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Wind down and take it easy with beautiful 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 Mozart, Jocelyn Pook and George Walker. 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 an evening walk with a friend can help restore calm.

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Sat 29 Nov 202517:00
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Music Played

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Plínio Fernandes. Performer: Samuele Telari. Performer: Thomas Carroll. Music Arranger: Paul Campbell.
    • Violin Cafe.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Un Dia de Noviembre

    Performer: Gerard Cousins.
    • Un Dia de Noviembre.
    • Prima Classic.
    • 1.

  • Eunike Tanzil

    See You Again

    Performer: Eunike Tanzil.
    • See You Again.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No 3 in G Major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Aylen Pritchin. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev. Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 & 36, Violin Concerto No. 3.
    • Aparté.
    • 106.

  • Julius Asal

    Prelude (3191)

    Performer: Julius Asal.
    • SIENA TAPES.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Grace Williams

    Symphony No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Emilia Hoving.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano sonata No 14 in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Katie Mahan.
    • Heaven & Hell - Mozart, Beethoven.
    • Steinway and Sons.
    • 103.

  • Marie Jaëll

    Dans un reve (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Manon Galy. Performer: Héloïse Luzzati. Performer: Célia Oneto Bensaid.
    • Marie Jaëll: Une quête d'infini.
    • La Boîte à Pépites.
    • 6.

  • Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

    In the Forest (part 3)

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla.
    • Back to Nature.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Sophie Hutchings

    Holding Moments

    Performer: Sophie Hutchings.
    • Mercury Classics.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Adoro Te Devote

    Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Adoro Te Devote & Miserere.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major (2nd mvt - Adagio)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Berceuse in D flat major, Op 57

    Performer: Hayato Sumino.
    • Berceuse.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Largo from Concerto in G minor, after BWV 1056R

    Ensemble: Ensemble Odyssee.
    • J.S. Bach: Concerto in G Minor, after BWV 1056R: II. Largo (Arr. for oboe & stri.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 1.

  • cktrl

    garden

    • spirit.
    • Sounds of Wonder.
    • 9.

  • Eric Fogg

    Merok

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • British Tone Poems, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 102.

  • AVAWAVES

    Waves

    • Waves.
    • One Little Independent Records.
    • 1.

  • Laure Chan

    Pura Vida

    Performer: Jeremy Wing Kwan Wong.
    • Souvenirs.
    • Laure Chan.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    5 Songs, Op 105 No 1 (arr. Heifetz)

    Performer: Paul Zientara. Performer: Arthur Hinnewinkel. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.
    • Brahms.
    • Naive.
    • 5.

  • George Walker

    Lyric for strings

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.

  • Will Everitt

    Be kind to yourself

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenné.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Hymn to a Great City

    Performer: Georgijs Osokins. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Arvo Pärt: Hymn to a Great City for 2 Pianos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Jocelyn Pook

    Falling Slowly (Tin & Tina)

    Orchestra: The Chamber Orchestra of London. Conductor: Jonathan Peter Kenny.
    • Tin & Tina.
    • Humming Records.
    • 2.

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Una furtiva lagrima (L'elisir d'amore)

    Composer: Alexandre Batta. Performer: Sol Gabetta. Performer: Irina Zahharenkova.
    • Lise Cristiani.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 2.

  • Jade Ashtangini

    Almost Home

    Performer: Jade Ashtangini.
    • Jade Ashtangini.

  • Eleanor Daley

    Come, renew us

    Ensemble: Choir of Royal Holloway. Conductor: Rupert Gough.
    • Come, renew us.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour, Op 12

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

  • Dustin O’Halloran

    Blue

    Performer: Dustin O’Halloran.
    • Splinter Records.

  • Jonas Gewald

    Ast

    Performer: Jonas Gewald.
    • Ast.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Santiago (Reworked by Leo Einaudi)

    Performer: Leo Einaudi.
    • Einaudi Vs Einaudi.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 7.

  • Reginald Smith Brindle

    Serenata No 2

    Performer: Duilio Meucci.
    • Smith Brindle: Complete Works for Solo Guitar, Vol. 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 109.

  • Elliott Jack Sansom

    Kindred

    Composer: Jacob David. Performer: Elliott Jack Sansom. Performer: Jacob David.
    • Moderna Records.

  • William Grant Still

    Mother and Child (Suite for violin and piano)

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.
    • Decca.

  • Wilson Trouvé

    Escape

    Composer: Wil Bolton. Performer: Wilson Trouvé. Performer: Wil Bolton.
    • Escape.
    • 1631 Recordings.
    • 2.

  • Jamie Elless

    Refine your work life balance

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Vítezslav Novák

    Piano concerto in E minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Oliver Triendl. Orchestra: Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava. Conductor: Lukasz Borowicz.
    • Novák: Piano Concerto, Signorina gioventu Suite & Nikotina Suite.
    • CPO.
    • 102.

  • Edward Cross

    How lucky we are

    Performer: Edward Cross.
    • Edward Cross.

  • Enrique Granados

    Granados: 12 Danzas españolas: No. 2, Oriental

    Performer: Avi Avital. Ensemble: Between Worlds.
    • Granados: 12 Danzas españolas: No. 2, Oriental (Arr. Keren for Mandolin & En.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Aria Goldberg Variation

    Composer: Tim Allhoff. Performer: Eldbjørg Hemsing. Ensemble: Norwegian String Quartet.
    • Aria Goldberg Variation (After Goldberg Variations, BVW 988: Aria) [Arr. for Vio.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 4 Nov 202517:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 29 Nov 202517:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind