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Welcome tranquillity with blissful 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 Vivaldi, Max Richter and Rose Riebl. 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 knitting can help induce a calming 'flow state'.

To listen on most smart speakers, just ask 蜜芽传媒 Sounds to play Classical Wind Down.

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Music Played

  • Franz Liszt

    Liebestraume, No 3 arr. for harp

    Performer: Nora von Marschall.
    • Liebestraum - Scarlatti, Liszt, Faur茅, Tournier.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 8.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Amen from Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice, Op. 26 (arr Paul Mealor)

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Decca.

  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Enchanted Isle.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.

  • Laure Chan

    Lost in Translation

    Performer: Laure Chan. Ensemble: Curve Ensemble.
    • Bigo and Twigetti.

  • Polly Carter

    Blue sketchbook

    Performer: Polly Carter.
    • Sea Ash Records.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Romantic Piece, Op 75 No 1 (arr. Alex Fortes)

    Performer: Grace Park. Music Arranger: Alex Fortes. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume.
    • Grace Park plays Dvorak & Mozart.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 5.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat major (3rd mvt - Romanze)

    Ensemble: Consone Quartet.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 6 in F major, Op 68 (Pastoral) - 2nd mvt: scene by the brook

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.

  • Keane Wang

    All the same

    Performer: Keane Wang.
    • Keane Wang.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 mandolins in G major, RV 532 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Alon Sariel. Ensemble: Venice Baroque Orchestra.
    • Vivaldi pour lire.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 37.

  • Helen Jane Long

    The Aviators

    Ensemble: Music Lab Collective.
    • BLE Music Group.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat major, K 495 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Anthony Halstead. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos 1-4: Halstead/AAM/Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 9.

  • Yann Tiersen

    Caledonian Canal

    Performer: Yann Tiersen.
    • Rathlin from a Distance _ The Liquid Hour.
    • Mute.
    • 8.

  • Luke Faulkner

    Stargazing

    Performer: Luke Faulkner. Performer: Emma Arriza. Performer: Martha Mitu. Performer: Caleb Sibley. Performer: Tom Huet.
    • Halidon.

  • Eug猫ne Bozza

    Aria

    Performer: Kohei Ueno.
    • Eau Rouge.
    • eplus music.
    • 7.

  • Henry Purcell

    When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas) arr. Stokowski

    Orchestrator: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • CHANDOS.

  • B眉艧ra Kay谋k莽谋

    Dragon

    Performer: B眉艧ra Kay谋k莽谋.
    • Dragon.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Chad Lawson

    Sanctuary (Sleep Rework)

    Performer: Chad Lawson.
    • Chad Lawson Decca US.

  • Trad.

    Unknown Air

    Performer: Duncan Chisholm. Performer: Phil Cunningham. Music Arranger: Duncan Chisholm.
    • Affric.
    • Copperfish Records.
    • 8.

  • Hanna Havrylets

    Prayer

    Singer: Grace Davidson. Choir: Meridian. Conductor: Irene Messoloras.
    • Serenity 鈥� Choral Music from Faur茅 to Praulin抬s虒.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 104.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano concerto No 2 in F major, Op 102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: II. Andante.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Lloyd Coleman

    Luminescence

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Max Richter

    Perihelion

    Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: Natalia Bonner. Performer: Nick Barr. Performer: Max Ruisi. Performer: Zara Hudson鈥怟ozdoj.
    • Perihelion.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Robert Schumann

    Romance, Op 28 No 2

    Ensemble: Duo Arnicans.
    • Dream.
    • Prima Classic.
    • 10.

  • Frank Bridge

    Two Old English Songs for string orchestra, No 1: Sally in our alley

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Orchestral Works Vol. 5.
    • Chandos.
    • 10 - 11.

  • Peter Gregson

    Ritual

    Performer: Peter Gregson.
    • Decca Records US.

  • Bright Sheng

    Black Swan [after Brahms' Intermezzo in A major Op.118 no.2]

    Orchestra: Kansas City Symphony. Conductor: Michael Stern.
    • Brahms: Reimagined Orchestrations.
    • Reference Recordings.
    • 12.

  • Rose Riebl

    Even as the Light Fades

    Performer: Rose Riebl.
    • INNI.

  • Laura Sullivan

    Rest your sorrow, Movement 1

    Performer: Laura Sullivan.
    • Sentient Spirit Records.

  • Nobuo Uematsu

    Theme of Love (from Final Fantasy IV)

    Performer: Alis Huws. Performer: Ellie Consta. Performer: Emma Oldfield. Performer: Ben Norris. Performer: Deni Teo.
    • Theme of Love (From "Final Fantasy IV") [Arr. Lawson for Harp & String Quartet].
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Jessie Marcella

    Komorebi

    Performer: Jessie Marcella.
    • Mercury Classics.

  • Randall Thompson

    Alleluia

    Choir: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Conductor: Paul Brough.

  • Howard Shore

    The Shire (from Lord of the Rings)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Shore.
    • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - the Complete Recordings.
    • Rhino/Warner Records.
    • 2.

  • Lauri Porra

    A Song for Winter

    Performer: Lauri Porra. Ensemble: Mumintrollen.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Third Coast Percussion

    How To Miss Someone

    • Neogarde.

  • Misha Mullov-Abbado

    The Stage Hand

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.

  • Anna Simonetta

    Echo - reimagined

    Performer: Anna Simonetta.
    • Little Symphony Records.

  • Erland Cooper & Freya Goldmark

    Asleep On The Wing (Edit)

    • Mercury Classics.

  • Theo Alexander

    re; Waiting

    Performer: Theo Alexander.
    • Arts & Crafts Productions Inc..

  • Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge

    Columbine (Carnival, Suite of 5 dances, No 4)

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach To Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. II.
    • Albany Records.
    • 52.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 23 Apr 2025 18:00
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