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Switch off with calming classical music

Niall Breslin brings you calming classical music to help you release the stresses of the day, recharge and prepare to rest.

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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Humoresque, Op 89 No 2

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Muriël Bostdorp

    Hope

    Performer: Muriël Bostdorp.
    • Andante Piano.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String quartet in E flat major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Aris Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Henry Purcell

    Siciliana from Sonata in C minor, Op 4, No 9

    Performer: Maya Magub. Performer: Matthew Schellhorn.
    • CRD Records.

  • Edward Elgar

    Falstaff's Dream (Falstaff, Op 68, No 14)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Warner Classics International.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    Princess Mononoke

    Performer: Angèle Dubeau. Ensemble: La Pietà.
    • ANALEKTA.

  • Eric Whitacre

    This marriage

    Performer: Owain Park. Choir: BBC Singers.

  • Florence Price

    Piano Concerto: Adagio cantabile

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah.
    • Decca.

  • Franz Schubert

    Psalm 23, D 706

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Collegium.

  • Frederick Delius

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • GBBBC.

  • Lara Somogyi

    Dusk

    • Mercury Classics.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Summer's Eve (Lyric Pieces, Book 10, No 2)

    Performer: Einar Steen-Nøkleberg.
    • Naxos.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String quartet No 36 in A major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Aeolian Quartet.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Fur Alina

    Performer: Peter Broderick.
    • Western Vinyl.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Missa Papae Marcelli - 5 Agnus Dei

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Peter Gregson & Lambert

    The Dive

    • von der haardt.

  • Henri Vieuxtemps

    Élégie Op. 30

    Performer: Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad. Performer: David Meier.
    • Rubicon.

  • John Dowland

    Lachrimae Antiquae Pavan (arrangement of Flow My Tears)

    Performer: Álvaro Pierri. Music Arranger: Helmuth Brandenburg. Conductor: Helmuth Brandenburg. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
    • SCD.

  • Meredith Monk

    Ellis Island

    Performer: James McVinnie.
    • Pentatone.

  • William Grant Still

    Summerland (3 Visions)

    Performer: Bruce Levingston.
    • Sono Luminus.

  • Will Everitt

    Be Kind to Yourself

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenné.

  • Théodore Dubois

    Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Cédric Tiberghien. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Hyperion.

  • Rosey Chan

    Autumn

    Performer: Rosey Chan.
    • Platoon.

  • Henrik Lindstrand

    Enghave Lys (Reimagined by Alex Somers)

    • One Little Independent Records.

  • Oliver Leith

    Non Voglio Mai Vedere Il Sole Tramontare

    Performer: Eloisa‐Fleur Thom. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • PLATOON.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Hymn

    Performer: Karl Jenkins.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).

  • Hania Rani

    Glass

    Performer: Hania Rani.
    • Matthew Halsall t/a Gondwana Records.

  • Akira Kosemura

    pause (almost equal to) play

    Performer: Akira Kosemura.
    • Universal Music LLC.

  • Leonard Cohen

    Hallelujah

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Didier Osindero. Performer: Alinka Rowe. Performer: Yong Jun Lee.
    • Decca.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    5 Pieces (Prelude)

    Music Arranger: Laura Ayoub. Music Arranger: Sarah Ayoub. Performer: Laura Ayoub. Performer: Sarah Ayoub. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Messenger.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).

  • Anne Dudley

    Two Brothers

    Performer: Anne Dudley. Ensemble: Quartet of London.
    • Angel Records.

  • Moby

    Separation

    • Warner Music Russia.

  • Lloyd Coleman

    Luminescence

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Nainita Desai

    My Mind is Still

    Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Leif Kaner‐Lidström. Performer: Elsa Bradley. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Sarah Frances Jenkins

    Music and Meditation

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • A. Blomqvist

    New Beginning (Arr. for Strings by Carlos Hof)

    Performer: A. Blomqvist.
    • XXIM Records.

  • Daigo Hanada

    Hide Away

    Performer: Daigo Hanada.
    • Universal Music LLC.

  • Alessandro Marcello

    Adagio (from Oboe Concerto in D Minor)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
    • Decca.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 21 Jan 202518:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 1 Feb 202518:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Fri 21 Feb 202518:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 12 Apr 202518:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 5 Jul 202518:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Fri 9 Jan 202617:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind