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Colour your evening with a relaxing classical playlist

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 Lauri Porra, Florence Price and Vaughan Williams. 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 benefits of bath salts.

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Music Played

  • Ernest Tomlinson

    Kielder Water

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson.
    • Tomlinson: Silverthorn Suite / Little Serenade.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 4.

  • Franz Liszt

    Consolation No 3 in D flat major

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • River of Music.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

  • Hania Rani

    Riksarkivet

    • Sentimental Value.
    • Gondwana Records.
    • 5.

  • Lauri Porra

    Aino

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kristian Sallinen.
    • Kalevala: Kullervon tarina – Music From and Inspired by the Film.
    • Platoon.
    • 2.

  • Georges Bizet

    Romance without words, HM 133

    Performer: Roberto Prosseda.
    • Bizet: The Piano Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 38.

  • Anton Webern

    Langsamer satz

    Ensemble: Leonkoro Quartet.
    • Out of Vienna.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 17.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Sicilienne from Pelleas et Melisande suite

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.

  • Adrien de la Salle

    In the Echoes

    Performer: Adrien de la Salle.
    • Moderna Records.

  • Zoe Dixon

    Meditation

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Marianna Martines

    Sonata in A major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Antonio Oyarzabal.
    • La Muse Oubliée Ii - Women Composers.
    • IBS Classical.
    • 3.

  • Bryan Raets

    Opening Up

    Performer: Bryan Raets.
    • Opening Up.
    • Télès Music.
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    Nimrod (Enigma Variations, Op 36) arr. for string quartet

    Ensemble: Barbican Quartet.
    • Lux Intus.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 10.

  • Vince Pope

    Concrete Clouds

    Composer: Lambert. Performer: Vince Pope. Performer: Lambert.
    • Together Apart.
    • Manners McDade.
    • 1.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O Euchari

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
    • O Euchari.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Patrick Doyle

    My father's favourite (Sense and Sensibility)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ziegler.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Tassilo Probst. Orchestra: Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Geiss.
    • Another Dawn.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 2.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Corpus Christi Carol (A Boy was born, Op 3)

    Performer: Jonas Nordberg. Music Arranger: Jonas Nordberg. Singer: Ruby Hughes.
    • Amidst the Shades.
    • BIS.
    • 119.

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in G flat major, D 899 No 3

    Performer: Christian Blackshaw.
    • A Moment in Time.
    • Pentatone.
    • 3.

  • Matilda Brown

    Moving Through Emotions

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenné.

  • Busra Kayikci

    Son Saatler

    Performer: Busra Kayikci.
    • Eskizler.
    • busraplayskeys.
    • 5.

  • Alban Claudin

    Nuits

    Performer: Alban Claudin.
    • Nuits.
    • Masterworks.
    • 1.

  • Olivia Belli

    Ithaca Suite: 6. Laertes

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • Ithaca Suite/VI. Laertes.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Simeon Walker

    Seasons

    Performer: Simeon Walker.

  • Florence Price

    Meditation

    Performer: Claire Huangci.
    • Piano Heroines.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 20.

  • Paul Lewis

    Rosa Mundi

    Ensemble: Chamber Ensemble of London. Conductor: Peter Fisher.
    • English Music for Strings - Avison, Purcell, Jenkins, Walton, et al..
    • Campion.
    • 10.

  • Rachel Portman

    Moment in Time

    Performer: Niklas Liepe. Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • Moment in Time.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Charles Gounod

    Ave Maria (after Bach's Prelude in C major, BWV 846)

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach. Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.
    • Schumann & Moscheles: 1851 Cello Sonatas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.

  • The Wong Janice

    Cello, City, Sky

    Performer: The Wong Janice. Ensemble: NATURE.
    • The Wong Janice.

  • Elizabeth Bonds

    When the petals fall

    Performer: Elizabeth Bonds.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No 5 (3rd mvt - Romanza)

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Gavottes 1 & 2 from Cello suite No 6 in D major, BWV 1012

    Performer: Miriam Prandi.
    • J. S. Bach: Cello Suites.
    • Fuga Libera.
    • 17.

  • Ben Pearson

    Unlearning

    Performer: Caoimhe de Paor. Performer: Ben Pearson. Performer: Harry Escott.
    • Spinning.
    • Signum Records.
    • 9.

  • Will Everitt

    Be Kind to Yourself

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenné.

  • Ronu Majumdar

    Ujjayi Pranayam - Raag Shobhavari

    • Musif for Pranayam.
    • Times Music.
    • 6.

  • Patrick Hamilton

    Fields of Gold

    Performer: Patrick Hamilton.
    • Fields of Gold.
    • Masterworks.
    • 1.

  • Hiroshi Yoshimura

    STREET

    Performer: Hiroshi Yoshimura.
    • Green.
    • Light in the Attic Records.
    • 7.

  • Mark Butler

    Dona nobis pacem

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 24 Feb 202617:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 21 Mar 202617:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind