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Relax to a classical evening soundtrack

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 Philip Glass, Holst and Mars Smith – plus some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on a simple but effective way to prepare for a restful night.

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Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg suite Op.40 vers. for string orchestra - ii: Sarabande

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • BIS.
  • Philip Glass

    Mishima/Closing (String Quartet No 3, 'Mishima')

    Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.
    • Of All Joys.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.
  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for Strings. Op. 20: II. Larghetto

    Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Here Come the Classics, Vol. 4: English String Classics.
    • RPO.
    • 8.
  • Laura Mvula

    Sing to the Moon

    Choir: 鶹Լ Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers.
  • Grace Williams

    Sea Sketches for String Orchestra: V. Calm Sea in Summer

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Resonus.
  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters

    • Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters, Meditations On Erik Satie.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": II. Adagio un

    Conductor: Kurt Sanderling. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80: 4. Sicilienne

    Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.
    • Faure: Pelléas et Mélisande.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Mars Smith

    Here There Be Mermaids

    • Faroe Islands: Echoes on the Wind.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 8.
  • Gustav Holst

    Venus, the Bringer of Peace (The Planets, Op 32)

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Holst: Orchestral Works, Volume 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Silent Woods

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Henry Purcell

    Ground in C minor

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Spring.
    • Sony.
    • 1.
  • Luke Howard

    Dappled Light

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • DECCA.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Cristanemi

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Il maestro. Italian Music by Puccini, Rossini, Verdi....
    • Warner Classics.
    • 23.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Berceuse

    Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Sam Armstrong.
  • Ballaké Sissoko

    Berceuse

    Composer: Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch.
    • Ornithology.
  • Sigur Rós

    óٲí

    Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Emma Denton. Performer: Sam Becker. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Choir: VOCES8.
    • DECCA.
  • Snorri Hallgrímsson

    Chasing the Present

    • Lime Blue Music Limited.
  • Rosey Chan

    Infinity

    • Rosey Chan.
  • Khruangbin

    Les Petits Gris

    • A LA SALA.
    • Dead Oceans.
    • 12.
  • John Eccles

    Ground: Aire (The Mad Lover Suite)

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

    Umrika

    • Rident Royalties, Inc..
  • Thorkell Sigurbjörnsson

    Heyr himna smidur

    Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis. Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson.
    • Meditatio: Music For Mixed Choir.
    • BIS.
    • 11.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Mozart-Adagio

    Performer: Patrick Messina. Performer: Henri Demarquette. Performer: Fabrizio Chiovetta.
    • Rääts, Pärt, Gorecki: Kaleidoscopic.
    • 貹é.
    • 2.
  • Vanbur

    Falling Colour

    Lyricist: Vanbur.
    • Falling Colour.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 13 Nov 2024 18:00
  • Friday 18:00
  • Tue 31 Dec 2024 18:00
  • Sat 11 Jan 2025 18:00