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Release the cares of the day with a mix of calming 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 Debussy, Eunike Tanzil and Visible Cloaks. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with therapist Helen Marie, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on the wellbeing benefits of a face mask treatment.

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Fri 12 Dec 202517:00
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Music Played

  • Stuart Hancock

    Lullaby (Raptures, part 3)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Levon Parikian.
    • Raptures.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 7.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt Suite No 2, Op 55) version for piano 4 hands

    Performer: Lucas Jussen. Performer: Arthur Jussen.
    • Peer Gynt.
    • Universal Music, a division of Universal International Music BV.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Ambarvalia, Op 70

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Emilie Godden.

  • Yoko Shimomura

    Dearly Beloved from Kingdom Hearts (arr. Campbell for guitar)

    Performer: Kaori Muraji.
    • Eternal Fantasy.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.

  • Eunike Tanzil

    A Quiet Light

    Performer: Eunike Tanzil.
    • See You Again.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A Major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in Major, K. 581 - Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Ma.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 202.

  • Meredi

    Where home is

    Performer: Meredi.
    • Where home is.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 68 (2nd mvt)

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

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Si dolce e il tormento (Madrigals, Book 9)

    Performer: Wu Wei. Performer: Martin Stegner. Performer: Janne Saksala.
    • Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 9: Si dolce è il tormento (Perf. on Sheng, Viola &am.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 1.

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopedie No 3

    Performer: Anders Miolin. Performer: Ji Wei.
    • Gymnopédie No. 3.
    • Prima Classic.
    • 1.

  • Luke Faulkner

    To Autumn

    Performer: Luke Faulkner.
    • To Autumn.
    • Curly Records.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in C Major, H.16:35 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Jane Austen’s Piano.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Romance in F major, Op 36

    Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Sicilienne, Op 78

    Performer: Andrei Ioniţă. Performer: Lilit Grigoryan.

  • Daniela Mars

    Snow on the Spinney

    Performer: Daniela Mars. Performer: Paul Smith.
    • Heartweaving.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 7.

  • Florence Price

    Song for Snow

    Performer: Chloe Flower. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Jessica Cottis.
    • Song for Snow.
    • Popsical Music Group.
    • 1.

  • Libby Croad

    Aqua

    Ensemble: City Soloists.
    • Elizabeth Croad.

  • Alanna Crouch

    Fading Gold

    Performer: Alanna Crouch.
    • ad21.

  • John Rutter

    Candlelight (5 Meditations for orchestra, No 3)

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Daniel Hyde.
    • John Rutter: Five Meditations for Orchestra, III. Candlelight.
    • King’s College, Cambridge.
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    Des pas sur la neige (Preludes, Book 1 No 6)

    Performer: Alis Huws.
    • Cosy Nights by the Fire.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Johann Samuel Schroeter

    Keyboard concerto in D major, Op 3 No 4 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Silke Aichhorn. Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Conductor: Douglas Bostock.
    • Schroeter & Mozart: Keyboard Concertos (Performed on Harp).
    • CPO.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 4 in C major, Op 112 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 4.
    • LSO Live.
    • 2.

  • Zoe Dixon

    Meditation

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Maxim Shalygin

    Angel (version for violin and cello)

    Performer: Merel Vercammen. Performer: Maya Fridman.
    • Rejoice.
    • All Ears Records.
    • 104.

  • Hildur Guðnadóttir

    Melody of Not Knowing

    Performer: Hildur Guðnadóttir.
    • Where to From.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque No 1

    Performer: Rosie Bennet.
    • 2 Arabesques, L. 66: No. 1 in E Major.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • John Foulds

    Evening in the Odenwald (Holiday Sketches)

    Performer: Katharine Wood. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.

  • Zara Hudson‐Kozdoj

    XXs

    Performer: Zara Hudson‐Kozdoj.
    • XXs.
    • Platoon.
    • 1.

  • Joby Talbot

    Transit of Venus

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • Talbot: Transit of Venus.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano concerto No 24, K 491 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ryan Wigglesworth. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Siciliano (Flute sonata in E flat major, BWV 1031) arr. Kempf for piano

    Performer: David Fray. Music Arranger: Wilhelm Kempff.
    • Bach: Siciliano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Visible Cloaks, Yoshio Ojima & Satsuki Shibano

    Canzona per sonare no 4

    • FRKWYS Vol. 15: serenitatem.
    • RVNG Intl..
    • 8.

  • Rosey Chan & The Listening Planet

    Response (Sonic Earth)

    • Sonic Earth.
    • Platoon.
    • 1.

  • Cephas Azariah

    Rediscover Joy

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Blasius Ammon

    Domine quid multiplicati sunt

    Choir: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.
    • Blasius Amon: Sacred Works.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 10.

  • Renato Siracusano

    Tongue of Ice II

    Performer: Renato Siracusano.
    • Soundtrack collection for documentaries.
    • 5590979 Records DK.
    • 4.

  • Tom Ashbrook

    Solitude I

    Performer: Tom Ashbrook.
    • Solitude I.
    • The Other Songs.
    • 1.

  • eden ahbez

    Nature Boy

    Performer: Håkan Hardenberger. Performer: Roland Pöntinen. Music Arranger: Roland Pöntinen.
    • Eden Ahbez: Nature Boy (Arr. for Trumpet & Piano by Roland Pöntinen).
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Andante Cantabile from Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, arr. Korepanova for solo piano

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Piano Book 2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 18 Nov 202517:00
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