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Evening mood music for relaxation

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 Schubert, Melissa Parmenter and JS Bach – plus a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Michael J Wong.

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Music Played

  • Samuel Dushkin

    Sicilienne

    Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Julia Hamos.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Music Arranger: Giovanni Sgambati. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Peter Gregson

    Mirror

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.5 in C sharp minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Will Todd

    Softly

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Ivor Gurney

    5 Elizabethan Songs: No. 5, Sleep (Arr. W. Newell for String Quartet)

    • Orchid Classics.

  • Franz Schubert

    Ständchen, S. 560 (Trans. from Schwanengesang No. 4, D. 957)

    Composer: Franz Liszt.
    • Sony Classical.

  • William Lloyd Webber

    Nocturne

    Performer: John Lill. Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber.
    • ASV.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Arioso (Adagio in G) from Cantata BWV 156 (Arr. by Lloyd Webber)

    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Melissa Parmenter

    Ostuni

    • Globe Productions.

  • Antonio Cesti

    Intorno all'idol mio (Orontea)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Roland Pöntinen.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Florence Price

    String Quartet no.2 in A Minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 10.

  • John Williams

    Reverie

    • Sony Classical.

  • Claude Debussy

    Rêverie (Arr. by Nicole Esposito and Çagatay Akyol)

    • MSR Classics.

  • William Grant Still

    3 Visions (Summerland)

    Performer: Monica Gaylord.
    • MUSIC & ARTS.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Northern Lights

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Tabakova: Nocturne (Arr. for Solo Violin and Piano)

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55: IV. Solveig's Song

    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Erland Cooper

    Holm Sound

    Performer: Erland Cooper.
    • Phases.

  • Trad.

    Now Found is the Fairest of Roses

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • ECM.

  • Max Richter

    Late and Soon

    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).

  • Aukai

    Inward Road

    • Aukai Music.

  • Yiruma

    la fine

    • Universal Music Ltd..

  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Meditation

    Performer: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Heron.

  • Domenico Zipoli

    Elevazione for oboe, cello and strings

    Performer: Julia Girdwood. Performer: Robert Truman. Ensemble: Consort of London. Conductor: Robert Haydon Clark.
    • Collins Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    For Jóhann

    Composer: Christian Badzura.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Jóhann Jóhannsson

    Orphic Hymn

    Ensemble: Theatre of Voices. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Magnolia: IV. Mammy

    • Luke Welch.

  • Michael Hoppé

    Long Ago

    Composer: Martin Tillman.
    • Chordially Yours Music.

  • Marin Marais

    Pièces de viole, Livre IV, Suite d'un goût étranger: La Rêveuse

    • Warner Classics.

  • Craig Armstrong

    Nocturne 4

    • Modern Recordings.

  • Agnes Obel

    Parliament Of Owls

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Owen Pallett

    Owl

    Composer: Edwin Butler. Composer: Régine Chassagne. Composer: Richard Reed Parry. Composer: William Butler. Composer: Timothy Kingsbury. Composer: Sarah Neufeld. Composer: Jeremy Gara.
    • Masterworks.

  • Hideyuki Hashimoto

    Catch The Night In Marble

    Composer: Kevin Jozef A Imbrechts.
    • ferryhouse productions GmbH & Co KG.

  • Nico Muhly

    The Street (harp solo): Station IV. Jesus meets his Mother

    Composer: Alice Goodman.
    • Kings College Cambridge.

  • Freya Arde

    Arde: Moon Window

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Jules Massenet

    Meditation (from "Thais")

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Chad Lawson

    Lawson: irreplaceable

    Conductor: James Southall. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chad Lawson Decca US.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 14 Nov 202418:00
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  • Mon 24 Nov 202517:00
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