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Let go of the day with soothing 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 Lara Somogyi, Arun Sood and Hildegard of Bingen. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Michael J. Wong, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel to help you drift off to sleep.

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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Beau Soir

    Performer: Santiago Cañón-Valencia. Performer: Alim Beisembayev.

  • Lara Somogyi & Rob Moose

    sitting circle

    • Universal Music Operations Ltd.

  • Anthony Hopkins

    Tara

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Decca.

  • Max Bruch

    In der Nacht

    Performer: Eldbjørg Hemsing. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Gergely Madaras.
    • In der Nacht, Op. 72 (Arr. for Violin & Orchestra by Jan-Peter Klöpfel).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Konya Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Ayla Sahin. Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: Alasdair Malloy.
    • Carnival.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 15.

  • Joanna Marsh

    Going to Heaven!

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Going to Heaven!.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.

  • Göran Söllscher

    Morceaux de concert Op.54 (Introduction)

    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Fraser Fifield

    Psalms 62 & 66

    • FRASER FIFIELD.

  • Jimin Oh-Havenith

    Theme and Variations (Theme)

    • audite Musikproduktion.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Os Justi

    Choir: BBC National Chorus of Wales. Conductor: Adrian Partington.

  • Camille Thomas, Sebastian Fritsch, Caterina Isaia, Jiyeon Maeng, Jisoo Kim, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt & Aaron Woyniewicz

    Etude no.5

    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante festivo

    Orchestra: Yamagata Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Chiaki Murakawa.
    • MClassics.

  • Erland Cooper

    Sula bassana (excerpt 1)

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: George Morton.
    • Sula bassana.
    • Mercury KX.

  • Víkingur Ólafsson

    J.S. Bach: Air on the G String (Arr. Ólafsson for Piano from Orchestral Suite No

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

    Cello Sonata in G, Op.50 No.2 (Largo)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Augelletti.

  • Seán Morgan-Rooney

    Miroirs: V. La vallée des cloches

    • Delphian Records.

  • Rebekah Woodier & Romy Wymer

    The Visitor

  • Hildegard of Bingen

    O eterne Deus

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gordon Hamilton.
    • Sony Music Entertainment.

  • Chad Lawson

    room enough - solo piano

    • Chad Lawson Decca US.

  • Toby Carr

    Trois Gymnopédies: No. 1, Lent et douloureux (Arr. for Lute by Toby Carr)

    • Delphian Records.

  • Ketil Bjørnstad & Sandra Lied Haga

    No Answer

    • Simax Classics.

  • I Fagiolini, The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, Robert Hollingworth & Nicholas Mulroy

    Vespers of 1610, SV 206: No. 3, Nigra sum

    • Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610, SV 206: No. 3, Nigra sum.
    • CORO.
    • 1.

  • Fedor Veselov

    14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise

    • Prima Classic.

  • coulou's café

    goethite

    • Arden Records.

  • Andreas Martin

    Preludium

    • Prima Classic.

  • Arun Sood & Angeline Morrison

    Diarmaid Buidhe Donn

    • Real World X.

  • Concerto Scirocco

    Tiento del quinto tono, H.C. f.62v

    • Arcana.

  • Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe

    Afterlife

    • Verve Records.

  • Kenzo Zurzolo

    The Quiet House

    • Silent Songs.

  • Daniil Trifonov & Alberto Ginastera

    Milonga, Op. 3/1

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • The Marais Project

    Les Pleurs

    • Move Records.

  • Ben Michaels

    Kasei Valles: III.

    • Delphian Records.

  • Metamorphose String Orchestra, Pavel Lyubomudrov, Mikael Samsonov & Arseny Kotlyarevsky

    The Gadfly, Op. 97: Prelude - Arr. for 2 Cellos and String Orchestra by P. Lyubo

    • Halidon Classical.

Broadcast

  • Tuesday17:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind