Relax into the evening with 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 Handel, Lucy Walker and Poppy Ackroyd, plus some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel.
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George Frideric Handel
Handel: "Will the Sun Forget to Streak" from Oratorio 'Solomon', HWV 67
Music Arranger: Andreas N. Tarkmann. Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia.- New Seasons - Händel für Oboe und Orchester.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 16.
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Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2
- Sony Classical.
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Lucy Walker
Give Me Your Stars
Composer: Sara Teasdale. Ensemble: VOCES8.- TWENTY.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 6.
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John Rutter
Suite Lyrique (3rd mvt, Aria)
Performer: Catrin Finch. Orchestra: Sinfonia Cymru. Conductor: John Rutter.- DG.
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Philip Glass
Mishima/Closing (String Quartet No 3, 'Mishima')
Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.- Of All Joys.
- Sony Classical.
- 10.
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Cécile Chaminade
Piano Trio No 2 in A minor (2nd mvmt, Lento)
Ensemble: Trio Aralia.- Entre deux mondes.
- Initiale.
- 107.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
Amanda Röntgen-Maier
Six Pieces for Violin & Piano: III. Lento (Arr. for Violin & Harp by Esther Abra
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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William Lloyd Webber
Nocturne
Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Performer: John Lill.- MUSIC OF WILLIAM LLOYD WEBBER.
- ASV.
- 4.
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Carl Baermann
Clarinet Quintet No. 3, Op. 23: Adagio
- Chandos.
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César Franck
Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18: I. Prélude. Andantino
- Sony Classical.
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Jorge Calandrelli
Calandrelli: Solitude (Arr. Campbell)
Lyricist: Jorge Calandrelli. Music Arranger: Paul Campbell.- Mercury Classics.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fantasia in D Minor, K. 397
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Richard Wagner
5 Gedichte fur eine Frauenstimme, WWV 91 "Wesendonck-Lieder": No. 5, Traume - Ve
- Believe International.
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Olivia Belli
Ithaca Suite: II. Telemachus
- Sony Classical.
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Jean Sibelius
Kuolema (Scene with Cranes)
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. -
Anna Yarbrough
Thirteen Moons
- Lime Blue Music Limited.
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Anne Crosby Gaudet
Music, When Soft Voices Die
- Anne Crosby Gaudet.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a rococo theme, Op 33 (Variation 3)
Performer: Edgar Moreau. Orchestra: Luzerner Sinfonieorchester. Conductor: Michael Sanderling.- Rococo.
- Warner Classics.
- 4.
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Edward Elgar
Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20: 2 - Larghetto
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO).
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Fumio Miyashita
See The Light (Abridged)
- Domo Records, Inc.
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Ferruccio Busoni
Concerto in D Major, Op. 35a: II. Quasi andante
- Chandos Records Limited.
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Fergus McCreadie
Forest Floor
Performer: Fergus McCreadie. Performer: David Bowden. Performer: Steve Henderson. -
Margaret Bonds
Bright Star (Arr. for String Quartet by Ellie Consta)
- Her Ensemble.
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Carlos Simon
Hold Fast to Dreams
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Ludovico Einaudi
Passaggio
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Judith Weir
O Viridissima
Ensemble: Hebrides Ensemble.- Airs from Another Planet: Chamber Music and Songs by Judith Weir.
- Delphian Records.
- 8.
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Somei Satoh
Birds In Warped Time II
- AVIE Records.
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Dardust
Mon Coeur, Béton Brut (Piano Solo)
- Masterworks.
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Arcade Fire & Owen Pallett
Song on the Beach
- Masterworks.
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Witold Lutosławski
3 Fragmente: II. Ulysse en Itaque
- Sony Classical.
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Tunde Jegede
Reflections (Reprise)
Performer: Tunde Jegede.- Moon Waters.
- Xiom Music.
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Poppy Ackroyd
Quail
- One Little Independent Records.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Andante in F, 'Andante favori' WoO57
Performer: Alexander Gadjiev. -
Eleri Morgan
Echoes of the Day
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Adrien de la Salle
Mosaic
Composer: Francois Mathian.- Little Symphony Records.
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Figaro Castello
Drifting Leaves
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia (3-Part Invention) No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 797 (Transcr. for
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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