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Calming classical music for a gentle start to the evening

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, Laura Mvula and Max Richter. 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 doing something badly can help you relax.

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Music Played

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, Kk. 466

    Performer: Julius Asal.
    • SCRIABIN – SCARLATTI.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • George Gershwin

    Lullaby for Strings

    Ensemble: Schumann Quartett.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Lavinia Meijer

    Etudes, No. 20

    • The Glass Effect: Sony Classical 88985351432.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.

  • Laura Mvula

    Sing to the Moon

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers.

  • Christian Forshaw

    Whin Sill

    • Christian Forshaw.

  • Nicola Matteis

    Ayres for the Violin, Book II: Andamento malinconico

    Ensemble: Duo Dorado.
    • Spice of Italy.
    • Chandos.
    • 125.

  • Frederick Delius

    2 Aquarelles: Lento, ma non troppo

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones.
    • ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 4.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Sanctus Variation

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Music Arranger: Julian Riem. Ensemble: Goldmund Quartet.
    • Sony.

  • Marianna Bottini

    Adagio from the Clarinet Concerto

    Ensemble: Il Cenacolo della Chimera.
    • Clarinet Repertoire of Women Composers.
    • VDE-GALLO.
    • 8.

  • John Field

    Nocturne no.10 in E Major H.54 'Nocturne Pastorale'

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Field: Complete Nocturnes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Philippe Gaubert

    Madrigal

    Performer: Elizaveta Ivanova. Performer: Sanja Bizjak.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    String Quartet No. 1 in G Minor: III. Romance. Andante sostenuto

    • Warner Classics.

  • Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

    Fantasia in Echo style in D dorian

    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Florence Price

    Piano Quintet in A Minor: II. Andante con moto

    • Hyperion.

  • Felix Rösch

    Berceuse

    • Nettwerk Music Group.

  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    The Enchanted Lake

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
    • Signum Records.

  • Andy Quin

    Time And Tide

    • Contemplation And Reflection.
    • De Wolfe Music.
    • 10.

  • Reena Esmail

    When the Guitar

    Singer: Lauren McAllister. Choir: Conspirare. Ensemble: The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Conductor: Craig Hella Johnson.
    • The Singing Guitar.
    • Delos.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No.16 in F major, Op.135; Lento assai - cantante e tranquillo

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • DG.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Water Color Scalor: 4. Intermezzo-B

    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Agnes Obel

    Tokka

    • Universal Music Operations Limited.

  • Max Richter

    Three Worlds: Music from Woolf Works / Mrs Dalloway: In the Garden

    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Blake Morgan

    Loch Lomond (A Folk Fantasia)

    • Universal Music Operations Limited.

  • Robert Schumann

    Trio No 1 in D minor, Op 63

    Ensemble: ATOS Trio.

  • Eydís Evensen

    Flow

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Eydís Evensen.
    • Flow.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Christopher Rouse

    Flute Concerto: V. Amhran

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Dresdner Philharmonie. Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Carlos Simon

    Warmth from Other Suns (Excerpts): III. Settle

    • Rising Sun Records.

  • Moritz Moszkowski

    Symphony in D Minor: III. Larghetto

    • Toccata Classics.

  • Daigo Hanada

    Iris

    • Universal Music LLC.

  • Claude Debussy

    Reverie

    Music Arranger: Paul Cassidy. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Chandos.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Adagio in E-Flat Major

    • Naxos.

  • Peter Sandberg

    Temporary Coexistence

    • Warner Classics.

  • Franz Schubert

    Ständchen, D. 889

    • harmonia mundi.

Broadcast

  • Tuesday 17:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind