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Leave your cares behind 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 JB Dunckel, Hania Rani and Erik Satie. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with therapist Helen Marie, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on the benefits of spending a little longer in bed.

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Tue 30 Dec 202517:00
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Music Played

  • Wilhelm Taubert

    Piano sonata No 4 in C sharp minor, Op 21 No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Lucas Wong.
    • Taubert: Piano Sonatas.
    • Naxos.
    • 108.

  • Vilma von Webenau

    Cello sonata (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexander HĂŒlshoff. Performer: Oliver Triendl.
    • Vilma von Webenau.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 103.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No 10 in B flat major, 'Gran partita' (3rd mvt - Adagio)

    Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Laure Chan

    Air

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach. Performer: Laure Chan. Performer: William Jack.
    • Laure Chan & William Jack.

  • William Sterndale Bennett

    Piano concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 9 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sterndale Bennett: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-3 (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 74.
    • Hyperion.

  • Joep Beving

    Saturday Morning (redux)

    Performer: Joep Beving.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Edward Gregson

    A Song for Sue

    Performer: Edward Gregson. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
    • A Vision in a Dream.
    • Chandos.
    • 108.

  • Erik Satie

    Je te veux

    Performer: Guillaume Coppola.
    • Satie amoureux.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.

  • JB Dunckel

    Prelude marin (Version for String Quintet)

    Performer: CĂ©cile TĂȘte. Performer: GrĂ©goire Vecchioni. Performer: Cyrille Lacrouts. Performer: Shuichi Okada.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Maxence Cyrin

    Medusa

    Performer: Maxence Cyrin.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Clara Schumann

    Liebst du um Schonheit, Op 12 No 2

    Choir: Kammerchor Stuttgart. Conductor: Frieder Bernius.
    • Clara Schumann: 3 Lieder, Op. 12: No. 2, Liebst du um Schönheit (Transcr. Gottwa.
    • Carus.
    • 1.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance Op.11

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 12.

  • Henry Purcell

    Dido's Lament: When I am laid in earth from Dido and Aeneas

    Performer: Shani Diluka. Music Arranger: Shani Diluka.
    • Palestrina: Panis angelicus.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Nat Bartsch

    Hope

    Orchestra: Budapest Art Orchestra. Conductor: PĂ©ter Pejtsik.
    • Amica.

  • Jordane Tumarinson

    Ambiance Dimanche

    Performer: Jordane Tumarinson.
    • 1631 Recordings.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Violin Sonata (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Charles Owen.

  • Olivia Belli

    Pax Athenae (Ithaca Suite)

    Performer: Olivia Belli. Ensemble: Canea Quartett.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Ray Lin

    Snowing like a Dream (Impressions of the Four Seasons)

    Performer: Daniel Shearer. Performer: Ziwei Wang. Performer: Yuren (Cara) Shen. Performer: Yizheng (Sean) Cai. Performer: Anna Kho. Conductor: Ray Lin.
    • Ray Lin: Impressions of the Four Seasons.
    • ABC Classic.
    • 1.

  • George Lloyd

    Symphony No 10, 'November Journeys' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: George Lloyd.
    • George Lloyd: The Symphonies Nos. 7-12.
    • Lyrita.
    • 11.

  • Simmy Singh

    Close your eyes and see

    Performer: Simmy Singh. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Robert Schumann

    Marchenerzahlungen (Fairy tales), Op 132 No 3

    Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Performer: Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad. Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.

  • Zara Hudson‐Kozdoj

    Radom

    Performer: Zara Hudson‐Kozdoj.
    • Platoon.

  • Hayato Sumino

    Raindrop Postlude

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin. Performer: Hayato Sumino.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon in D major

    Orchestra: Insula Orchestra. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • Musiques de cinĂ©ma - Pachelbel: Canon (From "Ordinary People").
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Last Trip around the Sun

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony Classical.

  • John Thomas

    12 Studies for harp, No 10

    Performer: Paola Baron.
    • Thomas: 12 Studies for Harp: No. 10.
    • Azul Music.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn: Variation 7, Grazioso

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas SÞndergÄrd.

  • Cor Karoli

    The Blue and the Dim

    • Tristan de Liege.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard concerto in D minor, BWV 974 (2nd mvt - Adagio)

    Performer: Dmitry Masleev.
    • Dies irae (Liszt · Rachmaninoff).
    • ApartĂ©.
    • 111.

  • Hania Rani

    Non Fiction: IV. Semplice

    Performer: Hania Rani. Ensemble: Manchester Collective. Conductor: Hugh Tieppo‐Brunt.
    • Hania Rani.

  • Trevas

    Lichen Loves

    Performer: Trevas. Performer: NATURE.
    • Trevas.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    I know that my redeemer liveth

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: David Hill.

  • Piers Connor Kennedy

    Wind Down for the Evening

    Ensemble: BBC Singers.

  • FrĂ©dĂ©ric Chopin

    Waltz in C sharp minor, Op 64 No 2

    Performer: Eric Lu.
    • Chopin: Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2 (Live).
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    Hoover

    Performer: Isobel Waller-Bridge.
    • Mercury Classics.

  • Hiroshi Yoshimura

    SLEEP

    Performer: Hiroshi Yoshimura.
    • Light in the Attic.

  • Marianna Martines

    Sinfonia in C (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Wildner.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 25 Nov 202517:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tue 30 Dec 202517:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind