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Ease into the evening with restorative sounds

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, Poppy Ackroyd and Rimsky-Korsakov – plus some essential Wind Down Wisdom from award-winning science podcaster Caroline Steel and a chance to Press Pause.

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Music Played

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Entry of Polymnie (Les Boreades)

    Orchestra: Orfeo Orchestra. Conductor: György Vashegyi.
    • Erato.

  • Robert Schumann

    Evening Song (from Piano Pieces for Little and Big Kids, Op.85)

    Performer: Kian Soltani. Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Vladimir Valivov

    Ave Maria

    Composer: Giulio Caccini. Ensemble: SCS Cello Ensemble. Conductor: Jacob Shaw.
    • Evidence Classics.

  • Becky Ainge

    Waves

    Performer: Becky Ainge.
    • Becky Ainge.

  • William Byrd

    Justorum animae

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: David Hill.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Fleurs from Fiancailles pour rire

    Ensemble: Van Kuijk Quartet.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Harry Burleigh

    Southland Sketches No 2 (Adagio ma non troppo)

    Performer: Kristin Lee. Performer: Jeremy Ajani Jordan.
    • First Hand.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano sonata No 16 in C major, K 545 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Sony.

  • Glowworm

    Agape

    • Hammock Music.

  • Lionel Tertis

    Hier au soir - Pensee Musicale

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: James Baillieu.

  • Luke Faulkner

    Esja

    Performer: Luke Faulkner. Performer: Alix Vaillot-Szwarc. Performer: Özgür Deniz Kaya.
    • Curly Records.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The young prince and princess (Sheherazade)

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.

  • Meredi

    Song for Rosemarie

    Performer: Meredi.
    • Modern Recordings.

  • Justus Rümenapp

    Different to our daily lives

    Performer: Justus Rümenapp.
    • Silent Beat.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D minor, K 32

    Performer: Nora von Marschall.
    • Prospero Classical.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello suite No 6 in D major, BWV 1012 (Sarabande)

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Music Arranger: Fred Thomas. Ensemble: Manchester Collective.
    • Bach, JS: Cello Suite No. 6, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Roger Eno

    Through The Blue (Piano Version)

    Performer: Roger Eno.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Foday Musa Suso

    Tilliboyo [Sunset]

    Performer: Foday Musa Suso. Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Gabríel Ólafs

    The Lily (Piano Version)

    • Decca Records US.

  • Albert Ketèlbey

    Bells across the meadows

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Marco-Polo.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano trio in B major, Op 8 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Florestan Trio.
    • Hyperion.

  • Sofi Paez

    Amsterdam

    Performer: Sofi Paez.
    • OPIA Community.

  • Sarah Neutkens

    September IV

    Ensemble: Nederlands Saxofoon Octet.
    • Sarah Neutkens.

  • Noa Margalit

    Mayim

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Eventide (10th Anniversary Edition).
    • Decca.
    • 14.

  • Trad.

    El Noi de la Mare

    Performer: Guillem Pérez-Quer.
    • El Noi de la Mare (Arr. for Guitar by Guillem Perez-Quer).
    • Prima Classic.
    • 1.

  • Erland Cooper

    Haar over Hamnavoe

    Composer: Bill Ryder-Jones. Performer: Erland Cooper. Performer: Bill Ryder-Jones.
    • Holm (Variations & B-sides).
    • Believe International.
    • 7.

  • Ernest Bloch

    Prayer (From Jewish Life)

    Performer: Natalie Clein. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • HYPERION.

  • Tony Ann

    SAGITTARIUS "The Optimist"

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

  • Jóhann Jóhannsson

    Flight from the City

    Performer: Yuki Numata Resnick. Performer: Tarn Travers. Performer: Ben Russell. Performer: Clarice Jensen.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.

  • Gillian Whitehead

    Lullaby for Matthew

    Performer: Dan Poynton.
    • Rattle.

  • Poppy Ackroyd

    Parallel

    Performer: Manu Delago. Performer: Poppy Ackroyd.
    • von der haardt.

  • Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger

    Toccata VI (Libro primo d'intavolatura di lauto)

    Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Anoushka Shankar

    In the End

    Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ames.
    • BMG Rights Management (WW) Ltd.

  • Karen Tanaka

    Night Bird

    Performer: Gerard McChrystal.
    • First Hand Records.

  • Misha Mullov-Abbado

    The Stage Hand

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.

  • Olivia Belli

    Still Blue

    • Olivia Belli.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    October (Autumn song) from The Seasons

Broadcasts

  • Tue 17 Dec 202418:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 28 Dec 202418:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Fri 17 Jan 202518:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tue 1 Apr 202518:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Mon 23 Jun 202518:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Wed 17 Dec 202517:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind