈥橰iordan

    Dreaming My Dreams

    • Decca Records US.
  • 1 hour ago

    Felix Wolfgang R枚sch

    Interlude II

    • Piano.
    • Nettwerk Music Group.
    • 5.
  • 1 hour ago

    Lyudmyla Fedorivna Shukaylo

    Romance

    Performer: Oleg Shebeta-Dragan. Performer: Dominic Degavino.
  • 1 hour ago

    Henry Purcell

    Rondeau Variation (After Abdelazer, Z.570, No. 2: Rondeau)

    Composer: Jan-Peter Kl枚pfel.
    • Rondeau Variation (After Abdelazer, Z.570, No. 2: Rondeau).
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • 53 minutes ago

    Ottorino Respighi

    The Birds

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
  • 1 hour ago

    Sufjan Stevens

    Reflexion

    • Reflections.
    • Asthmatic Kitty.
    • 6.
  • 1 hour ago

    Poppy Ackroyd

    Shimmer

    • Continuum.
    • One Little Independent Records.
    • 2.
  • 1 hour ago

    Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight

    • The Blue Notebooks (15 Years).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 13.
  • 1 hour ago

    Angela Morley

    Reverie

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Ensemble: Her Ensemble.
    • 搁锚惫别谤颈别.
    • Sony.
    • 1.
  • 1 hour ago

    Christopher Tin

    I Shall Not See the Shadows

    Lyricist: Christina Rossetti. Lyricist: Emily Dickinson. Conductor: Christopher Tin. Conductor: Barnaby Smith. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • The Lost Birds.
    • Universal Music Classics.
    • 10.
  • 1 hour ago

    John Dowland

    Flow my tears

    Performer: David Orlowsky. Performer: David Bergm眉ller. Music Arranger: David Orlowsky. Music Arranger: David Bergm眉ller.
    • Alter Ego.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • 1 hour ago

    William Lloyd Webber

    Serenade for Strings

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Lloyd Webber: Invocation.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • 1 hour ago

    Alexis Ffrench

    Story of You

    • Dreamland (Deluxe Edition).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • 2 hours ago

    Claude Debussy

    2 Arabesques: No. 1, Andantino con moto (Arr. for Harp)

    Music Arranger: Anonymous.
    • Classical Harp.
    • Naxos Special Projects.
    • 1901.
  • 2 hours ago

    Daniela Mars

    Halyna's Theme - By the Water

    • Records from Mars.
  • 1 hour ago

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Sonata in Bb, K. 454

    Performer: Hana Chang. Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.
  • 2 hours ago

    Charles Villiers Stanford

    Clarinet Concerto in A Minor, Op. 80: II. Adante con moto, ma pi霉 tranquillo

    Conductor: David Lloyd鈥怞ones. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Stanford, C.V.: Symphonies, Vol. 4 (No. 1, Clarinet Concerto).
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • 2 hours ago

    Trad.

    Unst Boat Song

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Last Leaf.
    • ECM New Series.
  • 2 hours ago

    Gabriel Faur茅

    Pavane, Op. 50 (Arr. for Saxophone, Cello & Harp by Anonymous)

    Performer: Huw Wiggin. Performer: Oliver Wass. Music Arranger: Anonymous.
    • Luminous Threads.
    • Blue Cloud Music.
    • 102.
  • 2 hours ago

    Anna Lapwood

    An Irish Blessing

    Performer: Sophia Membery. Lyricist: Trad.. Director: Anna Lapwood. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.
    • Arise, Shine.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 14.
  • 2 hours ago

    George Frideric Handel

    Suite in B-Flat Major, HWV 434: IV. Menuet

    Music Arranger: Wilhelm Kempff.
    • Motherland.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 16.

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