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Let the evening enfold you with a calming musical embrace

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 Max Richter, Johannes Brahms, and Frank Bridge.

Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how flower arranging has the potential to boost your mood.

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Music Played

  • Tan Dun

    Floating Clouds (Memories in Watercolour)

    Performer: Warren Lee.
    • Touches & Traces.
    • Naxos.
    • 17.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita no 1 in B flat major BWV.825 - Prelude

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.

  • Kosaku Yamada

    Aka tombo

    • Yamada: Aka tombo (Arr. Hough for Piano).
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Beethoven Complete Piano Concertos Lewis - Belohlavek.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.

  • Trad.

    Ar Lan y Mor

    Ensemble: The Kanneh‐Masons.
    • Traditional: Ar Lan y Môr (Arr. The Kanneh-Masons for Ensemble).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Ambarvalia Op.70

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Emilie Godden.

  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Berceuse, Op 47

    Performer: Alan Marks.
    • 'The Lady Fainted'.
    • Nimbus.
    • 5.

  • Andrea Casarrubios

    Lullaby (Piano quintet, 2nd mvt)

    Performer: Andrea Casarrubios. Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
    • SEVEN: works by Andrea Casarrubios.
    • Odradek Records.
    • 8.

  • Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik

    Pastorale

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Christoph-Mathias Mueller.
    • Alexander Veprik: Orchestral Works.
    • MDG.
    • 4.

  • Mieczysław Weinberg

    Aria, Op 9

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica.
    • Songs of Fate.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 7.

  • Max Richter

    Three Worlds - Music from Woolf Works: In the Garden

    Performer: Max Richter. Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: Natalia Bonner. Performer: John Metcalfe. Performer: Ian Burdge. Performer: Chris Worsey.
    • Three Worlds: Music from Woolf Works.
    • DG.
    • 2.

  • Josef Suk

    Serenade for strings in E-Flat Major, Op. 6: III. Adagio

    • Kodály: Hungarian Rondo, Summer Evening – Suk: Serenade for Strings.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 10.

  • Carlos Salzedo

    Suite of Eight Dances: VII. Tango

    • Salzedo's Harp.
    • Telarc.
    • 4.

  • Rachel Portman

    Marmolada (Dolomites, pale mountains)

    Orchestra: LGT Young Soloists. Conductor: Alexander Gilman.
    • Rachel Portman: Dolomites.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Tuesday17:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind