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Embrace calm 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 music from the likes of Anoushka Shankar, Aaron Copland and Nadia Boulanger – plus essential Wind Down Wisdom on how something as simple as moving your body can help you de-stress from the pressures of your day.

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Thu 4 Dec 202517:00
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Music Played

  • Nadia Boulanger

    Lux aeterna

    Performer: Adrien La Marca. Performer: Danae Dörken.
    • La Dolce Volta.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Reverie Orientale

    Performer: Roeland Hendrikx. Performer: Nicolas Dupont. Performer: Noémie Tiercet. Performer: Sander Geerts. Performer: Sébastien Walnier.
    • Antarctica Records.

  • Matteo Myderwyk

    Renaissance

    Performer: Matteo Myderwyk.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Orlande de Lassus

    Toutes Les Nuitz

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
    • Signum Classics.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Rose Bay

    Performer: Ludovico Einaudi.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 3 in E flat major, 'Rhenish', Op 97 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Duncan Moss

    Reflection

    Performer: Duncan Moss.
    • Mossy Music.

  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Symphony No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Naxos.

  • Ben Pearson

    Comes Back Again

    Performer: Ben Pearson. Performer: Caoimhe de Paor. Performer: Harry Escott.
    • Signum Records.

  • Anna Clyne

    Shorthand REDUX

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Ensemble: The Knights. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Samuel Dushkin

    Sicilienne

    Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Julia Hamos.

  • Margaret Tobolowska

    Raindrops from Heaven

    Performer: Margaret Tobolowska.
    • Margaret Maria.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K 466 (2nd mvt - Romance)

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Sony.

  • Brian Eno

    Emerald and Stone

    Composer: Jon Hopkins. Composer: Leo Abrahams. Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK.

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Granada from Suite espanola

  • Shuai Zhang

    Snowflakes (arr. for Piano)

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Claude Debussy

    Des pas sur la neige (Preludes, Book 1 No 6)

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

  • Jade Ashtangini

    Calm Wind

    • Aemeralds GmbH.

  • Jim Copperthwaite

    Ruins

    Performer: Jim Copperthwaite.
    • Village Green Recordings.

  • Edwin York Bowen

    Reverie in B major, Op 86

    Performer: Nuron Mukumi.
    • Prospero Classical.

  • Jean‐Michel Blais

    escaliers

    Composer: Lara Somogyi. Performer: Lara Somogyi. Performer: Jean‐Michel Blais.
    • Mercury Classics.

  • Tom Thorp

    Embrace vulnerability

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.

  • Eydís Evensen

    Bylur

    Performer: Eydís Evensen. Performer: Sólveig Vaka Eyþórsdóttir. Performer: Pétur Björnsson. Performer: Guðbjartur Hákonarson. Performer: Hrafnhildur Marta Guðmundsdóttir. Performer: Birgir Steinn Theodorsson.
    • XXIM Records.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Cello concerto No 6 in D major, G 479 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • Hyperion.

  • Jon Hopkins

    Forever Held

    Performer: Jon Hopkins. Performer: Ólafur Arnalds.
    • Domino Recording Co.

  • Franz Liszt

    Nocturne in A flat major (Liebestraume, S 541)

    Performer: Jenő Jandó.
    • Naxos.

  • Peter Sandberg

    Motion

    Performer: Peter Sandberg.
    • Believe International.

  • Vicente Lusitano

    Sancta Maria

    Ensemble: The Marian Consort. Director: Rory McCleery.
    • Linn Records.

  • Sarah Neutkens

    Bright Edge Deep

    Ensemble: Alma Quartet.
    • Universal Music, a division of Universal International Music BV.

  • Felix Rösch

    Humming Bird Rework

    Ensemble: Mondëna Quartet.
    • SilentGreen Records.

  • Hayato Sumino

    Nocturne I - Pre Rain

    Performer: Hayato Sumino.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Samn Johnson

    Consolation No 18: Canon per speculum

    Performer: Samn Johnson.
    • Samn Johnson.

  • Hinako Omori

    asagao

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenné.

  • Aaron Copland

    Quiet City

    Performer: Simon Höfele. Performer: Sarah-Jane Porsmoguer. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.

  • Anoushka Shankar

    Offering

    Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ames.
    • Leiter Verlag GmbH & Co. KG.

  • Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight (Piano Version)

    Performer: Max Richter.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Julian Lloyd Webber

    Jasmine

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Louis Philippson.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 26 Nov 202418:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 7 Dec 202418:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Fri 27 Dec 202418:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Wed 26 Mar 202518:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 14 Jun 202518:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thu 4 Dec 202517:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind