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Relax at the end of the day with sublime 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 Debussy, McCoy Tyner and Imogen Holst. 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 benefits of letter writing.

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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Reverie

    Performer: Oksana Sidyagina.
    • R锚verie, L. 68: R锚verie.
    • Prima Classic.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano concerto No 4 in G major, K 41 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Mozart: Concertone KV 190, Horn Concerto No. 3, KV 447, Piano Concertos No. 2, K.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 8.

  • Billy Strayhorn

    Lush Life

    Performer: Daniela Rossi. Performer: Francisco Correa. Music Arranger: John W. Duarte.
    • Lush Life (arr. for 2 guitars by John W. Duarte).
    • Deux-Elles Limited.
    • 1.

  • Keane Wang

    Don't Be Afraid

    Performer: Keane Wang.
    • Don't Be Afraid.
    • Keane Wang.
    • 1.

  • Peter Warlock

    An Old Song

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Maltworms & Milkmaids.
    • EMF Endeavours.
    • 2.

  • Lucien Durosoir

    Berceuse

    Performer: Emmanuel Despax. Ensemble: Piatti Quartet.
    • Berceuse.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • JB Dunckel

    Wake

    Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Ensemble: Capucelli.
    • Dunckel: Wake.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Thomas Jean Mohamed Rabeh Horeczko

    Rose Bloom

    Performer: Braths. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jim茅nez.
    • Rose Bloom.
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Amy Beach

    Secrets (Children's Carnival, Op 25 No 5)

    Performer: Jeremy Van Slyke.
    • Leaf Music.

  • Adrien-Fran莽ois Servais

    La Romanesca

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Ensemble: Cappella Gabetta.
    • La Romanesca.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Cantique de Jean Racine, Op 11

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Performer: Timothy Ravalde. Performer: Graham Walker. Director: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • Hear My Words: Choral Classics from St John's: Choir of St John's College, Cambr.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Piano Concerto Variation (after Piano concerto in B flat major, K 595 - 2nd mvt)

    Composer: Jan-Peter Kl枚pfel. Performer: Louis Philippson.
    • Mozart Piano Concerto Variation (After Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K..
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sinfonietta (3rd mvt - Andante cantabile)

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

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    The Swan - Reimagined

    Composer: Erik Verwey. Performer: Erik Verwey.
    • The Swan - Reimagined.
    • T茅l猫s Music.
    • 1.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Ambarvalia, Op 70

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Emilie Godden.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Reflections (Ambient Mix)

    Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Ciaran McCabe. Performer: Jon Thorne. Performer: Matthew Sharp.
    • Reflections (Ambient Mix).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • McCoy Tyner

    View from the Hill

    Performer: McCoy Tyner.
    • Revelations.
    • Blue Note.
    • 4.

  • Lauri Porra

    Saari

    Performer: Verneri Pohjola. Performer: Miika Jamsa.
    • Saari (Island).
    • Platoon.
    • 1.

  • Rudy Perrault

    Brother Malcolm

    Performer: Sterling Elliott. Performer: Richard Uttley.

  • 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).

  • Erland Cooper

    Birds of Paradise

    Performer: Freya Goldmark. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • John Dowland

    Lachrimae antiquae (Lachrimae, or Seven Tears)

    Performer: Thomas Dunford. Ensemble: Jupiter.
    • Dowland: Lachrimae antiquae.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Mikhaila Smith

    La Belle Epoque (A Prelude)

    Performer: Mikhaila Smith.
    • NOIR.
    • Platoon.
    • 1.

  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Piano concerto No 3, 'Lebewohl': 4. So aflame in love

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Fritzsch.
    • Elena Kats-Chernin: Ancient Letters.
    • ABC Classic.
    • 9.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Punta Bianca (Reworked by Leo Einaudi)

    Performer: Leo Einaudi.
    • Punta Bianca (Reworked by Leo Einaudi).
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Valse de Reine (4 Characteristic Waltzes, Op 22 No 3)

    Performer: Maya Magub. Performer: Matthew Schellhorn.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Four Characteristic Waltzes.
    • CRD.
    • 3.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The New Four Seasons: Vivaldi Recomposed: Spring 0 + Spring 1

    Composer: Max Richter. Performer: Elena Urioste. Ensemble: Chineke! Orchestra.
    • The New Four Seasons - Vivaldi Recomposed.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Olli Mustonen

    Nonet No 2 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Julian Azkoul.
    • Hommages.
    • BIS.
    • 3.

  • Thomas Farnon

    Prologue

    Performer: Thomas Farnon.
    • Vignettes.
    • Chromium Music Group.
    • 1.

  • Alison Kay

    Lullaby for Isabelle (Piano etudes, No 11)

    Performer: Rob Hao.
    • Palimpsest.
    • Divine Art.
    • 6.

  • Imogen Holst

    On Westhall Hill

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Alice Farnham.
    • Discovering Imogen.
    • NMC.
    • 10.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante defunte

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • 厂补颈苍迟-厂补毛苍蝉.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 19.

  • Eleanor Alberga

    Dancing With The Shadow (Quintet)

    Ensemble: Lontano. Conductor: Odaline de la Mart铆nez.
    • British Women Composers, Volume 2.
    • Lorelt.
    • 12.

  • Amelia Clarkson

    Wings of Peace

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Ulla

    Falling Water Lullaby

    Performer: Ulla.
    • Memories of Log.
    • VAKNAR.
    • 3.

  • Helkemar

    Chimeric Dream

    • Helkemar.

  • Carl Stamitz

    Cello concerto No 1 in G major (2nd mvt - Romance)

    Performer: Klaus-Peter Hahn. Orchestra: Kurpf盲lzisches Kammerorchester.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 21 Sep 2025 17:00
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    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind