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Slow down with sublime 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 Brahms, Nils Frahm and Alanna Crouch. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Michael James Wong, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on the positive benefits of a bit of self reflection.

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Pifa (Pastoral symphony) from the Messiah, arr. for piano

    Performer: Martin Stadtfeld. Music Arranger: Martin Stadtfeld.
    • H?ndel Pifa (After Messiah, HWV 56, Arr. for Piano by Martin Stadtfeld).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Stephan Moccio

    Fracture

    Performer: Plínio Fernandes. Music Arranger: Sérgio Assad.
    • Fracture (Arr. for Guitar by Sérgio Assad).
    • Decca Records US.
    • 1.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Mélodie in Ab Major (arr. for orchestra)

    Music Arranger: Christopher Hussey. Conductor: Shea Lolin. Orchestra: Prague Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.
    • Mélodie in Ab Major (arr. for orchestra).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Lara Somogyi

    reverence

    Composer: Jean‐Michel Blais. Performer: Lara Somogyi. Performer: Jean‐Michel Blais.
    • 诲é蝉别谤迟.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano sonata No 8 in C minor, Op 13 (Pathetique) - 2nd mvt

    Performer: Nobuyuki Tsujii.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 \"Hammerklavier\"; An die ferne Geliebte (Arr. Li.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 11.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sinfonietta (3rd mvt - Andante cantabile)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrei Feher.

  • Yoshinao Nakada

    Natsu no Omoide

    Performer: 溝口肇.
    • yours;Gift.
    • VAP Inc..
    • 15.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin concerto in D major, Op 77 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Brahms & Busoni Violin Concertos.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 5.

  • Emma Jackson

    loving softly

    Performer: Emma Jackson.
    • beyond the noise.
    • Andante Piano.
    • 4.

  • William Lloyd Webber

    The Moon

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Julian Lloyd Webber.
    • And the Bridge Is Love: English Music for Strings.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Trad.

    Lisa Lan (arr. Alis Huws for harp)

    Performer: Alis Huws. Music Arranger: Alis Huws. Music Arranger: Alis Huws. Music Arranger: Alis Huws.
    • Lisa L?n (Arr. Huws for Harp).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • James Heather

    Forgotten Cities

    Performer: James Heather.
    • Invisible Forces.
    • Ahead Of Our Time.
    • 6.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Galop from Suite for viola and small orchestra

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi & Suite; McEwen: Viola Concerto.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard concerto in D minor, BWV 974 (2nd mvt - Adagio)

    Performer: Andrew von Oeyen.
    • Saint-Sa?ns: Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Haythem Mahbouli

    Catching the first moment

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Haythem Mahbouli.
    • Catching Moments in Time.
    • Schole Records.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger

    Toccata VI

    Performer: Thibaut Roussel.
    • The Last Rose.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 18.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Beati quorum via (from Three Motets)

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

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopedie No 1 arr. flute & guitar

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Performer: Sharon Bezaly.
    • Chapeau Satie.
    • Platoon.
    • 4.

  • Elliott Jack Sansom

    The Three Of Us

    Performer: Elliott Jack Sansom.
    • Night Light.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 12.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Un sonnet d'amour from Petite suite de concert

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
    • Decca.

  • Daniel Luke

    Shadow Dance

    Performer: Daniel Luke.
    • Shadow Dance.
    • Daniel Luke.
    • 2.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Apres un reve

    Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Sam Armstrong.

  • Nils Frahm

    Canton

    Performer: Nils Frahm.
    • Leiter.

  • Ghislaine Reece-Trapp

    Gratitude

    Choir: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sarah Latto.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 3 in F major, Op 90 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.

  • Thomas Farnon

    Someone Else's World

    Performer: Thomas Farnon.
    • Someone Else's World.
    • Chromium Music Group.
    • 1.

  • Anna Simonetta

    Slowly Breaking Free

    Performer: Mirjam Mudde. Performer: Anna Simonetta.
    • Little Symphony Records.

  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque No 1 in E major transcribed for harp

    Performer: Marleen de Bakker.
    • Mena.
    • 7 Mountain Records.
    • 11.

  • Alanna Crouch

    A Summer Afternoon

    Performer: Alanna Crouch.
    • Bigo & Twigetti.

  • Georges Bizet

    Adagietto from L'Arlesienne, Suite No 1

    Orchestra: The Philharmonia of the Nations. Conductor: Justus Frantz.
    • Grieg, Bizet.
    • Enterprises Sonor.
    • 15.

  • Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe

    Big Empty Country

    • Suddenly/Big Empty Country (Edit).
    • Verve.
    • 2.

  • Justus Rümenapp & Freya Arde

    Nebra

    • Nebra.
    • Freya Arde, Justus Rümenapp.
    • 1.

  • Emily Lim

    The Sun, Unafraid to Shine

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

  • Dora Peja?evi?

    Piano quartet in D minor, Op 25 (2nd mvt - Adagio)

    Performer: Stephen King. Ensemble: Seraphim Trio.
    • Radiante.
    • ABC Classic.
    • 11.

  • Peter Gregson

    Prism

    Performer: Peter Gregson.
    • Peter Gregson.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 2.

  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Meditation

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Heron.

  • Midori Hirano & CoH

    Disperse

    • Sudden Fruit.
    • Ici, d'ailleurs.
    • 9.

  • Alain Lefèvre

    Seduction

    Performer: Alain Lefèvre.
    • 厂é诲耻肠迟颈辞苍.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Mark Barrott

    Looking Through The Mirror Of The Soul

    Remix Artist: Chihei Hatakeyama.
    • Everything Changes, Nothing Ends (The Remixes).
    • Anjunachill.
    • 2.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nocturne, Op 19 No 4 (transc. Langley for violin & piano)

    Performer: Christian Li. Performer: Nicola Eimer.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

Broadcasts

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