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Float into the evening on a lake 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 Beethoven, Dustin O'Halloran and Poppy Ackroyd. 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 finding awe in ancient things can inspire calm.

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

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Music Played

  • Frederick Delius

    Appalachia - Introduction

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Delius: Appalachia & The Song of the High Hills.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.

  • Poppy Ackroyd

    In The Mist

    Performer: Poppy Ackroyd.
    • Liminal.
    • One Little Independent Records.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Adagio from Concerto in D minor, BWV 974 (after Marcello)

    Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott. Performer: Anderson Fiorelli. Performer: Irina Zahharenkova.
    • Echoes of My Childhood.
    • Orfeo.
    • 119.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Una Dia de noviembre

    Performer: Tom Gamble.
    • Six String Vagabond.
    • Howler Monkey Records.
    • 3.

  • Sally Beamish

    April

    Performer: Sally Beamish. Performer: Ryan Corbett.
    • House of Wonder: Sally Beamish celebrates 70 years.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge鈥怲aylor

    Idyll, Op 44

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

  • Johannes Brahms

    Cello sonata No 2 in F major, Op 99 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Jean-S茅lim Abdelmoula.

  • Christian Balvig

    What Happened To The World

    Performer: Christian Balvig. Ensemble: HERMESensemble.
    • Find And You Will Seek.
    • Night Poem.
    • 11.

  • Lara Somogyi

    mirabel

    Composer: Cyrus Reynolds. Performer: Lara Somogyi. Performer: Cyrus Reynolds.
    • mirabel.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 1.

  • Hj谩lmar Ragnarsson

    Ave Maria

    Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Pathetique Variation (after Adagio cantabile 2nd mvt from Piano sonata No 8, Op

    Composer: Jan-Peter Kl枚pfel. Performer: Gabriele Bagnati.
    • Path茅tique Variation (After Piano Sonata No. 8, Op.13: II. Adagio cantabile).
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin concerto No 3 in G major, K 216 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ning Feng. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • CHANNEL.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in C sharp minor

    Performer: Tianyao Lyu.
    • Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, KK IVa/16.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Ramin Djawadi

    Soul (from Mercy, original motion picture soundtrack)

    Performer: Ramin Djawadi.
    • Mercy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Lakeshore Records.
    • 4.

  • Alberto Barberis

    Munasterio's Santa Chiara (arr. for violin & piano)

    Performer: Andrea Cicalese. Performer: Tim Allhoff. Music Arranger: Tim Allhoff.
    • Munasterio 'e Santa Chiara (Arr. for Violin & Piano by Tim Allhoff).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Edwin York Bowen

    Symphonic Fantasia: a tone poem, Op 16 (1st mvt - Lento)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • York Bowen: Piano Concerto Nos 2 & 3.
    • Dutton.
    • 7.

  • Vince Pope

    Towers

    Ensemble: Institute Collective.
    • Songs for Eight Towers.
    • Manners McDade.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Keyboard concerto No 3 in F major, H.18:3 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: M茅lodie Zhao. Orchestra: Camerata Schweiz. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Haydn: Keyboard Concertos.
    • CPO.
    • 102.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne

    Performer: Elias David Moncado. Performer: Mirabelle Kajenjeri.
    • H茅ritage: Boulanger, Ravel, Debussy, Kosenko, Brahms, Ponce & Waxman.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Stephan Moccio

    Opaline

    Composer: Branford Marsalis. Performer: Branford Marsalis. Performer: Stephan Moccio.
    • Opaline.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 4 violins in B flat major, RV 553 (2nd mvt )

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Prince鈥怣onaco. Conductor: Gianluca Capuano.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti per vari strumenti II.
    • Na茂ve, a Label of Believe Group.
    • 12.

  • Tayla-Leigh Payne

    Meditation

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

  • Baden Powell

    Retrato brasileiro

    Performer: Emmanuel Rossfelder.
    • Baden Powell: Retrato brasileiro.
    • Evidence Classics.
    • 1.

  • Philip Glass

    Suite from "The Hours": I. - Arr. for Piano, Strings, Harp and Celesta

    Composer: Michael Riesman. Performer: Simone Dinnerstein. Ensemble: Baroklyn.
    • Hourglass.
    • na茂ve, a label of Believe Group.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6, The Lark Ascending, Fantasia On A Theme By Tho.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Andata

    Performer: Georgijs Osokins.
    • Sakamoto: Andata.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Natalia Tsupryk

    Pastures

    Composer: Angus MacRae. Performer: Angus MacRae. Performer: Natalia Tsupryk.
    • Inventions.
    • Angus MacRae & Natalia Tsupryk.

  • Carolina Calvache

    Soaring Seagull

    Performer: Dinara Klinton.
    • A Water Colour.
    • ABRSM Sounds.
    • 6.

  • Tanyet

    Lotus Ocean

    • Lotus Ocean.
    • Lone Horse Records.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 6 in F major, Op 68 (Pastoral) - 2nd mvt: scene by the brook

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • The Hands Free

    On That Specific Pillow

    • Upturned Cup.
    • New Amsterdam Records.
    • 4.

  • Eric Whitacre

    The Seal Lullaby

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Seal Lullaby.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Lloyd Coleman

    Luminescence

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

  • Imogen Holst

    Interlude: Quasi Lento (from The Unfortunate Traveller)

    Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Conductor: Douglas Bostock.
    • British Music for Strings Vol. 5.
    • CPO.
    • 103.

  • Dustin O鈥橦alloran

    Timothy is Sleeping

    Performer: Dustin O鈥橦alloran.
    • Lumiere (expanded).
    • Splinter Records.
    • 11.

  • Flore Laurentienne

    Navigation VII

    • Volume III.
    • Secret City Records.

  • Alice Mary Smith

    Melody for cello and piano

    Performer: Leo Popplewell. Performer: Dominic Degavino.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 28 Jul 2026 17:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 22 Aug 2026 17:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind