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Relax into the evening with a soundtrack of calming 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 Vivaldi, Vince Pope and Anoushka Shankar. 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 a tidy kitchen can be the key to a relaxing evening.

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Sun 30 Nov 202517:00
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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Interlude (Falstaff, Op 68)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Elgar: Falstaff, Op. 68: IId. Dream Interlude.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • Robert Schumann

    Sehr langsam (Kreisleriana, Op 16 No 6)

    Performer: Llŷr Williams.
    • Robert Schumann: Piano Works Volume 2.
    • Signum Records.
    • 10.

  • Vince Pope

    Pastoral

    • Vince Pope.

  • Florence Price

    String Quartet no.2 in A Minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 10.

  • Chad Lawson

    Like The Stars In The Sky (Together)

    Performer: Chad Lawson. Performer: Ashley Jackson.
    • Where We Are (Together).
    • Chad Lawson Decca US.
    • 3.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Casta Diva (Norma) arr. for cello & orchestra

    Performer: Jan Vogler. Music Arranger: Jan Vogler. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber.
    • Pop Songs.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 6.

  • Federico Mompou

    Angelico (Musica callada, No 1)

    Performer: Alexandra Sostmann.
    • Mompou: Música callada I: No. 1, Angelico.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 1.

  • Hildur Guðnadóttir

    Erindi

    Performer: Hildur Guðnadóttir.
    • Erindi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude from Cello suite No 1 in G major, BWV 1007

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina.
    • Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Andante from The Sleeping Beauty Concert Suite (arr. Pletnev for piano)

    Performer: Andrey Gugnin. Music Arranger: Mikhail Pletnev.
    • Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker & Sleeping Beauty Suites; Stravinsky: Firebird &.
    • Hyperion.

  • Braths

    Resurgence

    • Ephemeral Memory.
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 4.

  • Edward Elgar

    Violin concerto in B minor, Op 61 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.
    • Elgar & Thomas Ades: Violin Concertos.
    • Ondine.
    • 2.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard sonata in D minor, Kk 9

    Performer: JaeYeon Won.
    • Alessandro & Domenico Scarlatti.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 24.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin concerto in F minor, RV 297, 'Winter' from the 4 seasons (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Ensemble: Esther Abrami Ensemble.
    • Violin Concerto in F Minor, RV 297, Op.8 No.4 "Winter": II. Largo.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Florian Christl

    Vivaldi Variation (meno mosso)

    Performer: Florian Christl.
    • Pianissimo II.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 4.

  • Auguste Franchomme

    Nocturne, Op 14 No 1

    Performer: Camille Thomas. Performer: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
    • The Chopin Project : The Franchomme Legacy.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 2.

  • Oliver Davis

    Veil

    Performer: Benjamin Baker. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Julian Kershaw.
    • Oliver Davis: Life.
    • Signum Records.
    • 6.

  • Roderick Elms

    De Profundis Concertino for bass clarinet & orchestra (2nd mvt - Canzonetta)

    Performer: Derek Hannigan. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Roderick Elms: Visions of St Anne and Other Orchestral Works.
    • Signum Records.
    • 3.

  • Josephine Lang

    Gruss in die Ferne, Op 44

    Performer: Ian Tindale.

  • Anna Phoebe

    Between Worlds

    Performer: Anna Phoebe.
    • Divergence.
    • Eat the Peach.
    • 6.

  • Ernest Chausson

    Piano trio in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Mithras Trio.

  • Erland Cooper

    Birds of Paradise

    Performer: Freya Goldmark. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Charles Gounod

    Ave Maria

    Music Arranger: Scott Richards. Orchestra: Stradivari Orchestra.
    • Gounod: Ave Maria, CG 89 (Arr. for String Orchestra by Scott Richards).
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 1.

  • Lara Somogyi

    passage

    Composer: Jean‐Michel Blais. Performer: Lara Somogyi. Performer: Jean‐Michel Blais.
    • désert (deluxe).
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 1.

  • Anoushka Shankar

    We Return to Love

    Performer: Alam Khan. Performer: Anoushka Shankar. Performer: Sarathy Korwar.
    • LEITER.

  • Max Richter

    Path 3 / Whose Name is Written on Water part 1 / Faded

    Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: Natalia Bonner. Performer: Nick Barr. Performer: Max Ruisi. Performer: Zara Hudson‐Kozdoj. Singer: Grace Davidson.
    • Sleep Circle (Faded).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in G flat major, D 899 No 3

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.

  • Alex Heffes

    Touching the void (end title)

    Performer: Alex Heffes.
    • Touching the Void (remixed & remastered).
    • Bucks Records.
    • 14.

  • Patricia Wolf

    Huginn and Muninn

    Performer: Patricia Wolf.
    • Hrafnamynd.
    • Balmat.
    • 4.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in D major, Op 23 No 4

    Performer: Arsha Kaviani.
    • Slow Down.
    • SRSLY.
    • 10.

  • Benjamin Rowarth

    Release

    Choir: BBC Singers.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano concerto in A minor, Op 16 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Suzana Bartal. Orchestra: Saarländisches Staatsorchester. Conductor: Sébastien Rouland.
    • Grieg & Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 2.

  • Thomas Walters

    Petrichor

    Performer: Thomas Walters.
    • T Money Records.

  • Sarah Latto

    Manage your fears

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Dianna Lopez

    Redwood Resonance

    Performer: Dianna Lopez.
    • 888 Records.

  • Theo Alexander

    Palliative (Edit)

    Performer: Theo Alexander.
    • Palliative.
    • Arts & Crafts Productions Inc..
    • 2.

  • Nala Sinephro

    Dawn

    Performer: Nala Sinephro.
    • The Smashing Machine.
    • Warp Records.
    • 1.

  • John Ireland

    Columbine

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • Ireland: Piano Works.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 14.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 5 Nov 202517:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 30 Nov 202517:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind