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Find balance with relaxing 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 Eric Whitacre, Hildur Gudnad贸ttir and Joseph Haydn. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with Niall, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel, focussing on how expressing emotions in words can ease stress.

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Music Played

  • George Gershwin

    Love walked in (arr. Percy Grainger)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt. Music Arranger: Percy Grainger.
    • Love Songs.
    • HYPERION.
    • 22.

  • Henry Purcell

    Pavan in G minor

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien. Director: Fran莽ois Lazarevitch.
    • Purcell: Songs & Dances.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 4.

  • Rachel Portman

    recollection

    Performer: Caroline Dale. Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • ask the river.
    • Node Records.
    • 8.

  • Eric Whitacre

    I Thank You God for Most this Amazing Day

    Choir: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Conductor: Benjamin Goodson.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento No 10 in F major, K 247 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Frigyes S谩ndor.
    • Mozart, W.A.: Serenades and Divertimenti.
    • Capriccio.
    • 17.

  • Conradin Kreutzer

    Grand septet in E flat major, Op 62 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sebastian Manz. Performer: Theo Plath. Performer: Felix Klieser. Performer: Franziska H枚lscher. Performer: Haesue Lee. Performer: Andrei Ioni牛膬. Performer: Dominik Wagner.
    • Beethoven - C. Kreutzer: Septets.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 8.

  • Snorri Hallgr铆msson

    Spanner In The Works

    Performer: Snorri Hallgr铆msson.
    • Brolly Weather.
    • Spitfire Audio.
    • 7.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Suite No 4 in G major, Op 61, 'Mozartiana' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yuri Ahronovitch.
    • SWR Classic.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Alma Redemptoris Mater

    Ensemble: Sequentia.
    • DHM.

  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    Violin concerto No 1 in C major, Op 5 No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Renaud Capu莽on.
    • Vivaldi: Les 4 Saisons.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 17.

  • Lou Harrison

    Piano concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Keith Jarrett. Orchestra: New Japan Philharmonic. Conductor: Naoto Otomo.
    • Lou Harrison: Piano Concerto/Suite for Violin, Piano and Small Orchestra.
    • New World Records.
    • 3.

  • Georges Bizet

    Symphony in C (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Sanctus from Berliner Mass (version for choir & orchestra)

    Choir: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen. Conductor: T玫nu Kaljuste.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Karen Tanaka

    Blue Whale

    Performer: Ikuyo Nakamichi.
    • Karen Tanaka: Children of the Light.
    • Sony Music Labels Inc..
    • 5.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Clear and gentle stream (7 Part Songs, Op.17)

    Music Arranger: Harvey Brough. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance No 2 in F major, Op 50

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • ONYX.

  • Mohammed Fairouz

    Addio (Piano miniature No 6)

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Steinway and Sons.

  • Stephen Warbeck

    The Coroner

    Performer: Stephen Warbeck.
    • Indian Summers (Original Television Soundtrack).
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 15.

  • Jon Hopkins

    Immunity

    Performer: Jon Hopkins.
    • Immunity.
    • Domino Recording Co..
    • 8.

  • Hildur Gu冒nad贸ttir

    Ascent (arr. Robert Ames)

    Music Arranger: Robert Ames. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Infinity.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 13.

  • L眉 Wencheng

    Autumn moon over a calm lake

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Dragon Songs.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Frederick Septimus Kelly

    German Symphony (3rd mvt - Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Northey.
    • Frederick Septimus Kelly 鈥� Orchestral Works.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 4.

  • Sigur R贸s

    贵濒箩贸迟补惫铆办

    Music Arranger: Guy Button. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • Death and the Maiden.
    • Sancho Panza Records.
    • 9.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Song to the Moon from Rusalka, arr. for cello & orchestra

    Performer: Pablo Ferr谩ndez. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Frost.
    • Rusalka, Op. 114, Act I: Song to the Moon.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Olivia Belli

    Anima IV

    Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • Intercosmia Vol. 2.
    • XXIM Records.
    • 4.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Concerto for violin & piano in F major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Elena Denisova. Performer: Alexei Kornienko. Orchestra: Gustav Mahler-Ensemble.
    • Aus kaiserlicher Zeit / From Imperial Vienna.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Hania Rani

    Anima

    Composer: Dobrawa Czocher. Performer: Hania Rani. Performer: Dobrawa Czocher. Performer: Kornelia Gr膮dzka.
    • Inner Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.

  • Donald Francis Tovey

    Piano concerto in A major, Op 15 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Mackenzie & Tovey: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 19).
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Matilda Brown

    Moving Through Emotions

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenn茅.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony No 3 in C minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Valentina Peleggi.

  • KJ Hagan

    Miniature No 15 for prepared piano

    Performer: KJ Hagan.

  • Alexandra Hamilton鈥怉yres

    Understanding Now

    Performer: Alexandra Hamilton鈥怉yres. Ensemble: Her Ensemble.
    • Play Echoes.
    • LEITER Verlag GmbH & Co. KG.
    • 5.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Northern Lights

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.

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  • Mon 12 May 2025 18:00
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