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Welcome in your evening with calming 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 Karen Tanaka, Tchaikovsky and Peter Gregson. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Michael James Wong, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how getting to bed early can help you feel more relaxed and calm.

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Music Played

  • Ruaidri Dáll Ó Catháin

    Tabhair dom do Lámh

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Max Baillie. Performer: Alistair Vennart. Performer: Hadewych van Gent. Performer: Sam Becker. Performer: Leif Kaner‐Lidström. Music Arranger: Sam Becker.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Michael Praetorius

    Det är en ros utsprungen (Arr. Sandström for Vocal Ensemble)

    Lyricist: Anon.. Ensemble: VOCES8. Ensemble: Ringmasters.
    • Praetorius: Det är en ros utsprungen (Arr. Sandström for Vocal Ensemble).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • JB Dunckel

    Égérie (Version for Flute and Piano)

    • Égérie (Version for Flute and Piano).
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Charles Berry

    Cello Concerto - Moderato

    Composer: Edward Elgar.
    • ALIBI Classical.

  • Gustavo Santaolalla

    Theme from "The Last of Us"

    Composer: Jake Staley. Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Autumn

    • A Thing of Beauty.
    • ABC Classic.
    • 16.

  • Frederick Delius

    Summer Night on the River

    Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Delius: Orchestral Works.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 6.

  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Piano Quintet "Detroit": IV. Prayer

    • Adolphus Hailstork: Chamber Works.
    • Navona Records.
    • 4.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Symphony No 2 in B minor

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Karen Tanaka

    Water Dance II

    • Crystalline - Piano Music by Karen Tanaka.
    • 2L.
    • 3.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Suite in D Minor, HWV 448: IV. Sarabande I (Arr. for Guitar by Gerard Cousins)

    • Handel: Suite in D Minor, HWV 448: IV. Sarabande I (Arr. for Guitar by Gerard Co.
    • Prima Classic.
    • 1.

  • Caroline Schleicher Kraemer

    Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano: Larghetto

    Ensemble: Il Cenacolo della Chimera.
    • Clarinet Repertoire of Women Composers.
    • VDE-GALLO.
    • 5.

  • Thomas Donald

    Prelude no.1 in C major

    • Thames International.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance for strings, Op 11

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Decca.

  • Tönen

    Is It The Same

    • Is It The Same (Quintet Version).
    • TRIDECA Records.
    • 1.

  • Emil von Sauer

    Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Scharwenka/Sauer: Piano Concertos: Hough/CBSO/Foster.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Michael A. Muller

    Elyria (Daigo Hanada Rework)

    Lyricist: Michael A. Muller.
    • Lower River Reworks.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne

    Music Arranger: Thomas Dunford.
    • Bach.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.

  • Florian Christl

    Sehnsucht

    • Inspiration.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 5.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Andante cantabile (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra from String Quartet No. 1 in D M

    Conductor: Ari Rasilainen.
    • Tchaikovsky, Saint Saens, Ginastera.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 10.

  • Peter Gregson

    Constellation

    • Peter Gregson.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 4.

  • Oscar Peterson

    Hymn to Freedom

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Hold These Truths.
    • Pentatone.
    • 103.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 5 in D major, Op 107, 'Reformation' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos.3 - 5; THe Hebrides, etc. - Wiener Philharmoniker, D.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Brian Eno

    Afterlife

    Composer: Beatie Wolfe. Lyricist: Brian Eno. Lyricist: Beatie Wolfe.
    • Afterlife.
    • Verve.
    • 1.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    In Flight

    • In Flight.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Goodnight Moon

    • Goodnight Moon.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Meditation

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Heron.

  • Reena Esmail

    America/Desh

    • America/Beautiful.
    • Delos.
    • 9.

  • Anita Tatlow

    silent aurora

    Composer: Jun Futamata.
    • Echoes Blue Music.

  • Robert Lucas Pearsall

    Lay a garland

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Agnes Obel

    Riverside

    Lyricist: Agnes Obel.
    • Philharmonics.
    • Play It Again Sam.
    • 20.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prélude in G-Flat Major, Op. 23, No. 10 - Adapted by Mischa Maisky

    Lyricist: Mischa Maisky.
    • Infinite Rachmaninoff.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 22.

  • Philip Glass

    Raising the sail

    • 33.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 10.

  • Evert Van Eynde

    Shed My Skin

    • Evert Van Eynde.

  • Georg Benda

    Violin Concerto in G Minor: Grave (Arr. For cello and strings)

    Orchestra: Prague Chamber Orchestra.
    • Benda, J.A.: Medea.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Tuesday 17:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind