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Relax into the evening with music to soothe the soul

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 JS Bach, Phamie Gow and Reynaldo Hahn. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation expert Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how vacuuming is good for the mind.

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Sat 27 Sep 202517:00
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Music Played

  • Georges Bizet

    Au Fond du Temple Saint arr. cello

    Conductor: Andrew Greene. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Homebound

    • DAWN.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

  • Peter Schickele

    Elegies for Clarinet and Piano: Song for Bert

    • Albany Records.

  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    O Canto do Cisne Negro

    • AVIE Records.

  • Rachel Portman

    June

    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • José Ferrer

    Charme de la Nuit in A Major, Op. 36 "Nocturne"

    • Prima Classic.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Quartet No. 3 In E Flat Minor Op.30 For Strings, iii. Andante funebre e doloroso, ma con moto

    Ensemble: The Heath Quartet.
    • Harmonia Mundi : HMU 907665.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 7.

  • Sally Greenaway

    Greenaway: Etude In F Minor

    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).

  • Ólafur Arnalds

    Öldurót (Island Songs IV)

    • Mercury Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052: II. Adagio

    Conductor: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Leos Janáček

    Violin Sonata, JW VII/7: II. Ballada

    Performer: Coco Tomita. Performer: Simon Callaghan.
    • Echoes.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 103.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Quartet concertant in G minor, Op 15 No 2 (1st mvmt, Adagio)

    Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.
    • Naxos.

  • Helen Habershon

    The Bronze Horseman (Arr. J. Lenehan): II. Andante

    • Found in Winter: Works by Helen Habershon.
    • Divine Art Limited.
    • 7.

  • Stuart Beatch

    When sleep is nigh

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Will Dawes.

  • Chia-Pei Chen

    Moonrise

    • Platoon.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Symphony in E major 'Irish'

    Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • GBBBC.

  • Lloyd Coleman

    Luminescence

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Snorri Hallgrímsson

    I've Been Here Before

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Piano Quartet in G Major: III. Andnate

    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Sophie Hutchings

    Drift Through The Hours

    • Mercury Classics.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io pianga Reflection (From Rinaldo) Arr. for Violin

    Conductor: Joseph Bastian.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Gerald Finzi

    5 Bagatelles, Op. 23a (Arr. L. Ashmore for Clarinet & Strings): No. 2, Romance.

    Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • Naxos.

  • Toru Takemitsu

    12 Songs for Guitar: No. 5 Danny Boy

    • Warner Classics.

  • Thomas Jean Mohamed Rabeh Horeczko

    Intra

    Composer: Stephane Horeczko.
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI:29: II. Adagio (Excerpt)

    • Haydn: Piano Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI:29: II. Adagio (Excerpt).
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Manuel de Falla

    7 Canciones populares españolas: No. 3, Asturiana (Transcr. Llobet &

    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Arvo Pärt

    Vater Unser (Version for Cello and Piano)

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O Virtus Sapientiae (Arr. for Violin and String Quintet by Penelope Axtens)

    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Tangamerican

    • Mango Eater Music.

  • Joe Acheson

    VII. Seven Hunters - Strings & Harp

    • Tru Thoughts.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Pleiades Dances V: Arabesque in Twilight

    • Denon.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Suite from "Belshazzar's Feast", Op. 51: II. Solitude

    • Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Spring Song & Suite from "Belshazzar's Feast".
    • Chandos.
    • 107.

  • Martin Jacoby

    Echoes

    • Silent Star Music.

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune, CD 82/3 (Arr. Parkin & Kaner-Lidström for Saxophone

    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

Broadcasts

  • Wed 6 Aug 202517:00
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  • Sun 31 Aug 202517:00
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  • Sat 27 Sep 202517:00
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