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Let go of the day with a calm classical soundtrack

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 artists including Alice Coltrane, Max Richter and Gabrƭel Ɠlafs.

Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Michael James Wong, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on the value of a nightly bedtime routine.

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Sun 8 Feb 202617:00
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Music Played

  • Camille Saintā€SaĆ«ns

    The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Sheku Kannehā€Mason. Performer: Isata Kannehā€Mason. Performer: Jeneba Kannehā€Mason.
    • Decca.

  • Kerenza Peacock

    Sanctuary

    Performer: Kerenza Peacock.
    • Self release.

  • Jocelyn Hagen

    Beatitudes

    Composer: Timothy Takach. Choir: VOCES8 Foundation Choir. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.
    • Rose Ever Blooming.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 13.

  • Johan Johansson

    BaĆ°

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Sally Beamish

    In the Stillness

    Music Arranger: Jarle Storlokken. Ensemble: tenThing.
    • Lawo Classics.

  • Peter Gregson

    Discovering Shadows (Corridors)

    Performer: Peter Gregson. Performer: Tom Pigottā€Smith.
    • Corridors.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Ashley Jackson & Harlem Chamber Players

    Radhe-Shyam

    • Decca.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV.645

    Composer: Henrik Janson. Performer: Joao Carlos Victor.
    • JSM Records.

  • Max Richter

    Perihelion

    Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: Natalia Bonner. Performer: Nick Barr. Performer: Max Ruisi. Performer: Zara Hudsonā€Kozdoj.
    • Perihelion.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Jon Hopkins

    Forever Held

    Performer: Jon Hopkins. Performer: Ɠlafur Arnalds.
    • Forever Held.
    • Domino Recording Co.
    • 1.

  • Kevin Day

    GymnopƩdie

    Performer: Sterling Elliott. Performer: Richard Uttley.

  • Grace Davidson & Christian Forshaw

    The Wanderer

    • Integra Records UK.

  • Anna Clyne

    Within her arms

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Naxos.

  • Johannes Brahms

    16 Waltzes Op.39 (no.15 in A flat major)

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Music Arranger: Catrin Finch.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Hector Plimmer, Laura Misch & Marysia Osu

    Infinity Mirrors

    • Bandcamp.

  • Zara Hudsonā€Kozdoj

    Radom

    • Platoon.

  • Elliott Jack Sansom

    Opening Serenade

    Performer: Elliott Jack Sansom.
    • decca.

  • Gerard Cousins

    In Silver Light

    • Prima Classic.

  • Rosey Chan

    The First Time They Danced

    • Platoon.

  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    The Enchanted lake Op.62

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
    • Petrushka.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 6.

  • GabrĆ­el Ɠlafs & Viktor Orri Ɓrnason

    The Winds

    • Polar.
    • Decca.

  • Emma Rawicz

    Journey's End

    Performer: Elliot Galvin. Performer: Dominic Ingham. Performer: Jenny Clare. Performer: Abby Bowen. Performer: Cubby Howard.

  • Isobel Waller-Bridge & Joshua Hickin

    Shoe

    • Mercury Classics.

  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade in E minor, Op 20 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Elgar: Symphony No.1 etc: LPO/Boult.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • Evelyn Glennie

    Space Chorale

    Composer: Michael Levine. Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Performer: Michael Levine.
    • Crossed Echoes.
    • Audio Network.

  • Liz Hanks & Jason Singh

    Dar (feat. NATURE)

    • Bandcamp.

  • Fergus McCreadie

    Morning Moon

    Performer: Fergus McCreadie. Performer: Rob Luft.

  • Andy Clausen

    Introit

    • Westerlies Records.

  • Anoushka Shankar

    Amrita

    • Leiter Verlag GmbH & Co. KG.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: PlĆ­nio Fernandes. Performer: Samuele Telari. Performer: Thomas Carroll. Music Arranger: Paul Campbell.
    • Violin Cafe.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Kieran Hebden & William Tyler

    Timber

    • Eat Your Own Ears Recordings.

  • Natalia Tsupryk & Neil Cowley

    There Was A Field

    • Manners McDade.

  • Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe

    Flower Women

    • Liminal.
    • Verve.
    • 6.

  • Edmund Finnis

    String quartet no.3 (Devotions)

    Ensemble: Solem Quartet.
    • Delphian Records.

  • Lauri Porra

    Veden syli [Water's Embrace]

    Performer: Lauri Porra. Performer: Verneri Pohjola.
    • Platoon.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 14 Jan 202617:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 8 Feb 202617:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind