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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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Music Played

  • 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 - H盲ndel f眉r Oboe und Orchester.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 16.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2

    • Sony Classical.

  • Lucy Walker

    Give Me Your Stars

    Composer: Sara Teasdale. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • TWENTY.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.

  • John Rutter

    Suite Lyrique (3rd mvt, Aria)

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Orchestra: Sinfonia Cymru. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • DG.

  • Philip Glass

    Mishima/Closing (String Quartet No 3, 'Mishima')

    Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.
    • Of All Joys.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Piano Trio No 2 in A minor (2nd mvmt, Lento)

    Ensemble: Trio Aralia.
    • Entre deux mondes.
    • Initiale.
    • 107.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Petite Suite de Concert

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.

  • Amanda R枚ntgen-Maier

    Six Pieces for Violin & Piano: III. Lento (Arr. for Violin & Harp by Esther Abra

    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • William Lloyd Webber

    Nocturne

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Performer: John Lill.
    • MUSIC OF WILLIAM LLOYD WEBBER.
    • ASV.
    • 4.

  • Carl Baermann

    Clarinet Quintet No. 3, Op. 23: Adagio

    • Chandos.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Pr茅lude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18: I. Pr茅lude. Andantino

    • Sony Classical.

  • Jorge Calandrelli

    Calandrelli: Solitude (Arr. Campbell)

    Lyricist: Jorge Calandrelli. Music Arranger: Paul Campbell.
    • Mercury Classics.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fantasia in D Minor, K. 397

    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Richard Wagner

    5 Gedichte fur eine Frauenstimme, WWV 91 "Wesendonck-Lieder": No. 5, Traume - Ve

    • Believe International.

  • Olivia Belli

    Ithaca Suite: II. Telemachus

    • Sony Classical.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Kuolema (Scene with Cranes)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Anna Yarbrough

    Thirteen Moons

    • Lime Blue Music Limited.

  • Anne Crosby Gaudet

    Music, When Soft Voices Die

    • Anne Crosby Gaudet.

  • 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.

  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20: 2 - Larghetto

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO).

  • Fumio Miyashita

    See The Light (Abridged)

    • Domo Records, Inc.

  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Concerto in D Major, Op. 35a: II. Quasi andante

    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • 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.

  • Carlos Simon

    Hold Fast to Dreams

    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Passaggio

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Judith Weir

    O Viridissima

    Ensemble: Hebrides Ensemble.
    • Airs from Another Planet: Chamber Music and Songs by Judith Weir.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 8.

  • Somei Satoh

    Birds In Warped Time II

    • AVIE Records.

  • Dardust

    Mon Coeur, B茅ton Brut (Piano Solo)

    • Masterworks.

  • Arcade Fire & Owen Pallett

    Song on the Beach

    • Masterworks.

  • Witold Lutos艂awski

    3 Fragmente: II. Ulysse en Itaque

    • Sony Classical.

  • Tunde Jegede

    Reflections (Reprise)

    Performer: Tunde Jegede.
    • Moon Waters.
    • Xiom Music.

  • Poppy Ackroyd

    Quail

    • One Little Independent Records.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Andante in F, 'Andante favori' WoO57

    Performer: Alexander Gadjiev.

  • Eleri Morgan

    Echoes of the Day

  • Adrien de la Salle

    Mosaic

    Composer: Francois Mathian.
    • Little Symphony Records.

  • Figaro Castello

    Drifting Leaves

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia (3-Part Invention) No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 797 (Transcr. for

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

Broadcasts

  • Fri 19 Sep 2025 17:00
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  • Sun 12 Oct 2025 17:00
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