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Let go of the day's cares with soothing 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 Aaron Copland, Alexandra Stréliski and Kris Bowers. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how tidying a drawer can help to calm us down.

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Music Played

  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Song of the Black Swan

    Performer: Chris Grist. Performer: Rosanna Rolton.
    • ARISE: Songs of love and loss, for cello & harp.
    • CMG.
    • 3.

  • Eduardo Falú

    Resolana

    Composer: Jaime Dávalos. Performer: Leonardo Andersen.
    • Prima Classic.

  • Shir-Ran Yinon

    Choral

    Ensemble: Mondëna Quartet.
    • Choral.
    • Handpicked Records.
    • 1.

  • Franz Biebl

    Ave Maria

    Choir: VOCES8. Choir: Ringmasters.
    • Biebl: Ave Maria.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Roger Eno

    The Quiet of Snow

    Performer: Roger Eno.
    • The Quiet of Snow.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

    Performer: Elizabeth Sombart. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mihaela Ceșa-Goje.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos 10 & 24.
    • Rubicon.
    • 2.

  • Rahul Gohil

    As Rain Fell Upon Frankland Road

    Performer: Rahul Gohil.
    • ExoPAC Recordings.

  • Yu‐Peng Chen

    Purple Horizon (Piano Version)

    Performer: Yu‐Peng Chen.
    • A Day in Sketches - C.Y.P - Colors of Time.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Ambarvalia, Op 70

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

  • Franz Schubert

    Standchen (Schwanengesang, D 957 No 4) arr. for piano trio

    Performer: David Moreau. Performer: Edgar Moreau. Performer: Jérémie Moreau. Music Arranger: Dimitri Soudoplatoff.
    • Schubert: Ständchen.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for violin and cello in B flat major, RV 547

    Performer: Alexei Lundin. Performer: Mikael Samsonov. Orchestra: Metamorphose String Orchestra. Conductor: Pavel Lyubomudrov.
    • Halidon.

  • Chelsea McGough

    Distant Water

    Performer: Chelsea McGough.
    • Selene.
    • Soundstripe Productions.
    • 1.

  • Manuel Ponce

    Estrelllita

    Performer: María Dueñas. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • Homage to Heifetz.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.

  • Aaron Copland

    Saturday Night Waltz (Rodeo - 4 dance episodes)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Aaron Copland.
    • Chandos.
    • 020.

  • Kenji Takahashi

    Komorebi

    Performer: Kenji Takahashi.
    • Kenji Takahashi.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Petit Adagio Variation (After The Seasons, Op. 67: No. 15, Petit Adagio)

    Composer: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Performer: Jan Vogler. Ensemble: Moritzburg Festival Ensemble.
    • Petit Adagio Variation (After The Seasons, Op. 67: No. 15, Petit Adagio).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Catrin Finch

    Caerdroea an Ceol [after Pietro Locatelli]

    Composer: Aoife Ní Bhriain. Performer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Aoife Ní Bhriain.
    • Bendigedig.

  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 55 (3rd mvt - Adagio)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • César Franck

    Panis angelicus

    Orchestrator: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Stokowski Encores.
    • Chandos.
    • 08.

  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Music Arranger: Samuel Araya. Ensemble: Isidore String Quartet.
    • Adorations.
    • Delos.
    • 10.

  • Jay Taylor

    Soft Weight of Slow Desire

    Performer: Jay Taylor.
    • Epidemic Sound.

  • Maddy Chassar-Hesketh

    Dream Song/In 4 (tell me what you know!)

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Padraig O'Connor

    Introspect

    Orchestra: RTÉ Sinfonietta. Conductor: Proinnsías Ó Duinn.
    • Romantic Ireland.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 3.

  • Sofiane Pamart

    Come With Me Tonight

    Performer: Sofiane Pamart.
    • MOVIE.
    • 88 Touches Production.
    • 16.

  • Margaret Ruthven Lang

    Twilight

    Performer: Carolyn Enger.
    • Divine Art Recordings.

  • Cristóbal de Morales

    Parce mihi, Domine

    Music Arranger: Simon‐Pierre Bestion. Ensemble: La Tempête.
    • Bomba Flamenca.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 18.

  • Alexandra Stréliski

    Avant la suite

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Alexandra Stréliski.
    • Avant la suite.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello suite No 3 in C major, BWV 1009 (Prelude)

    Performer: Alon Sariel.
    • Plucked Bach III.
    • Pentatone.
    • 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade No 2 in A major, Op 16 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.

  • Fiona Brice

    Think Loop 3

    Performer: Fiona Brice.
    • Think Loops.
    • Bigo & Twigetti.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    String quartet No 1 in D major, Op 11 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.

  • Claude Debussy

    Danse profance (Danse sacrée et danse profane)

    Music Arranger: Vassilena Serafimova. Performer: Vassilena Serafimova. Ensemble: Quatuor Ardeo.
    • Melodies in a Bottle.
    • La Dolce Volta.
    • 6.

  • Kris Bowers

    Dry Mile

    Performer: Kris Bowers.
    • Eagle Rock, March 21st.
    • et al. music.

  • Cephas Azariah

    Rediscover Joy

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Kai Jansen

    Of

    Performer: Kai Jansen.

  • Joanna Borrett

    One Morning

    Ensemble: Her Ensemble.
    • Clan.
    • Her Ensemble.
    • 1.

  • Clarice Jensen

    BC

    Composer: Jóhann Jóhannsson. Performer: Clarice Jensen. Performer: Jóhann Jóhannsson.
    • For This From That Will Be Filled.
    • Miasmah Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Andrew Downes

    The Lord is my Shepherd, Op 65

    Choir: Philharmonia Voices. Conductor: David Trippett.
    • A St Luke Passion and Sacred Choral Works.
    • Prima Facie.
    • 3.

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