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Welcome calm 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 Vaughan Williams, Snorri Hallgr铆msson and Doreen Carwithen. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how an aromatic bath can aid relaxation.

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3 hours

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Fri 14 Nov 2025 17:00
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Music Played

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Air (Serenade in G major)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Moeran: Cello Concerto, Serenade, Lonely Waters: Johnston, Ulster Orchestra, Fal.
    • Naxos.
    • 05.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Chorale prelude, Op 122, No 5 arr. Busoni for piano

    Performer: Samson Tsoy. Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni.
    • Inmost Heart: Bach, Brahms, Busoni & Reger.
    • Linn Records.
    • 32.

  • Mary Finsterer

    Lumen Prime Aurore

    Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Northey.
    • Lumen Prime Aurore.
    • ABC Classic.
    • 1.

  • Eyd铆s Evensen

    Helena's Sunrise

    Performer: Eyd铆s Evensen.
    • XXIM Records.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    A Good Night

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Signum Records.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez

    Performer: Rapha毛l Feuill芒tre. Orchestra: Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.
    • Spanish Serenades.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • B眉艧ra Kay谋k莽谋

    Bird

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

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Magnolia - suite for piano: 4th movement; Mammy

    Performer: Luke Welch.
    • Luke Welch.

  • George Butterworth

    English Idyll No 2

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Kri拧s Russman.
    • Butterworth: Orchestral Works & Works for Voice & Orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 10.

  • Alanna Crouch

    Waterlilies

    Performer: Alanna Crouch.
    • Piano and Nature.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in D major, Op 44 No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Consone Quartet.

  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Kum ba yah (3 Spirituals)

    Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.

  • Dustin O鈥橦alloran

    Arrival

    Composer: Hauschka. Performer: Dalal.
    • Warner Classics.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Panis angelicus (arranged for orchestra)

    Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Chandos.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Schwanenlied

    Performer: Mats Lidstr枚m. Performer: Leif Kaner鈥怢idstr枚m. Music Arranger: Mats Lidstr枚m.
    • Fanny Mendelssohn: 6 Lieder, Op. 1: No. 1, Schwanenlied (Arr. Lidstr枚m for Cello.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Oliver Davis

    Graceful Giants (Sea Dances, No 2)

    Ensemble: Beth & Flo. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • Oliver Davis: Blue.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.

  • Julie Cooper

    Firedove

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Anna Lapwood. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • Snorri Hallgr铆msson

    Nowhere Again, Kinder

    Performer: Snorri Hallgr铆msson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony No 1 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in G flat major, D 899 No 3

    Performer: Eric Lu.
    • Schubert: Four Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Meditation

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

  • Grace Williams

    Elegy

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.
    • G. Williams: Elegy.
    • Rubicon.
    • 1.

  • Gibran Alcocer

    Idea 20 (orchestral version)

    Performer: Gibran Alcocer.
    • Kurate Music.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Alle Menschen mussen sterben, BWV 262 (arr. for string quartet)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Bach: Chorale "Alle Menschen m眉ssen sterben".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Olivia Belli

    Sapias

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Julien Quentin. Ensemble: Scoring Berlin. Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer.
    • LIFE.
    • Universal Music Operations Ltd.
    • 2.

  • Brian Eno, Leo Abrahams & Jon Hopkins

    Emerald and Stone

    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Konya Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: Ayla Sahin. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Alasdair Malloy.
    • Decca.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Piano concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Magic Flute Lullaby (I am the birdcatcher)

    Performer: Gabriele Bagnati.
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.

  • VLMV

    First Light, Early Morning, With Birdsong

    • State Of Mind Records.

  • Karen Tanaka

    Night Bird

    Performer: Gerard McChrystal.
    • Aria.
    • First Hand Records.
    • 14.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Columba Aspexit (arr. for string quartet by A Fortes)

    Ensemble: Aizuri Quartet.
    • Azica Records.

  • Alexandre Guilmant

    Prayer in F major, Op 16 arr. for piano & accordion

    Performer: Milo拧 Milivojevi膰. Performer: Simon Callaghan. Music Arranger: Milo拧 Milivojevi膰.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Duos for Harmonium and Piano (Arr. for Classical Accordion & Piano.
    • Nimbus Records.
    • 6.

  • Sarah Frances Jenkins

    Music and meditation

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

  • Qasim Naqvi

    Plastic Glacier

    Performer: Qasim Naqvi.
    • Erased Tapes.

  • Eleri Morgan

    The Tides Inside

    Performer: 协谢褝褉懈.
    • Eleri Morgan.

  • Craig Armstrong

    Balcony Scene (From "Romeo & Juliet")

    Orchestra: Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • Shakespeare In Music & Words.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 8.

Broadcasts

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