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Settle into the evening with a calming classical playlist

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 Mozart, Balmorhea and Bob Chilcott. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with mindfulness expert Maude Hirst and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on strength training is good for well-being.
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Sat 8 Nov 202517:00
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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731 (arr. for Orchestra by Sir Andrew Davis)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 3.

  • Alexandra Hamilton‐Ayres

    Stair Echoes

    • LEITER Verlag GmbH & Co. KG.

  • Federico Mompou

    Prelude No 5

    Performer: Mao Fujita.
    • Prelude No. 5.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 11 in E flat major (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra. Conductor: Ádám Fischer.
    • Haydn: The Complete Symphonies.
    • Nimbus Records.
    • 36.

  • Philip Glass

    Metamorphosis Two

    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).

  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    Evening and Night

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Hilary Campbell.

  • Ignaz Moscheles

    Piano concerto No 1 in F major, Op 45 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • Moscheles: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 6 & 7 (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 32).
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Elfrida Andrée

    Symphony No 1 in C major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Hermann Bäumer.
    • CPO.

  • John Hughes

    Calon Lan, arr. Braimah and Aminata Kanneh Mason

    Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Aminata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • River of Music.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.

  • Claude Debussy

    La Cathedrale engloutie (from Preludes)

    Orchestrator: Colin Matthews. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Le Carnaval des animaux (The Swan)

    Performer: Andreas Brantelid. Performer: Katrine Gislinge.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 4 in C minor, D 417, "Tragic" (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend.
    • The Complete Symphonies (4 Disc Set).
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 6.

  • Gordon Jacob

    Pavane (Denbigh Suite)

    Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Conductor: Douglas Bostock.
    • British Music for Strings, Vol. 4.
    • CPO.
    • 2.

  • Anna Clyne

    Seascape (Abstractions)

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Anna Clyne: Abstractions.
    • Naxos.
    • 104.

  • Jeremiah Fraites

    Dreams

    • Mercury Classics.

  • Will Todd

    Ballad (Concerto for Emma)

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Philip Ellis.
    • Nimbus Alliance.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Nunc Dimittis

    Choir: Vox Clamantis. Conductor: Jaan-Eik Tulve.
    • ECM New Series.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Intermezzo, Don't Be Weary, Traveler

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Repper.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture, Op. 46 - Ballade Op. 4 - Suites.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 7.

  • Mattia Vlad Morleo

    Bloom

    • Warner Classics.

  • Andy Quin

    About You

    • De Wolfe Music.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 1 in G minor, Op 13, "Winter Daydreams" (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Tchaikovsky: 'Winter Dreams' Symphony No. 1, 'Little Russian' Symphony No. 2 , S.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 2.

  • Chad Lawson

    Sanctuary (Together)

    • Chad Lawson Decca US.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 19 in E flat major, K 132 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Mozart 225: Complete Symphonies.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Hideyuki Hashimoto

    Afterglow

    Performer: Hideyuki Hashimoto.
    • XXIM Records.

  • Thomas Newman

    Ambient Beauty

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan.
    • Signum Classics.

  • Michael A. Muller

    Solanales

    Composer: Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 "Organ Symphony": I. (b) Poco adagio

    Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Emily Lim

    The Sun, Unafraid to Shine

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.

  • Roger Eno

    Alembic Distillation

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Cristóbal de Morales

    Circumdederunt me

    Choir: De Profundis. Conductor: Eamonn Dougan.
    • Morales: Circumdederunt me.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    2 Nocturnes (No 2 in D flat major, Op 27 No 2)

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.

  • Lara Somogyi

    yucca

    Composer: Jean‐Michel Blais.
    • Mercury Classics.

  • Bob Chilcott

    Marriage to my Lady Poverty

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Sun, Moon, Sea and Stars: Songs and Arrangements by Bob Chilcott.
    • Signum Records.
    • 19.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 14 Oct 202517:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 8 Nov 202517:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind