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Relax from your day with calming harmonies

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 Florence Price, Philip Glass and William Grant Still. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how singing can help you de-stress from the pressures of your day.

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Music Played

  • Trad.

    She Moved Through the Fair (Arr. for Flute, Violin, Harp & Orchestra by John Rut

    Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.
    • Collegium.

  • Florence Price

    The Deserted Garden

    • The state51 Conspiracy.

  • Dustin O’Halloran

    An Ending, A Beginning

    • Rident Royalties, Inc..

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat major, Op 44, No 3

    Ensemble: Consone Quartet.

  • Dan Jones

    Jones: Chloe

    Conductor: Dan Jones. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Max Janowski

    Avinu Malkeinu

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Music Arranger: Jim Clements. Lyricist: Anon.. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a (Arr. by Alexander Siloti)

    • Sony Classical.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Charterhouse Suite: Slow Air

    Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North.
    • Naxos.

  • Philip Glass

    The Hours - Music for the Film by Stephen Daldry: No. 14, The Hours

    • Channel Classics.

  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Symphony No 1 (2nd mvt)

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

  • Louise Farrenc

    Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano, Op. 45: II. Andante

    • Channel Classics.

  • Luke Howard

    Interlinked - II. Reflection

    • Mercury Classics.

  • Marie Awadis

    Awadis: Étude No. 3: Ballade

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Georgs Pelēcis

    All in the Past

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Kaori Muraji

    Muraji: Snowdrop

    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Die Nacht (Arr. for Cello and Guitar by Anja Lechner and Pablo Márquez

    • ECM New Series.

  • Keaton Henson & Reinoud Ford

    Earnestly Yours

    • Mercury Classics.

  • William Grant Still

    Lyric Quartette: II. The Quiet One

    • Azica Records.

  • Vakhtang Kakhidze

    Moon Dances for Cello and Chamber Orchestra: I. Blues

    • Cugate Classics.

  • John Pickard

    3 Latin Motets: No. 3, Ubi caritas et amor

    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Dan Evmark

    Silent Waves

    • Naxos Sweden.

  • Edward MacDowell

    10 Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: No. 1, To a Wild Rose

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: VIII. Lacrimosa (Arr. Fontaine for Clarinet, Organ a

    • Warner Classics.

  • Thom Yorke

    Radiohead: Like Spinning Plates

    Composer: Jonny Greenwood. Composer: Colin Greenwood. Composer: Ed O’Brien. Composer: Philip Selway.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Hayato Sumino

    Nocturne III - Once in a Blue Moon

    • Sony Classical.

  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    Waller-Bridge: Blue Notebook

    • 1631 Recordings.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    The Blue Bird (The Land of Memory)

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Steffen Tast.
    • CapriccioNR.

  • Alex Baranowski

    Wiosna

    Conductor: Angèle Dubeau. Ensemble: La Pietà.
    • Les Productions Analekta Inc..

  • Sarah Class

    Drought

    • Silva Screen Records.

  • Henry Eccles

    Sonata in A Minor, for Double Bass & String Quartet: I. Largo

    • VDE-GALLO.

  • Thom Robson

    The Way Back

    • TJR MUSIC.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus Iste

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: David Hill.

  • David Orlowsky

    Ada

    • Warner Classics.

  • Snorri Hallgrímsson

    And I Alone

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Do You Hear Us In Heaven

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Brady Kendall

    Canopy

    • We All Speak In Poems.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in C sharp minor

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

Broadcasts

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