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Let go of the day with peaceful 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 Philip Glass, Keaton Henson and Johannes Brahms. We Press Pause with meditation coach Maude Hirst and Caroline Steel reveals some essential Wind Down Wisdom on how a simple activity like doing a jigsaw can help you release stress.

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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    La fille aux cheveux de lin (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • La fille aux cheveux de lin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Ingmar S眉berkr眉b

    Open Strings

    Ensemble: Kaiser Quartett.
    • Empire.
    • [PIAS] Recordings Germany.
    • 4.

  • Francisco Guerrero

    O sacrum convivium

    Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Paul Brough.

  • Jacques Ibert

    Matin sur l'eau (6 Pieces)

    Performer: Kyunghee Kim-Sutre.
    • La Harpe Consolatrice.
    • Hortus.
    • 1.

  • Trad.

    Deep River

    Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Music Arranger: Kanneh-Mason Trio. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Craig Armstrong

    Nocturne 8

    Performer: Craig Armstrong.
    • Nocturnes - Music for Two Pianos.
    • Modern Recordings.
    • 8.

  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    Violin concerto in A major, Op 7 No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Fumika Mohri. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Michael Hal谩sz.
    • Saint-Georges: Violin Concerto, Op. 7 No. 1: II. Adagio.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.

  • Amy Beach

    Dreaming

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • Sony.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String quartet No 16 in E flat major, K 428 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Salomon Quartet.
    • Mozart: The 6 "Haydn" String Quartets (On Period Instruments).
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Simple Prayer for Complex Times

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Love at Last.
    • Pentatone.
    • 17.

  • Paul von Klenau

    Symphony No 8 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hans Graf.
    • Dacapo.

  • Samanta Yubero Lahoz

    Calm Waters

    Composer: Kjell Sonksen. Performer: Samanta Yubero Lahoz. Performer: Kjell S酶nksen.
    • Calm Waters.
    • Nordic Euphony Records.
    • 1.

  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra

    Performer: Stephen Wake.
    • Stephen Wake.

  • John Dowland

    Come, heavy sleep (arr for string quartet)

    Music Arranger: Sini Simonen. Ensemble: Castalian String Quartet.
    • Delphian.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    solari

    Performer: Sumino Hayato.
    • Sakamoto: solari.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade for strings in E major, Op 22 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings. Conductor: Daniel Dodds.
    • Eastbound: Schumann, Dvorak, Schreker (Works for String Orchestra).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 11.

  • Danny Mulhern

    Flow State Vestida 4

    Performer: Danny Mulhern.
    • Flow States.
    • 1631 Recordings.
    • 2.

  • Thomas Tallis

    In ieiunio et fletu

    Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Lux aeterna: A Sequence for the Souls of the Departed.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Olivia Belli

    Anima 2 - Sleep Rework

    Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • Anima Flow.
    • XXIM Records.
    • 1.

  • Max Richter

    A Colour Field (Piano Version)

    Performer: Max Richter.
    • A Colour Field (Piano Version).
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Suite No 4 in D minor: Sarabande

    Ensemble: Jupiter. Conductor: Thomas Dunford.
    • Eternal Heaven - Handel: Suite No. 4 in D Minor: III. Sarabande.
    • ERATO.
    • 1.

  • Emily Lim

    The Sun, Unafraid to Shine

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.

  • Keaton Henson

    Try

    Performer: Keaton Henson. Performer: Daniel Herskedal.
    • Try.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 1.

  • Philip Glass

    Opening (Glassworks)

    Performer: Sergio Sorrentino.
    • Orange Mountain Music.

  • George Walker

    My Lord, what a morning (Folksongs for orchestra, No 3)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Asher Fisch.
    • Walker & Dawson: Orchesral Works.
    • Seattle Symphony Media.
    • 4.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo, Op 117 No 1

    Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sleepers awake, arr. Bantock

    Orchestrator: Granville Bantock. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Bach - Transcriptions for Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Theo Alexander

    Hammer Frenzy

    Performer: Theo Alexander.
    • Hammer Frenzy.
    • Arts & Crafts Productions Inc..
    • 2.

  • Trad.

    Suo Gan

    Performer: Alis Huws. Music Arranger: Haldon Evans.
    • Long Nights and Starry Skies.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Thomas Farnon

    A

    Performer: Thomas Farnon.
    • A.
    • Chromium Music Group.
    • 5.

  • Jim Perkins

    Footsteps

    Performer: Anna de Bruin. Performer: Jim Perkins.
    • Bigo and Twigetti.

  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    Violin Sonata in A minor Op.2 no.3 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sophie Rosa. Performer: Ian Buckle.
    • Montgeroult, Viotti, Weber & Mendelssohn: Violin Sonatas.
    • Rubicon.
    • 5.

  • Matilda Brown

    Moving Through Emotions

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenn茅.

  • Luke Howard

    Blue Hands

    Performer: Luke Howard.
    • The Sand That Ate The Sea.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 10.

  • Lambert

    Time Out

    Performer: Lambert.
    • Open.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 3.

  • Karen Tanaka

    3 Water Dances (no.1)

    Performer: Signe Bakke.
    • 2L.

  • Lara Somogyi

    alom

    Performer: Lara Somogyi.
    • 谩濒辞尘.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 1.

  • Kosuke Anamizu

    Land

    Ensemble: Moshimoss.
    • Land.
    • Moderna Records.
    • 3.

  • Giya Kancheli

    Herio Bichebo (Earth, This Is Your Son)

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Luka Okros.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 8 Nov 2024 18:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Wednesday 18:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind