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Embrace calm with soothing 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 Mozart, Brian & Roger Eno and Jóhann Jóhannsson. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Michael James Wong, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how a bit of daydreaming can help ease stress.

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Music Played

  • Eric Whitacre

    This Marriage

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Decca (UMO).
  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Symphony No 1 in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.
  • Melissa Parmenter

    Martina Franca

    Performer: Melissa Parmenter.
    • Globe Productions.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Czech suite, Op 39 (Romance)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joseph Swensen.
    • Linn Records.
  • Sarah Quartel

    Lux Aeterna (Sanctum)

    Choir: The Oxford Choir. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
    • Oxford University Press Music.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Quartet in G minor, K 478 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad. Performer: Andrei Ioniţă. Performer: Eric Lu.
  • Secret Garden

    Aria

    • Universal Music AS.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin concerto no.10 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Zhou Qian. Orchestra: Toronto Camerata. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • NAXOS.
  • Florence Price

    Remembrance

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Flipside Music.
  • John Rutter

    The Holy City (Visions, Part 4)

    Performer: Kerson Leong. Choir: The Choir of Temple Church. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • COLLEGIUM.
  • Léo Delibes

    Ballade from Coppelia suite

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
  • Amy Beach

    Columbine (Children's Carnival, Op 25)

    Performer: Elise Williams.
    • Pastel Records.
  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.
  • Jack Page

    Movement One (from Slow Movements)

    Performer: Jack Page.
    • B3SCI.
  • Manuel Cardoso

    Requiem, Introitus

    Choir: Sansara. Conductor: Tom Herring.
    • Convivium Records.
  • Roger Eno & Brian Eno

    Iris

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047 - Andante

    Orchestra: Radio Luxembourg Symphony. Conductor: Leopold Hager.
    • Forlane.
  • Alexis Ffrench

    Shine (Solo Piano Version)

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Sir Arthur Somervell

    Piano concerto in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.
  • Alex Patterson

    Meditation

    Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: David Hill.
  • An-Lun Huang

    Chorale in D minor, Op 68 No 1

    Performer: Xing Rong.
    • Toccata Classics.
  • Michel Benita & Ethics

    Yeavering

    • ECM Records.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Cameos, No 3: Andante

    Performer: Waka Hasegawa.
    • Metropolis Group.
  • Autonomy

    Black Dog

    • Autonomy.
  • Daigo Hanada

    Sakura Sakura

    Performer: Daigo Hanada.
    • Universal Music LLC.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    The Lord's Prayer (Diptych, No 1)

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava.
    • Ondine.
  • Alan Hovhaness

    Symphony No 2, "Mysterious Mountain" (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Grant Llewellyn.
  • Bob Chilcott

    The Last Invocation (The Modern Man I Sing)

    Performer: Paul Silverthorne. Performer: Simone Rebello. Ensemble: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
    • Signum Records.
  • annasara

    Impressions from Salshog, 1st movement (instrumental)

    • Annasongs.
  • Jóhann Jóhannsson

    Flight from the City (Víkingur Olafsson Rework)

    Composer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Performer: Yuki Numata Resnick. Performer: Tarn Travers. Performer: Ben Russell. Performer: Clarice Jensen. Performer: Christian Badzura.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Andrea Tarrodi

    Lume

    Choir: Allmänna Sången. Conductor: Maria Goundorina.
    • BIS.
  • Eleanor Dunnet

    Exhale

    Conductor: David Hill. Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra.
  • John Field

    Nocturne No. 14 in G Major, H. 58

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Nala Sinephro

    Continuum 3

    • Warp Records.
  • Martin Kohlstedt

    LUN

    • Warner Classics.
  • Nico Muhly

    Opening (Howards End)

    Performer: Nico Muhly.
    • Masterworks.
  • Max Bruch

    Scottish fantasy, Op 46 (Adagio cantabile)

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 23 Feb 2025 18:00
  • Tue 29 Apr 2025 18:00