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Soundtrack your evening 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 Fanny Mendelssohn, Hania Rani and Elgar – plus some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on a small and meaningful way to prepare for rest.

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    2 Chansons, Op. 15: No. 1, Chanson de nuit (Orchestral Version)

    Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics International.

  • Konstantia Gourzi

    wind whispers, Op. 85: II. floating leaf

    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne No. 1

    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Humming Chorus (Madame Butterfly)

    Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ivan Repušić.
    • BR-Klassik.

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Butterflying

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • ABC CLASSICS.

  • Rachel Portman

    Flight

    Conductor: Erina Yashima.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Gustav Holst

    A Moorside Suite, H. 173: II. Nocturne. Adagio

    • Chandos.

  • Dario Marianelli

    Life on the Moors

    Conductor: Benjamin Wallfisch.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Spiegel im Spiegel

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    The Willow Song (Othello - suite Op.79)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Fawzi Haimor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Sophie Hutchings

    Swimming Into The Light

    • Mercury Classics.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartet In F Major K.168

    Ensemble: Chaos String Quartet.

  • Alexandra Hamilton‐Ayres

    Doubts

    • LEITER Verlag GmbH & Co. KG.

  • Jennifer Higdon

    All Things Majestic (String Lake)

    Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero.
    • Naxos.

  • Don Macdonald

    When the Earth Stands Still

    Choir: Lyyra.
    • VOCES8 Records.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Adagio (After Bach's Keyboard Concerto, BWV 974)

    • Warner Classics.

  • Olivia Belli

    Valadier

    • XXIM Records.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Nocturne (Pan Voyevoda - Suite Op.59)

    Orchestra: Russian State Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Full Moon

    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Claude Debussy

    Suite bergamasque, CD 82, L. 75: III. Clair de lune

    Music Arranger: Jérôme Ducros. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Adrien Perruchon. Conductor: Adrien Perruchon.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Lloyd Coleman

    Luminescence

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Henry Purcell

    Music for a While (from Oedipus, Z. 583)

    • Sony Classical.

  • Philip Glass

    Façades

    Performer: John Harle. Performer: Simon Haram. Orchestra: London Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Orlande de Lassus

    La nuit froide et sombre (arr for string quartet)

    Music Arranger: Sini Simonen. Ensemble: Castalian String Quartet.
    • Delphian.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Un Dia de noviembre

    Performer: Ricardo Cobo.
    • NAXOS.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    MUJI2020

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • Commmons.

  • Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Wandrers Nachtlied II, D. 768 (Transcr. for Cello and Piano)

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Stephan Moccio

    The Wanderer

    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).

  • Florian Christl

    Lights

    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Paul Lewis

    English Suite: Meditation

    Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • Naxos.

  • Chia-Pei Chen

    Passages of Time

    • Platoon.

  • Julie Cooper

    Illusion

    • Signum Records.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Rameau: Les tendres plaintes-Rondeau, RCT 3/1

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Carlos Simon

    Be Still and Know

    • Navona.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: 6 Pieces for Piano, P. 44: No. 3. Notturno. Lento (Version for Harp)

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Florence Price

    Night

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden.
    • Chandos.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 12 Nov 2024 18:00
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  • Sat 23 Nov 2024 18:00
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  • Fri 13 Dec 2024 18:00
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  • Sat 15 Mar 2025 18:00
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  • Thu 5 Jun 2025 18:00
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  • Tue 12 Aug 2025 18:00
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  • Sunday 17:00
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