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Relax with a calming selection of classical music

Niall Breslin brings you a calming selection of hand-picked music, designed to lighted up the winter darkness.

Three hours of calming classical music designed to light up the winter darkness, and 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 blend of radiant music from the likes of Mel Bonis, Max Richter, Handel, and Alice Sara Ott. Plus, a chance to Press Pause, and some Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel, all about the benefits of learning music.

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Music Played

  • Marcel Grandjany

    Siciliana

    Performer: Susann McDonald.
    • Delos.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in B major, Op.32 No.11

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • Rachmaninoff: 24 Préludes.
    • Naxos.

  • Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht

    Lute Concerto in C major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Miguel Rincón. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Director: Zefira Valova.
    • Aparte.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor, BWV 863 (Prelude)

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier 1: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 11.

  • Jóhann Jóhannsson

    A Sparrow Alighted upon our Shoulder

    Orchestra: Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Weeden.
    • Orphée.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • John Eccles

    Ground: Aire (The Mad Lover Suite)

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • The Mad Lover.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 101.

  • Remo Giazotto

    Adagio in G Minor (Arr. for Harp and Orchestra)

    Composer: Stefan Klieme. Composer: Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni. Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Orchestra: l’arte del mondo.
    • Sony Classical.

  • John Field

    Nocturne No. 14 in G Major, H. 58

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Field: Nocturne No. 14 in G Major, H. 58.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Requiem, Op 48 (Sanctus)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Singer: Kathleen Battle. Singer: Andreas Schmidt. Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Romance, Op 36

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.

  • Mel Bonis

    Meditation in F major, Op 33

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • Méditation in F Major, Op. 33.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Francisco Tárrega

    Lagrima (Preludes)

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Milos - The Guitar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 004.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in D minor K421

    Ensemble: Consone Quartet.

  • Jean Cras

    Cello sonata (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Astrig Siranossian. Performer: Nathanaël Gouin.
    • Invisibles.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.

  • Henry Purcell

    Morning Prayer

    Ensemble: Leonkoro Quartet.

  • Dora Bright

    Piano Concerto No 1 in A minor (2nd mvmt, Intermezzo)

    Performer: Samantha Ward. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Peebles.
    • Somm.

  • Ronald Binge

    The Water Mill

    Performer: Ruth Scott. Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics: New London Orchestra/Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • GBBBC.

  • Moritz Moszkowski

    Piano Concerto in E Major, Op. 59: II. Andante

    Performer: Markus Pawlik. Conductor: Antoni Wit. Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Moszkowski: Piano Concerto in E Major / From Foreign Lands.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Oboe Concerto, Op 20 (2nd mvt: Andante)

    Performer: Juliana Koch. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Whispered lullaby

    Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Evelyn Chang.
    • AVIE.

  • Alice Sara Ott

    Lullaby to Eternity on fragments of W.A. Mozart's 'Lacrimosa'

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

Broadcast

  • Wednesday17:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind