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Welcome the night with sublime 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 Henry Mancini, Marika Takeuchi and Brahms. 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 watching comedy on TV can make you feel calmer.

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Music Played

  • Billy Mayerl

    A Lily Pond

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gary Carpenter.
    • Mayerl: Aquarium Suite / 4 Aces Suite.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 1.

  • Henry Mancini

    Dear Heart

    Performer: Tim Allhoff.
    • Neue Meister.

  • Alexander Pierce Hill

    The Cherubic Hymn

    Choir: Apollo5.
    • The Cherubic Hymn.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.

  • Muriël Bostdorp

    Ellipse (Andante Piano Sessions)

    Performer: Muriël Bostdorp.
    • Andante Piano Sessions: Muriël Bostdorp.
    • Andante Piano.
    • 4.

  • Claude Debussy

    Reverie

    Music Arranger: Takeshi Fuse. Performer: Mika Stoltzman. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Conductor: Steven Lipsitt.
    • Debussy: Rêverie, CD 76 (Arr. for Marimba and Strings by Takeshi Fuse).
    • AVIE Records.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano concerto No 23 in A major, K 488 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Elisabeth Brauss. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Holly Mathieson.

  • Robin Milford

    Interlude for flute and strings, Op 69a

    Performer: Julian Sperry. Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble. Conductor: Robert Salter.
    • Robin Milford: Fishing by Moonlight & Other Works with Strings.
    • Hyperion.
    • 17.

  • Joe Alexander Shepherd

    The Adaptation

    Performer: Joe Alexander Shepherd.
    • The Adaptation.
    • Nettwerk Music Group.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in C major, BWV 846 arr. for harp

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Music Arranger: Peter Arts.
    • Bach: Prelude in C Major, BWV 846.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • William Grant Still

    Lyric Quartet (1st mvt: The Sentimental One)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol 3.
    • Azica.
    • 3.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Memory One

    Performer: Ludovico Einaudi.
    • Memory One.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 1.

  • Adrian Sutton

    Violin concerto (2nd mvt: Far Cliffs)

    Performer: Fenella Humphreys. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.
    • Adrian Sutton: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 02.

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in B flat major, D 935 No 3 (Theme)

    Performer: Eric Lu.
    • Schubert: Impromptus, Op. 90 & 142.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • William C.Banfield

    Peace Symphony

    Orchestra: UCLA Philharmonia. Ensemble: Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra Unlimited. Conductor: Neal Stulberg.
    • Extensions of Tradition(s).
    • Albany.
    • 1.

  • Melissa Parmenter

    Platform

    Performer: Melissa Parmenter.
    • Scandinavia EP.
    • Sonder House.
    • 5.

  • Mel Bonis

    Prelude, Op.10

    Performer: Rosie Bennet.
    • Sony.

  • Robert Parsons

    Ave Maria

    Choir: The King’s Singers.
    • Head Space: Candlelight.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 111.

  • Gustav Holst

    Lyric movement

    Performer: Stephen Tees. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Holst: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 106.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645

    Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni.
    • Timeline.
    • Universal Music Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Aftab Darvishi

    Hidden Dream

    Ensemble: Stockholm Saxophone Quartet.
    • A Thousand Butterflies.
    • 30M Records.
    • 2.

  • Amelia Clarkson

    Wings of Peace

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Trio in E flat major, Op 1 No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Mithras Trio.

  • Jon Hopkins

    RITUAL (nothing is lost)

    Performer: Jon Hopkins.
    • RITUAL (nothing is lost).
    • Domino Recording Co.
    • 1.

  • Koshun Nakao

    Fading Into Time

    Performer: Koshun Nakao.
    • 10 Waltzes Vol. 2.
    • Bigo & Twigetti.
    • 1.

  • Marika Takeuchi

    Dolomites

    Performer: Koshun Nakao. Performer: Marika Takeuchi.
    • Iridescence.
    • Bigo & Twigetti.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin concerto in D major, Op 77 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Brahms & Busoni Violin Concertos.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 5.

  • Jóhann Jóhannsson

    Melodia (iii)

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Jóhannsson: Melodia (iii) (Performed on Piano).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Olivia Belli

    Concerto for piano & string orchestra, 'Daimon' (1st mvt: The Departure)

    Performer: Olivia Belli. Orchestra: Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: John Metcalfe.
    • Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra \"Daimon\"/I. The Departure.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Dalal

    Puerto de Mogan

    • Things I choose to keep....
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Peter Hope

    Intermezzo from Momentum

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones.
    • The Essential Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • Naxos Special Projects.
    • 1601.

  • Yasuharu Takanashi

    Nightfall

    Performer: Yasuharu Takanashi.
    • NARUTO SHIPPUDEN ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK.
    • Aniplex Inc..
    • 14.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Etude, Op 8 No 8

    Performer: Alexander Gadjiev.

  • Samyula

    Transcendent

    • Ethereal.
    • Pianoramix.
    • 4.

  • Misha Mullov-Abbado

    The Stage Hand

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.

  • Sun Keting

    Concord

    Choir: BBC Singers.

  • Lucette Bourdin

    Russian Snow

    Performer: Lucette Bourdin.
    • Rising Fog.
    • Dark Duck Records.
    • 5.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in E flat major, Op 9 No 2

    Performer: Martin Stadtfeld.
    • Nocturnes, Op. 9, No. 2 in E-Flat Major.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 10 Feb 202617:00
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  • Sat 7 Mar 202617:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind