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Ease into the evening 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 pieces from the likes of Eric Satie, Belle Chen and Beethoven. We Press Pause with mindfulness champion Izzy Judd and discover some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science presenter Caroline Steel on why taking a bath at the end of a busy day is the ultimate in relaxation.

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Music Played

  • Frank Bridge

    Berceuse

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Bridge: Suite for Strings etc: Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Conifer.
    • 15.

  • Lisa Kriegler

    Feast Of The Rosary

    Performer: Lisa Kriegler.
    • Feast Of The Rosary.
    • Piano Mosaic.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in B flat major K.361 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: LSO Wind Ensemble.
    • MOZART Serenade No 10 for winds Gran Partita.
    • LSO Live.
    • 3.

  • Florence Price

    Andante con espressione

    Performer: Mark Cargill. Performer: Gerry Bryant.
    • Navona.

  • Jon Hopkins

    Scene suspended

    Performer: Eleanor Turner. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Choir: Voces 8.
    • Decca.

  • Léo Delibes

    Flower Duet from Lakme

    Performer: Lang Lang. Music Arranger: Émile Naoumoff.
    • Delibes: Lakmé: Flower Duet (Arr. Naoumoff for Piano).
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Angela Morley

    Reverie

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Ensemble: Her Ensemble.
    • Rêverie.
    • Sony.
    • 1.

  • Bright Sheng

    Black Swan [after Brahms' Intermezzo in A major Op.118 no.2]

    Orchestra: Kansas City Symphony. Conductor: Michael Stern.
    • Brahms: Reimagined Orchestrations.
    • Reference Recordings.
    • 12.

  • Yann Tiersen

    Nursery Rhyme from another summer (Amelie)

    Composer: Sérgio Assad. Performer: Plínio Fernandes.
    • Comptine d'un autre été : L'Après-midi (Arr. for Guitar by Sérgio Assad) (From ".
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise Op.34

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.

  • Luke Faulkner

    Ode to Peace

    Performer: Tom Huet. Performer: Luke Faulkner.
    • Esja.
    • 8.

  • Akira Kosemura

    A Mother's Touch

    Performer: Akira Kosemura.
    • A Mother's Touch (From ”A Mother's Touch" Soundtrack).
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 1.

  • Josephine Lang

    Gruss in die Ferne, Op 44

    Performer: Ian Tindale.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard concerto No 7 in G minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jörg Halubek. Ensemble: Il Gusto Barocco.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Edmund Finnis

    String Quartet No 3 (Devotions) - 3rd mvt

    Ensemble: Solem Quartet.
    • Devotions (String Quartet No 3): III..
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.

  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    Stars

    Choir: Sjaella.
    • Origins.
    • Fuga Libera.
    • 14.

  • Julie Cooper

    MOONGLADE in Jet Black

    Performer: Joby Burgess. Performer: Camilla Pay. Performer: Julie Cooper. Ensemble: Her Ensemble. Ensemble: Oculus Ensemble. Conductor: Jessica Cottis.
    • Julie Cooper: Oculus.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Belle Chen

    Closer

    Performer: Belle Chen.
    • Ravel In The Forest.
    • Platoon.
    • 7.

  • Poldowski

    Caledonian Market (Excerpts): No. 6, Musical Box

    Performer: Jan Philip Schulze.
    • Legends.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 12.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante défunte

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    24 Preludes Op.11 (no.21 in B flat major)

    Performer: Julius Asal.
    • Scriabin – Scarlatti: Singles (Pt. 1).
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Will Everitt

    Be Kind to Yourself

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenné.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Beethoven Complete Piano Concertos Lewis - Belohlavek.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.

  • Grzegorz Ciechowski

    Smierc na piec

    Performer: Hania Rani. Performer: Dobrawa Czocher. Music Arranger: Hania Rani.
    • Biała flaga (Remastered 2021).
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Brandee Younger

    Dreamful Love Story

    Performer: Brandee Younger.
    • Serenity: A Collection Of Mindful Meditations.
    • Impulse!.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Rosamunde (Entr'acte no.3 in B flat major)

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pavane (Sam Thompson Rework)

    Composer: Sam Thompson. Performer: Sam Thompson. Performer: Peter Gregson. Performer: Martha Thompson.
    • Summer Tales.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopedie No 1 (version for 2 pianos)

    Performer: Vanessa Wagner. Performer: Wilhem Latchoumia.
    • Piano Twins.
    • La Dolce Volta.
    • 7.

  • Nightports & Matthew Bourne

    Unveil

    • Dulcitone 1804.
    • The Leaf Label Ltd.
    • 3.

  • Kate Grant

    Lullaby - Chapter 4

    Performer: Kate Grant.

  • Johannes Ockeghem

    Deo Gratias

    Choir: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.
    • Utopia Triumphans.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 004.

  • Nick Martin

    Kołysanka [Lullaby]

    Performer: Daniel Pioro. Performer: Katherine Tinker.
    • Platoon.

  • Misha Mullov-Abbado

    The Stage Hand

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.

  • Melissa Parmenter

    Cley

    Performer: Melissa Parmenter.
    • Cley.
    • Globe Productions.
    • 1.

  • Eric Fogg

    Sea-Sheen - an Idyll, Op 17

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Chisholm: Symphony No. 2 - Hold: The Unreturning Spring - Fogg: Merok & Sea Shee.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 15.

  • GÅEL

    Through the Fields

  • Haythem Mahbouli

    Farewell to Earth

    Orchestra: Budapest Scoring Orchestra. Conductor: Haythem Mahbouli.
    • Schole Records.

  • Dawn Chorus and the Infallible Sea

    Deus

    • Reveries.
    • Sonic Cathedral.
    • 2.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in E flat major, Op 9 No 2

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