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Elevate your evening with glorious 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 JS Bach, Avawaves and Alexandra Streliski. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on watching sunsets can instantly make you feel calmer.

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Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik, Op. 88 No. 4, D. 547

    Lyricist: Franz von Schober.
    • Silent Dreams.
    • Universal Music, a division of Universal International Music BV.
    • 1.

  • Eric Whitacre

    i carry your heart

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Joep Beving

    Ab Ovo

    • Prehension.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Johann Christian Bach

    Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major, W. C83: II. Adagio

    Ensemble: Budapest Strings.
    • Bassoon Concertos - Bach, J.C. / Kozeluch, J.A..
    • Capriccio.
    • 5.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55: IV. Solveig's Song

    • Wonderland - Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto, Lyric Pieces.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.

  • Patrick Hawes

    After The Rain

    • Chilled Piano Vol.5.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 20.

  • A.J. Potter

    Fantasia Gaelach No 1

    Orchestra: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Houlihan.
    • Potter: Sinfonia "De Profundis" / Finnegan's Wake.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 2.

  • Florence Price

    String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: II. Andante cantabile (Arr. Colbert for

    Music Arranger: Jonathan Colbert.
    • Price: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: II. Andante cantabile (Arr. Colbert for.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Träd

    Å at jeg kunne

    • Norway.
    • Acoustic Records.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: II. Allemande (Recorded 2018)

    • Bach: 6 Partitas, BWV 825-830 (2018 Recording).
    • Hyperion.
    • 14.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act 1: Song to the Moon

    • A Family Affair.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Amelia Warner

    Drawing Room

    Music Arranger: Nathan William Klein.
    • Haven.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 1.

  • Heinrich Baermann

    Adagio for clarinet and strings in D flat "Wagner's Adagio"

    Conductor: Sir Charles Groves. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • The Essential Emma Johnson.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 7.

  • Hooshyar Khayam

    Bright Night

    • Love at Last.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 22.

  • Joanna Marsh

    I take thee

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • HYPERION.

  • Edward Elgar

    Romance Op. 1

    • Elgar: Re-discovered works for violin.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 1.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Everything Changes... But All Remains

    • Everything Changes (Solo Piano Version) & Everything Changes... But All Remains.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Dan Evmark

    Shimmering Water

    • Silent Waves.
    • Naxos Sweden.
    • 15.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Piano Concerto, Op. 67 "Memo Flora": II. Petals. Andante

    • Yoshimatsu: Piano Concerto "Memo Flora".
    • Chandos.
    • 102.

  • Antonio Cesti

    Tu mancavi a tormentarmi (Arr. Leopold Stokowski)

    • Stokowski's Symphonic Baroque.
    • Chandos.
    • 110.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Somewhere ("West Side Story") (Arr. Palmer)

    Music Arranger: Christopher Palmer. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Zeit zum Wohlfühlen - Lounge Classics.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.

  • Anna Meredith

    Blackfriars

    • Blackfriars.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • David Bowie

    This is not America

    Composer: Lyle Mays. Composer: Pat Metheny. Composer: Leonard Bernstein. Lyricist: David Bowie. Lyricist: Lyle Mays. Lyricist: Pat Metheny. Ensemble: Ahn Trio.
    • Ahn-Plugged.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.

  • Anne Dudley

    Northern Lights

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.

  • Hideyuki Hashimoto

    Reflection

    • nlart.

  • Ina Boyle

    String Quartet in E minor: II. Adagio

    Ensemble: Piatti Quartet.
    • Rubicon.

  • Alexandra Stréliski

    Overturn

    • Secret City Records.

  • Jean Sibelius

    King Christian II Suite, Op. 27: II. Elegy

    • Sibelius: Finlandia.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.

  • Sarah Playford

    Uplifting Romance

    • BOS 1032 Uplifting Piano.
    • Bosworth.
    • 1.

  • Leos Janáček

    Idyl for Strings - Adagio

    • Denon 24/7: Vol. 3.
    • Denon.
    • 11.

  • Melissa Parmenter

    Brancaster

    Lyricist: Melissa Parmenter.
    • North Sea.
    • Globe Productions.
    • 4.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Viola Sonata in F minor Op. 120 No. 1

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Tom Poster.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 16 Feb 2025 18:00
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