Embrace the evening with serene 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 Marin Marais, Clara Schumann and Claude Debussy. We Press Pause with yoga and meditation teacher Rod Stryker and reveal some essential Wind Down Wisdom on how reducing exposure to 'blue light' from screens can help improve the quality of your sleep.
On radio
Music Played
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Claude Debussy
En bateau (Petite suite)
Orchestrator: Henri B眉sser. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.- Debussy: Night in Granada: Philharmonia Orchestra/Simon.
- Cala.
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John Adams
China Gates
Performer: Daniil Trifonov.- Adams: China Gates.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1.
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Clara Schumann
3 Romances, No 1: Andante molto
Performer: Christian-Pierre La Marca. Performer: Jean-Fr茅d茅ric Neuburger.- Love Letters.
- Naive.
- 1.
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Koji Kondo
Zelda's Lullaby
Performer: Lise Vandersmissen. Music Arranger: Jim Clements. Choir: VOCES8.- Nightfall.
- Decca.
- 10.
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Trad.
Tra Bo Dau
Performer: Alis Huws. Music Arranger: Alis Huws.- Universal Music Operations Ltd.
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu No 3, D899
Performer: Elisabeth Brauss. -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Melodie (Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op 42)
Performer: Niek Baar. Music Arranger: Alexandru Lascae. Orchestra: Concertgebouw Kamerorkest.- Obsession.
- Channel Classics.
- 8.
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Jacob Shea
The Arctic Suite: Sea Ice Melting
Performer: Eldbj酶rg Hemsing. Performer: H氓vard Gimse.- Shea: The Arctic Suite, V. Sea Ice Melting (Violin-Piano Version).
- Sony.
- 1.
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Deborah Henson-Conant
The Nightingale
Performer: Anda Egl墨te.- In the Light of Silence.
- Prima Classic.
- 1.
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George Butterworth
The Banks of Green Willow
Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Kri拧s Russman.- BIS.
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Fran莽ois Couperin
Les Baricades Mist茅rieuses
Music Arranger: Thomas Ad猫s. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Insomnia.
- Warner Classics.
- 102.
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George Walker
Lyric for Strings
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan. -
Felix Mendelssohn
Song without words, Op 30 No 1
Performer: Sophie Kauer. Performer: Kunal Lahiry.- Unsung.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 3.
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Augusta Holm猫s
La Nuit et l'amour (Ludus pro Patria) arr. Roland Pidoux
Ensemble: Cello8. Director: Rapha毛l Pidoux.- Ode 脿 la nuit.
- Mirare.
- 2.
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Gerard Cousins
Stay By My Side
Performer: Gerard Cousins.- Stay By My Side.
- Prima Classic.
- 1.
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Fiona Brice
Prelude 10
Performer: Fiona Brice.- Bigo and Twigetti.
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Grzegorz Ciechowski
Odchodzac
Performer: Hania Rani. Performer: Dobrawa Czocher. Music Arranger: Hania Rani.- Bia艂a flaga (Remastered 2021).
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 4.
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Poppy Ackroyd
Flutter
Performer: Poppy Ackroyd.- Pause.
- One Little Independent Records.
- 9.
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Ottorino Respighi
The Pigeon (from The Birds)
Performer: Victoria Brawn. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Conductor: Daniele Rosina.- Labyrinths.
- Signum Classics.
- 201.
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Kristina Arakelyan
Meditation
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Heron. -
Ludwig van Beethoven
String quartet No 16 in F major, Op 135 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Quatuor Ysa每e.- Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 132, Op. 135.
- La Dolce Volta.
- 7.
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Ghislaine Reece-Trapp
In Paradisum
Performer: Anna Lapwood.- Luna.
- Sony Classical.
- 9.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Adagio (after 1st movement of the Violin sonata in E major, BWV 1016)
Performer: Laura Pontecorvo. Music Arranger: Rinaldo Alessandrini. Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- More Bach, Please!.
- Naive.
- 9.
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Alexis Ffrench
Canyons
Performer: Alexis Ffrench.- Canyons.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Jung Jae-il
I Remember my name (from Squid Game)
Performer: Ray Chen. Performer: Jonathan Ayling. Music Arranger: John Langley. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Cristian M膬celaru.- I Remember My Name (Arr. Langley for Violin & Orchestra) (From "Squid Game").
- Decca.
- 1.
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Cephas Azariah
Faber Sanctum
Performer: Cephas Azariah. -
Marin Marais
Les voix humaines (Pieces de viole, Book 2 No 63)
Ensemble: Le Po猫me Harmonique. Conductor: Vincent Dumestre.- Mon amant de Saint-Jean.
- Alpha Classics.
- 2.
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J贸hann J贸hannsson
Two is Apocryphal (Drone Mass)
Ensemble: American Contemporary Music Ensemble. Choir: Theatre of Voices. Conductor: Paul Hillier.- Two is Apocryphal.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1.
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Eleonora d鈥橢ste
Sicut lilium inter spinas
Choir: Lyyra.- More Love.
- VOCES8 Records.
- 1.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No 3 in F major, Op 90 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena. -
Amaro Freitas
Gloriosa
Performer: Amaro Freitas.- Y'Y.
- Psychic Hotline.
- 8.
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脡douard Ferlet
Cecile
Performer: 脡douard Ferlet.- PIANOID2.
- Melisse.
- 8.
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Sebastian Mullaert
Rest of the Heron
Performer: Sebastian Mullaert. Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich.- Nathall.
- Neue Meister.
- 8.
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Segun Akinola
Mordros
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenn茅. -
Vivan Bhatti
Winter Meditation (after Vivaldi's Four Seasons)
Composer: Ketan Bhatti. Performer: Eldbj酶rg Hemsing. Ensemble: Hestia String Quartet.- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
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Balmorhea
Solanales
- Solanales.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1.
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Amy Beach
By the still waters, Op 114
Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.- Decca.
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