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Exhale at the end of the day with restorative 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 Isobel Waller-Bridge, Florence Price and Jasdeep Singh Degun – plus some Wind Down Wisdom from award-winning science podcaster Caroline Steel.

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Fri 28 Nov 202517:00
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Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Contemplation (Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Op 105 No 1)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Deustche Grammophon.

  • Joel Christian Goffin

    Waterfelt

    Performer: Joel Christian Goffin.
    • Joel Christian Goffin.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sinfonietta (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch.
    • Poulenc: La voix humaine.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 24.

  • Erland Cooper

    Movement 5 - part 2 (instrumental)

    Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Mercury Classics.

  • Taylor Scott Davis

    Stardust

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Dorothy Howell

    2 Pieces for muted strings - No 1

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Teresa Riveiro Böhm.

  • Nabil Benabdeljalil

    Nocturne No. 4

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • SOMM.

  • Peter Gregson

    Somnia

    Performer: Peter Gregson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 4 in A major, Op 90 - Italian (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonie der Nationen. Conductor: Justus Frantz.

  • Rita Strohl

    Trio in G minor (2nd mvt: Prayer)

    Performer: Raphaëlle Moreau. Performer: Edgar Moreau. Performer: Tanguy de Williencourt.
    • La Boîte à Pépites.

  • Tony Ann

    HOPE

    Performer: Tony Ann.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.

  • Louis Spohr

    Symphonie concertante for violin, harp and orchestra in G major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: María Dueñas. Performer: Volker Kempf. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Beethoven and Beyond.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Gustav Holst

    Neptune (The Planets)

    Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.

  • Alexandra Stréliski

    The Hills

    Performer: Alexandra Stréliski.
    • XXIM Records.

  • Patrik Almkvisth

    The day she left

    Ensemble: LUCHS.
    • Nettwerk Music Group.

  • Victoria Yagling

    Aria (Suite for cello & string orchestra)

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings. Conductor: Daniel Dodds.
    • Sony.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Variation 7 (arr. Sitkovetsky for cello and violin)

    Music Arranger: Dmitry Sitkovetsky. Performer: Arlen Hlusko. Performer: Lun Li.
    • Bright Shiny Things.

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    Una limosnita por el amor de Dios

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • Warner Music Group.

  • Jasdeep Singh Degun

    Veer

    • Real World Records.

  • Goldmund

    Sometimes

    Ensemble: Goldmund.
    • Western Vinyl.

  • Sam Rapley

    Ease

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 43 in E flat major, 'Mercury' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: The Hanover Band. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • Hyperion.

  • BPMoore & annasara

    A Lifetime Rolls By - annasara rework

    • Rhodium.

  • Adolphus Hailstork

    God be merciful

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Piotr Wiese

    Changes

    Performer: Piotr Wiese.
    • 1631 Recordings.

  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasy in C major, D 934 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Martin Helmchen.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    An Exercise In Restraint (Until You Go)

    Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • Mercury Classics.

  • Jim Perkins

    The North Wind - Daigo Hanada re-work

    Performer: Daigo Hanada.
    • Bigo and Twigetti.

  • Caroline Shaw

    The Mona Lisa

    Performer: John Patitucci. Performer: Sō Percussion. Ensemble: Attacca Quartet. Choir: Roomful of Teeth.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Don Macdonald

    When the Earth Stands Still

    Choir: Lyyra.
    • VOCES8 Records.

  • Aphex Twin

    aisatsana [102]

    • Warp Records.

  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    Piano Trio (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Gould Piano Trio.

  • Tamsin Elliott

    Nightsong

    Performer: Tamsin Elliott.

  • Jonas Gewald

    Ruh

    Performer: Jonas Gewald.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Oliver Vibrans

    Restless Muscle

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenné.

  • Haydn Wood

    Piano Concerto in D minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Hamish Milne. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.

  • Alex Komlew

    VANITAS

    Orchestra: Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg. Conductor: Alex Komlew.
    • Made of Music Records.

  • Stephan Moccio

    Le Jardin de Monsieur Monet

    Performer: Stephan Moccio.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).

  • Florence Price

    Ethiopia's Shadow in America, Part 2: His resignation and faith

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

Broadcasts

  • Thu 21 Nov 202418:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Mon 24 Mar 202518:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thu 12 Jun 202518:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Fri 5 Sep 202517:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Fri 28 Nov 202517:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind