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Quiet your mind with soothing classical

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 Hildegard of Bingen, Franz Schubert and Aphex Twin. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Michael James Wong, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how listening to classical music can help you sleep better.

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Fri 30 Jan 202617:00
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Music Played

  • Mariam Batsashvili

    Consolations, Six Pensées poétiques, S.172: iii) Lento placido

  • Trad.

    Whilst great is our poverty

    Composer: Cyrillus Kreek. Performer: Anna-Liisa Eller. Performer: Marco Ambrosini. Choir: Vox Clamantis. Conductor: Jaan-Eik Tulve.
    • ECM.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Oboe Concerto, Op 20 (2nd mvt: Andante)

    Performer: Juliana Koch. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.

  • David Bruce

    Caja de Música: II. Nocturnal, Seductive

    Performer: Bridget Kibbey.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Phil Cunningham

    Aberlady

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Phil Cunningham.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Petite suite de concert Op.77: 3. Un sonnet d'amour

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1.
    • CEDILLE.
    • 4.

  • Clara Schumann

    Romance No 2, Op 22

    Performer: Tai Murray. Performer: Gilles Vonsattel.

  • Chilly Gonzales

    Gogol

    • Gentle Threat LTD.

  • Frederick Paul Naftel

    Aubade Pastorale for Strings

    Orchestra: The Campion Orchestra.
    • Divine Art.

  • Imogen Holst

    A hymne to Christ

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: David Hill.

  • Gibran Alcocer

    Idea 15

    Performer: Gibran Alcocer.
    • Kurate Music Ltd..

  • Benjamin Britten

    Slow and quiet (Nocturnal after John Dowland)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Dreams and Fancies: English Music for Solo Guitar.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 27.

  • Little Symphony, The Wong Janice & Emiel Samandar

    Sail Away

    • Little Symphony Records.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Vocalise-étude en forme de Habanera, M. 51 (Arr for Flute & Piano)

    Performer: Ana de la Vega. Performer: Paul Rivinius.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Antiphona caritas abundat

    Performer: Hana Blažíková. Lyricist: Anon..
    • Ricercar.

  • Nicole Miglis & Hundred Waters

    (blanket me)

    • 7K!.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trio in F sharp minor, Hob XV:26 No 40 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: ATOS Trio.

  • Trad.

    Now Found is the Fairest of Roses

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

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Son of Mary

    Choir: London Voices.
    • Oxford University Press Music.

  • Hiroshi Yoshimura

    View from My Window

    • Empire of Signs.

  • Franz Schubert

    Waltz in G flat major, "Kupelwieser Walzer"

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Warner Classics.

  • ABBOTT

    Home

    Performer: ABBOTT. Performer: Ruben Jeyasundaram. Choir: Vocaal Ensemble Cordier.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Marin Marais

    Le badinage (Suite d'un Goût Etranger)

    Performer: Florence Bolton. Performer: Benjamin Perrot. Ensemble: La Rêveuse.
    • Mirare.

  • Will Everitt

    Be kind to yourself

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenné.

  • Max Richter

    Dream 3 (in the midst of my life)

    Performer: Ben Russell. Performer: Yuki Numata Resnick. Performer: Max Richter. Performer: Clarice Jensen.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Johan Halvorsen

    Suite Mosaique, Op 35: IV. Veslemøys sang

    Performer: Eldbjørg Hemsing. Performer: Håvard Gimse.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Aphex Twin

    i

    • Believe International.

  • Philip Glass & Paul Leonard‐Morgan

    Burying the Book (Tales from the Loop OST)

    • UME - Global Clearing House.

  • Edward Elgar

    They are at rest

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Director: Graham Ross.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Quartet in E flat major, K 493

    Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland. Ensemble: Escher String Quartet.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    The Crossing

    Performer: Ola Gjeilo. Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Ciaran McCabe. Performer: Jon Thorne. Performer: Matthew Sharp.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Brian Eno

    LUX 1.2

    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).

  • Sylvius Leopold Weiss

    Passacaglia

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Passacaglia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Laura Masotto

    Promenade

    • Primrose Music.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sinfonietta (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • Chandos.

  • Robert Schumann

    Carnaval, Op 9 (No 12, Chopin)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • Schumann: Carnaval, Davidsbündlertänze & Papillons.
    • Naxos.
    • 42.

  • Akira Kosemura

    famile

    • Schole Records.

  • Rebecca Dale

    There Will Come

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Collins.
    • Night Seasons.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Trio Sonata in A Minor, TWV 42:a1: III. Grave

    Performer: Anna Hölblingová. Performer: Quido Hölbling. Performer: Jozef Zsapka.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Shin Suzuma

    A Quiet Setting

    Performer: Shin Suzuma.

  • John Joubert

    There is no rose

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, Kk 466 (Upright Version)

    Performer: Julius Asal.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

Broadcasts

  • Tue 25 Feb 202518:00
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  • Thu 1 May 202518:00
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  • Sat 26 Jul 202517:00
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  • Thu 9 Oct 202517:00
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  • Fri 30 Jan 202617:00
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