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Slow down 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 Vaughan Williams, Eric Whitacre and Florence Price. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with Helen Marie, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel, on how circuit training can help you de-stress from the pressures of your day.

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Music Played

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Turandot, SC 91: "Nessun Dorma" - Arr. for String Orchestra

    • Halidon.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra: Group 3 No. 1. Musette

    • Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi & Suite; McEwen: Viola Concerto.
    • Hyperion.

  • Wu Tong

    Rain Falling from the Roof

    • Songs of Comfort and Hope.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Lamento della ninfa

    Performer: Brentano String Quartet.

  • Heino Eller

    Twilight

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Music from Estonia vol.2.
    • Chandos.
    • 006.

  • Karen Marrolli

    To Dust

    • ARSIS Audio.

  • Eric Whitacre

    The Pacific Has No Memory

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Eric Whitacre: The Pacific Has No Memory.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 1.

  • Gary Schocker

    A Small Sonata For A Large Flute: Cantabile

    Performer: Gary Schocker. Performer: Peter Sheridan.
    • Move.

  • Muriël Bostdorp

    Twilight

    • Twilight.
    • Andante Piano.
    • 1.

  • Nicolas Gombert

    Mille regrets

    • Noel Akchote.

  • Florence Price

    Suite No. 1 for Organ (Arr. for Reed Quintet by Jelte Althuis): III. Air

    Music Arranger: Jelte Althuis.
    • Organisms.
    • Pentatone.
    • 115.

  • Jules Massenet

    Suite No. 1, Op. 13: III. Nocturne

    Conductor: Jean-Yves Ossonce. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
    • Massenet: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1- 3 / Herodiade.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Anne Crosby Gaudet

    The Garden Medley

    Performer: Anne Crosby Gaudet.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in C minor, Op 48 No 1

    Performer: Ji Liu.
    • Ji Liu: Piano Reflections.
    • CLASSIC FM.
    • 2.

  • Maddalena Casulana

    Il desiderio: No. 3, Morir non puo il mio cuore

    Performer: Palaver Strings.

  • Thomas Louis James White

    Low Tide

    • TJW Music.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15, No. 1

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO).

  • José María Cano

    Hijo de la luna

    Lyricist: José María Cano.
    • Hope@Home.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.

  • William Alwyn

    Concerto for Flute and Wind Instruments: III. Andante sostenuto e semplice (Arr.

    • Emily Beynon Plays British Flute Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 108.

  • Max Richter

    The Departure

    • Piano Book.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.

  • Lloyd Coleman

    Luminescence

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Teiichi Okano

    The Night of a Hazy Moon

    Music Arranger: Tami Nodaira.
    • Japanese Guitar Music, Vol. 4.
    • Naxos.
    • 10.

  • John Field

    Nocturne no.13 in C Major 'Rêverie-Nocturne'

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Field: Complete Nocturnes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 13.

  • Hania Rani

    Sentimental Value

    • Gondwana Records.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 34 in C major, K.338

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Lucy Walker

    Lighten Our Darkness

    Conductor: Andrew Earis. Ensemble: St Martin's Voices.
    • Lucy Walker: Choral Works.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 12.

  • Brian Eno

    By This River

    Composer: Hans‐Joachim Roedelius. Composer: Dieter Moebius.
    • Mari.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 18.

  • Toru Takemitsu

    12 Songs for Guitar: No. 5, Here, There and Everywhere

    • Takemitsu: Complete Original Solo Guitar Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Garth Stevenson

    The Southern Sea

    • Garth Stevenson Music.

  • William Grant Still

    Prelude

    • Still: Songs & Piano Music.
    • CPO.
    • 118.

  • Frank Bridge

    4 Short Pieces, H. 104: No. 2, Spring Song (Arr. Parkin for Cello and St

    • Elgar.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

  • Alexey Kurbatov

    Kol nidre for Saxophone & String Quartet

    • Quartz Music.

  • Clara Schumann

    Trio in G minor, Op 17

    Ensemble: ATOS Trio.

  • Laurent Boutonnat

    Ainsi soit je

    • Pianosong.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.

  • Florian Christl

    Tag am See

    • Episodes.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 7.

  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Lullaby

    Performer: Kristina Arakelyan.
    • platoon.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 27 Jan 202617:00
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  • Saturday17:00
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