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Slow down with relaxing classical music

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 Eric Satie, Gabriel Olafs and Maya Youssef . Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Michael James Wong, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on the benefits of building your own furniture .

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Sun 23 Nov 202517:00
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Music Played

  • Edward MacDowell

    To a wild rose

    • Warner Classics.

  • Richard Addinsell

    Tune in G

    Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Marco-Polo.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi Nabucco Piano Variation (From Nabucco: Va' pensiero, Arr. for Piano by Jan

    • Masterworks/Sony Music.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sonata in A Major HWV.361, Op.1 No.3

    Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Sam Armstrong.

  • Philip Glass

    Études: No. 2 (Reworked By Christian Badzura)

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Lucy Walker

    I Saw Eternity

    Conductor: Andrew Earis. Ensemble: St Martin's Voices.
    • Resonus Classics.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 - Arr. for accordion and strings by

    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60: II. Romance

    Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
    • Telarc.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Concord (Gloriana)

    Music Arranger: Matthew Barley. Performer: Matthew Barley.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Amy Beach

    Piano Quintet in F sharp minor, Op 67 - 2nd movement, Adagio espressivo

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Ensemble: Endellion Quartet.
    • ASV.

  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No 1 (Afro-American) - 2nd mvt

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne No. 1 (Transcr. for Guitar by Francis Kleynjans)

    • Platoon.

  • Luke Faulkner

    The Wanderer

    • Aemeralds GmbH.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Amen from Lo, the full, final sacrifice

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Decca.

  • Richard Harvey

    A Tale of Sorrow

    • West One Music.

  • Al MacSween

    My Homeland

    Composer: Maya Youssef.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis for double string orchestra

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka.
    • GBBBC.

  • Charlie Jefferson

    This Little Island

    • Platoon.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30 No. 3: II. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto mo

    • Warner Classics.

  • Trad.

    Limu, limu, lima (Arr. Schindler for Piano)

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Ella Macens

    The Brightest Star in the Night 1. Space and Time

    • Muses Trio.

  • Gabríel Ólafs

    The Monolith

    • Decca Records US.

  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Cello Sonata in D Major, Op. 17: II. Andante Tranquillo (Arr. Assad for

    • Decca Records US.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

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

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Birds

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.

  • Carlos Simon

    Memory of Summer

    Performer: Carlos Simon.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.13 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: La Diane Française. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Conductor: Stéphanie-Marie Degand.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Emily Lim

    The Sun, Unafraid to Shine

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.

  • Maggie Kaposamweo

    Abide with Me

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Kuolema (Scene with Cranes)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Florian Christl

    Budapest (Solo Piano Version)

    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Ronald Binge

    Alto Saxophone Concerto: II. Andante espressivo

    Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Marco-Polo.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    In the bottoms - characteristic suite for piano: Prelude (Night)

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • NAVONA.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 29 Oct 202517:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 23 Nov 202517:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind