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Restore calm 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 pieces from the likes of Karl Jenkins, Fela Sowande and Dobrinka Tabakova – plus a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Rod Stryker.

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Music Played

  • Karl Jenkins

    Agnus Dei (The Armed Man)

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • DG.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Schluss

    • Naxos.
  • Henriette Renié

    Harp Concerto in C minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Samuel Jean.
    • Naive.
  • Marin Marais

    La Rêveuse (Suite d'un goût étranger)

    Performer: Myriam Rignol. Performer: Jean Rondeau. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Melaine Dalibert

    Epilogue

    Performer: Vanessa Wagner.
    • THE BACK OFFICE.
  • Frederick Delius

    2 Aquarelles: Lento, ma non troppo

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

    Piano Trio in B flat major, Op 11 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Gryphon Trio.
    • ANALEKTA.
  • Hideyuki Hashimoto

    Unseen

    • Hideyuki Hashimoto.
  • John Metcalf

    Calm

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
  • Bob Chilcott

    Irish Blessing

    Performer: Bob Chilcott. Lyricist: Trad.. Choir: The Oxford Choir.
    • Oxford University Press Music.
  • Fela Sowande

    Onipe (African Suite)

    Orchestra: CBC Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Bernardi.
    • CBC.
  • Philip Glass

    An Unwelcome Friend

    Performer: Nicolas Horvath.
    • Grand Piano.
  • Dustin O’Halloran

    Opus 23

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Impromptu no.2 in B minor

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Decca.
  • Michael Hurd

    Sinfonia Concertante: Andante

    Performer: Ara Malikian. Orchestra: Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra.
    • WM Spain.
  • Olivia Belli

    Grain Moon

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quartet in C minor, Op 2 No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Chaos String Quartet.
  • Peter Broderick

    Eyes Closed And Traveling

    • Erased Tapes.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Nocturne (Arr for Solo Violin and Piano)

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Amy Beach

    Peace I Leave With You

    Ensemble: The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. Conductor: Mark Williams.
    • CORO.
  • Hania Rani

    Preludium c-moll

    Performer: Dobrawa Czocher. Performer: Hania Rani.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Oskar Merikanto

    A Summer Evening's Idyll, Op.16 no.2

    Music Arranger: Jorma Panula. Orchestra: Camerata Finlandia. Conductor: Jorma Panula.
    • NAXOS.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Rosey Chan

    Forest Mystique (Ancient River)

    Performer: Rosey Chan. Orchestra: The Sonic Orchestra.
    • Rosey Chan.
  • Traditional Catalan

    Song of the Birds

    Music Arranger: Pau Casals. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Ensemble: Cellos of the City of Birmingham Orchestra.
    • DECCA.
  • Tayla-Leigh Payne

    Meditation

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.
  • Rebecca Dale

    Jo's Theme

    Performer: Ben Dawson. Conductor: Nigel Short. Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Signum Records.
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Symphony no.5 Op.87 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • Chandos.
  • Chad Lawson

    In the Waiting

    • Chad Lawson Decca US.
  • Donald Grant

    Bha là eile ann (There was a different day)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Orchid Classics.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri, Op.70

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Teldec.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Mammy (Magnolia Suite)

    Performer: Luke Welch.
    • Luke Welch.
  • Brian Eno

    LUX 1.1

    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lute Suite in E minor, BWV 996 (4th mvt, Sarabande)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Delphian.
  • Joe Sinha Semple

    A Night in Oslo

  • Max Richter

    Non-eternal: Part 1

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • George Frideric Handel

    Suite No. 8 in F Minor, HWV 433 - I. Prélude

    Performer: Seong‐Jin Cho.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Nala Sinephro

    Space 1

    • Warp Records.
  • Richard Strauss

    Moonlight Music (Capriccio)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Dario Marianelli

    Dawn

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Lang Lang. Performer: Gina Alice Redlinger. Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Imogen Holst

    Agnus Dei (Mass in A minor)

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Choir: Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Signum Records.
  • Haruhisa Tanaka

    Dusk

    • Nettwerk Music Group.
  • Alstad

    Heartbreak

    • Aemeralds GmbH.
  • Edward MacDowell

    To a Wild Rose

    Performer: Claire Jones. Ensemble: London Mozart Players.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Waltz No 15 in A Flat, Op 39

    Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

Broadcasts

  • Fri 15 Nov 2024 18:00
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