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Welcome in the evening 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.

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 Mozart, Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres and Lambert. 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 a bit of sunlight can bring calm and health benefits.

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

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io piangia (Rinaldo)

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Ensemble: CHAARTS.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Auf Flugeln des Gesanges

    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Olivia Belli

    Triune

    • XXIM Records.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Sicilienne from Act V, Scene 2 of the Heroic Drama "Armide" (Arr. Leopold Stokow

    • Chandos.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 1 in B-Flat Major "Sant' Angelo": II. Ad

    Orchestra: Concerto Köln.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Henri Vieuxtemps

    Élégie Op. 30

    Performer: Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad. Performer: David Meier.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Adagio in B Minor, K. 540

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Florence Price

    Poem of Praise

    Performer: Libby Burgess. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.

  • Vince Pope & Alexandra Hamilton‐Ayres

    Until Then (For Strings)

    • Manners McDade.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Tanzlied des Pierrot (Arr. for Violin & Piano)

    Music Arranger: Anon..
    • Solo Musica.

  • Minna Keal

    Ballade

    Performer: Alexander Baillie. Performer: Martina Baillie.
    • NMC Recordings.

  • Will Todd

    A New Sunrise

    Conductor: Will Todd. Orchestra: Alina Orchestra.
    • Signum Records.

  • Carl Reinecke

    Sonata "Undine" Op. 167 for Flute and Piano: I. Allegro

    • Jasmine Choi.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier, BWV 469

    Performer: Eldbjørg Hemsing. Performer: Tim Allhoff. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Ensemble: Norwegian String Quartet.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Thomas Hewitt Jones

    Passacaglia

    • Vivum Music.

  • William Walton

    Henry V: Passacaglia "Death of Falstaff"

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Warner Classics.

  • William Byrd

    Pavana Lachrymae (After Dowland's "Flow My Tears")

    • Warner Classics.

  • Hideyuki Hashimoto

    Kyo

    • XXIM Records.

  • Brandee Younger

    Unrest

    • Decca Records US.

  • Franz Schubert

    Adagio in E flat, Op. posth. 148 D.897 \"Notturno\"

    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Dustin O’Halloran

    Goodbyes

    • Universal Music Operations Ltd.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Poetic Tone Pictures, Op.85: III. In the Old Castle

    • Sony Classical.

  • Charlie Chaplin

    Smile

    Lyricist: John Turner. Lyricist: Geoffrey Parsons. Performer: Jon Batiste.
    • Verve.

  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Sonate pour le violon et le clavecin in D Minor: I. [...]

    • Alpha Classics.

  • Peter Gregson

    Horizon

    • Decca Records US.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Suite from "Belshazzar's Feast", Op. 51: II. Solitude

    • Chandos.

  • Lambert

    Balcony Hotel

    • UME - Global Clearing House.

  • Lara Somogyi

    ascension

    Composer: Jean‐Michel Blais.
    • Mercury Classics.

  • Chia-Pei Chen

    The Chameleon

    • Platoon.

  • Sally Greenaway

    Greenaway: Poem II

    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).

  • Max Richter

    On Reflection (Music From "Black Mirror" TV Series)

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Erland Cooper

    Berriedale at Dawn

    Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Rita Strohl

    Solitude (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Esther Abrami)

    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 30 Apr 202518:00
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  • Sun 25 May 202518:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tue 19 Aug 202518:00
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  • Wed 17 Sep 202517:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Monday17:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind