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Calm your senses with soothing 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 Jon Batiste, Olivia Belli and Francis Poulenc. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Michael James Wong, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom about why dancing like nobody's watching is good for body and soul.

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Lux aeterna [from 'Nimrod' of 'Enigma' variations]

    Music Arranger: John Cameron. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Waltz in G-Sharp Minor, Op. Posth

    Performer: Soyeon Kate Lee.
    • Naxos.

  • Havergal Brian

    English Suite No 3 (1st mvt, Ancient Village)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Dutton Epoch.

  • Francis Poulenc

    La Courte Paille: III. La Reine de coeur

    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Daria Hovora.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Jon Notar

    To Ourselves

    • Groove Guild.

  • Debbie Wiseman

    The Promise

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in G Major

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Lili Boulanger

    Sous bois

    Choir: Orpheus Vokalensemble. Performer: Antonii Baryshevskyi. Conductor: Michael Alber.
    • Carus.

  • John Dowland

    The Right Honourable the Lady Rich, Her Galliard

    Music Arranger: Robin Thodey. Performer: Adriano Sebastiani. Performer: Riccardo Bini.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Adam Taylor

    Their First Time

    • Lakeshore Records.

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor Op.7 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tianyi Lu.
    • Signum Records.

  • Belle Chen

    Lone Wolf

    • Platoon.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance (5 Bagatelles Op.23)

    Music Arranger: Lawrence Ashmore. Performer: Robert Plane. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Finzi: Clarinet Concerto, Five Bagatelles: Robert Plane, Northern Sinfonia.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Robert Schumann

    Adagio and Allegro, Op 70

    Performer: Lise Berthaud. Performer: Adam Laloum.

  • Olivia Belli

    Pr茅lude (Arr for 2 Guitars)

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham. Performer: Pl铆nio Fernandes.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • John Tavener

    Funeral Ikos

    Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Hyperion.

  • Jon Batiste

    Dusklight Movement

    • Beethoven Blues.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Copp茅lia - Act 3 - La Paix

    Orchestra: Simon Park Orchestra.

  • Catrin Finch

    Listen to the Grass Grow

    Performer: Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita.
    • SOAR.
    • bendigedig.
    • 6.

  • Frank Bridge

    Spring Song (4 short pieces, H 104)

    Performer: Gerald Peregrine. Performer: Antony Ingham.
    • Naxos.

  • Henrik Lindstrand

    Dungen

    • One Little Independent Records.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Four weddings and a funeral - music from the film (Love scene)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Christopher Tin

    All That Could Never Be Said

    Choir: VOCES8. Conductor: Christopher Tin. Conductor: Barnaby Smith. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Universal Music Classics.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    6 Polish Songs, S. 480: II. Fr眉hling (Arr. Liszt after Chopin, Op. 74 No. 2)

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
    • Chopin & Liszt: Piano Works.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Phil Cunningham

    The Gentle Light that Wakes Me

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Aly Bain. Performer: Phil Cunningham.
    • 蜜芽传媒coming: A Scottish Fantasy.
    • Decca.
    • 12.

  • Shigeru Umebayashi

    George's Waltz

    • Relativity Music Group.

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Abendserenade

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina.
    • Abendserenade.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Eleanor Dunnet

    Exhale

    Conductor: David Hill. Choir: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra.

  • Innocenzio Alberti

    Pavin

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Signum Records.

  • Balmorhea

    Clear Language

    • Western Vinyl.

  • Annabel Rooney

    Jesu dulcis memoria

    Choir: The Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge. Conductor: David Rowland.
    • REGENT.

  • Franz Schreker

    Valse Lente

    Ensemble: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • GB蜜芽传媒.

  • Hania Rani

    Dreamy

    • Matthew Halsall t/a Gondwana Records.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Winter Meditation (after The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto, RV 297)

    Composer: Vivan Bhatti. Composer: Ketan Bhatti. Performer: Eldbj酶rg Hemsing. Ensemble: Hestia String Quartet.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • Franz Schubert

    Im Abendrot D.799

    Performer: Kian Soltani. Performer: Aaron Pilsan.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Donna McKevitt

    The Pool

    • Instant Karma Classics.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Un Sonnet d'Amour from Petite Suite de Concert, Op.77

    Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, orchestral works.
    • MARCO POLO.
    • 4.

  • Alexandra Str茅liski

    BORDERS

    • XXIM Records.

  • Florence Price

    Resignation

    Choir: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • BPMoore

    From All Who Came Before

    • Rhodium.

  • Edward Cross

    Bloom

    Performer: Edward Cross.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Minuet in G minor, HWV 434 No 4

    Performer: Seong鈥怞in Cho.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Joseph Parry

    Myfanwy

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Decca.

  • Johann Strauss II

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube - waltz, Op.314

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
    • GB蜜芽传媒.

  • Max Richter

    Psychogeography

    Performer: Max Richter. Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Ian Burdge. Conductor: Robert Ziegler. Choir: Tenebrae.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).

  • George Gershwin

    Prelude No.2 (Three Preludes)

    Performer: Santiago Ca帽贸n-Valencia. Performer: Naoko Sonoda. Music Arranger: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux aurumque

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Decca.

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