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Find evening calm with gentle 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 Debussy, Dobrinka Tabakova and Mozart – plus some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how painting a room can help you find calm.

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Music Played

  • Akio Yashiro

    24 Preludes: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor - Moderato cantabile espressivo

    • 72 Preludes.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 36.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: String Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K. 590 \"Prussian No. 3\": II. Allegre

    • Mozart: String Quartets K. 489, 499 & 590.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Ennio Morricone

    Lady Caliph: Nocturne

    • Yo-Yo Ma - The Classic Albums Collection.
    • Masterworks.

  • Joan Szymko

    Wake, Love, Wake

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Will Dawes.

  • Florian Christl

    Choral

    • About Time.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 7.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Ye-Eun Choi. Performer: Mahan Esfahani. Ensemble: Mutter’s Virtuosi.
    • DG.

  • Francisco Tárrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Arr. for Marimba by Christoph Sietzen)

    • Silence.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 4.

  • Justin Hurwitz

    City of Stars

    Composer: Benj Pasek. Composer: Justin Paul. Lyricist: Justin Hurwitz. Lyricist: Benj Pasek. Lyricist: Justin Paul.
    • Bouquet de Cinéma.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 5.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Oboe Concerto in D minor, Op 9 No 2 (2nd mvmt, Adagio)

    Performer: Paolo Grazzi. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Artist Portrait: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin

    Jewish Traditional: Song In Remembrance of Schubert

    Composer: Franck Krawczyk.
    • Believe International.

  • Johannes Bornlöf

    Studies at Dusk

    • Enchanted Hours.
    • Aemeralds GmbH.
    • 3.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Harpsichord Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437 (from "Suites de Pièces pour

    Music Arranger: Simon Hale.
    • Handel Sarabande.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 101.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor, Op 45

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Charles Owen.

  • Catrin Finch

    13

    Performer: Catrin Finch.
    • bendigedig.

  • Grace Williams

    Symphony No. 1

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Emilia Hoving.

  • Rob Simonsen

    Safe Return

    • The Whale.
    • A24 Music.
    • 14.

  • Helen Louise Habershon

    Clouds

    • The Habershon Label Ltd.

  • Ghislaine Reece‐Trapp

    Gratitude

    Ensemble: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sarah Latto.

  • Shida Shahabi

    Futō

    • Futō.
    • 130701.
    • 1.

  • Paul Geoffrey Reade

    Suite from The Victorian Kitchen Garden: III. Mists

    • Nimbus Records.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Broken Sunsets (Solo Piano Version)

    • Colours (Solo Piano Version).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Taylor Scott Davis

    Davis: Effortlessly

    Lyricist: Mechthild of Magdeburg.
    • Davis: Effortlessly.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    Violin Concerto in B minor, Op.61 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Decca.

  • François Couperin

    Première leçon de ténèbres à une voix: He (Arr. for Cello and Synthesizer by Son

    Music Arranger: Sonia Wieder‐Atherton.
    • Or. Couperin & Vivaldi.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 6.

  • Tsuneo Imahori

    Stars of Sand (From \"Trigun\")

    • Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor. Largo (Arr. Harb for Guitar).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne In F Minor Op 55 No 1

    Performer: Vladimir Feltsman.
    • Classical - Chopin Poignant Piano (ALIBI673).
    • ALIBI Classical.
    • 10.

  • Luke Faulkner

    Élégie

    • Dark Academia - Edition II.
    • Aemeralds GmbH.
    • 2.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Sun Triptych: III. Dusk

    • Tabakova: Sun Triptych.
    • ECM New Series.

  • Liam Taylor-West

    A Slow Breath

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Ailbhe McDonagh

    Skellig

    Performer: Ailbhe McDonagh. Performer: Orla McDonagh.
    • Ailbhe McDonagh.

  • Anouar Brahem

    Vague / E la nave va

    • Vague / E la nave va.
    • ECM Records.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Last Wednesday17:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind