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Embrace the evening calm with gentle classical sounds

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 Lili Boulanger, Henry Purcell and Vivaldi. We Press Pause with mindfulness champion Izzy Judd and discover some essential Wind Down Wisdom on how getting your hands dirty with a bit of gardening can help you de-stress from the pressures of your day.

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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Conifer.

  • Rita Strohl

    Solitude - reverie for cello & piano

    Performer: Héloïse Luzzati. Performer: Célia Oneto Bensaid.
    • Rita Strohl: Volume 2, Musique de chambre.
    • La Boîte à Pépites.
    • 8.

  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Sonata in tremulo (Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75)

    Ensemble: Gli Angeli Genève. Director: Stephan MacLeod.
    • Buxtehude - Dayer.
    • Aparté.
    • 6.

  • Josh Semans

    Trust

    Performer: Josh Semans.
    • Josh Semans.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fur Elise

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • Imogen Cooper plays Beethoven.
    • Chandos.
    • 46.

  • Arash Safaian

    Una fantasia (String Orchestra Version)

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven. Performer: Sebastian Knauer. Orchestra: Zürcher Kammerorchester. Conductor: Arash Safaian.
    • This Is (Not) Beethoven.
    • Modern Recordings.
    • 16.

  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon in D

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv.

  • Bill Laurance

    In Good Faith

    Performer: Bill Laurance.
    • Affinity.
    • Flint Music Limited.
    • 5.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Arietta 1 (Fantasy for guitar, Op 107)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Dreams & Fancies.
    • Delphian.
    • 14.

  • Johan Svendsen

    Variations On A Norwegian Folk Tune

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Paul Wranitzky

    Symphony in D minor (La Tempesta) - 2nd mvt

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Bernhard Forck.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.

  • Tanya Ekanayaka

    Armenia to a Pearl (12 Piano Prisms)

    Performer: Tanya Ekanayaka.
    • Tanya Ekanayaka: 12 Piano Prisms.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 2.

  • Joanna Marsh

    In Winter's House

    Music Arranger: Julian Azkoul. Orchestra: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Julian Azkoul.
    • Renewal.
    • BIS.
    • 101.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance Op.11

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 12.

  • Trad.

    Moon is Bright - lullaby (Northeastern Cradle Song)

    Performer: Lang Lang. Music Arranger: Zhao Zhang.
    • Year of the Dragon - Songs from China.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Sjugurd Garmo

    Ilva

    Performer: Bjørn Odde. Ensemble: Schola Cantorum. Conductor: Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl.
    • Dyss.
    • Melovitten.
    • 2.

  • Linda Rum

    Farbe

    Performer: Linda Rum.
    • Friede.
    • Moderna Records.
    • 13.

  • Lambert

    Porcelain

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Are You Still Somewhere?.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    The Murmur of the Wheat (In the Midst of Nature, No. 5)

    Performer: Sarah Cahill.
    • The Future is Female, Vol 1: In Nature.
    • FHR.
    • 7.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep may safely graze (Cantata No 208) arr. Stokowski

    Orchestrator: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Stokowski's Symphonic Bach.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • GBBBC.

  • Will Everitt

    Mayim

    Composer: Noa Margalit. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    MUJI2020

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • Playing The Piano 12122020.
    • Commmons.
    • 2.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 mandolins in G major, RV 532 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Alon Sariel. Ensemble: Venice Baroque Orchestra.
    • Vivaldi pour lire.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 37.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Pastorella Larga (after Chamber concerto in D major, RV 95, 'La Pastorella')

    Music Arranger: Bo Wiget. Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Conductor: Wolfgang Katschner.
    • New Vivaldi.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.

  • Carlos Cipa

    Andantino (Schubert redesigned)

    Performer: Carlos Cipa.
    • Redesigns.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Romanze (Serenade in G major, K 525, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik')

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Mozart: Night music: The English Concert/Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.

  • Yiruma

    la mia notte

    Performer: Yiruma.
    • la mia notte.
    • Universal Music Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
    • Stained Glass.
    • BIS.
    • 5.

  • Henry Purcell

    Hear my prayer

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Deborah Henson-Conant

    Merceditas

    Performer: Evelyn Huber. Orchestra: Philharmonie Salzburg. Conductor: Elisabeth Fuchs.
    • Fine Music.

  • Philippe Paquet

    Justification

    Performer: Agnes Langlois. Performer: Dominique Beauséjour-Ostiguy. Performer: Jeanne Côté. Performer: Marie-Claire Vaillancourt. Performer: Vincent Delorme.
    • Philippe Paquet.

  • Becky Ainge

    1911

    • 1911.
    • Aemeralds GmbH.
    • 1.

  • Sophia Jani

    Meditation from String quartet No 1 (See the grass is full of stars)

    Ensemble: Kontai Ensemble.
    • Neue Meister.

  • Gang Chen

    Butterfly Lovers Violin concerto (1st mvt)

    Composer: Zhanhao He. Performer: Chloe Chua. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rodolfo Barráez.
    • Butterfly Lovers Concerto & Paganini.
    • Pentatone.
    • 1.

  • Redi Hasa

    Butterfly

    Performer: Redi Hasa.
    • The Stolen Cello (Deluxe).
    • Decca.
    • 11.

  • Tayla-Leigh Payne

    Meditation

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.

  • Luke Howard

    Solidarity

    Performer: Lara Somogyi. Ensemble: Shards. Conductor: Kieran Brunt.
    • Solidarity.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 1.

  • Natalia Tsupryk

    On Firelight Falls

    Composer: Angus James William Macrae.
    • 1134702 Records DK2.

  • Clara Schumann

    Nocturne from soirees musicales

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 10 Nov 2024 18:00
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  • Fri 29 Nov 2024 18:00
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  • Mon 9 Dec 2024 18:00
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  • Wed 12 Mar 2025 18:00
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  • Yesterday 18:00
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