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Relax in the evening's glow with peaceful 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 Beethoven, Emilie Mayer and Midori Hirano. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how shutting down the laptop a little earlier can help you sleep.

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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Phantasy Quintet (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Zahra Benyounes. Ensemble: Piatti Quartet.
    • Phantasy.
    • Rubicon.
    • 3.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano concerto No 21 in C major, K 467 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.
    • Chandos.

  • Dame Ethel Mary Smyth

    Nocturne, Canon by Inversion (2 Canons, No 1)

    Performer: German Kitkin.
    • Stereo Arts Classics.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance in G major, Op 40

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Beethoven: Violin concerto/Romances: Mutter/New York Philharmonic/Masur.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Angie Lopez

    O Som do Seu Nome

    Ensemble: Sonoras.
    • Lopez: O Som do Seu Nome.
    • Azul Music.
    • 1.

  • Marlos Nobre

    Poema III, Op 94 No 3

    Performer: Tommy Mesa. Performer: Yoon Lee.
    • 17(67).
    • Azica Records.
    • 8.

  • Alessandro Marcello

    Adagio (from Oboe Concerto in D Minor)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Music Arranger: John Harle. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
    • Decca.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Diez Bocetos (10 sketches):No 9, Carlos Enriquez

    Performer: Mariel Mayz.
    • Leo Brouwer - Cuban Sketches for Piano - Mariel Mayz.
    • Zoha Music.
    • 9.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Philharmonic Concerto, Op 120 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Arnold: Clarinet concerto and Orchestral works.
    • Chandos.
    • 502.

  • Robert Gromotka

    Bloom

    Composer: Jonas Hain. Performer: Robert Gromotka. Performer: Jonas Hain.
    • Neue Meister.

  • Marques L. A. Garrett

    My heart be brave

    Lyricist: James Weldon Johnson. Choir: London Voices.
    • Oxford University Press Music.

  • Johann Baptist Vanhal

    Bassoon Concerto in C major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ondřej Šindelář. Ensemble: Risonanza Praga. Conductor: Sergio Azzolini.
    • Duality.
    • Supraphon.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Nessun dorma (Turandot) arr. for piano

    Performer: Peter Breiner. Music Arranger: Peter Breiner.
    • Aria.
    • Blue Cloud Music.
    • 112.

  • Henry Balfour Gardiner

    A Berkshire Idyll (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • British Tone Poems, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 123.

  • Sophie Hutchings

    Billow Gently

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • Lorne Balfe

    America (The Story of Connor Kenway)

    Performer: Nicolas Horvath.
    • Assassin's Creed: The Piano Collection - America (The Story of Connor Kenway).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Generations: Sinfonietta No 2 (2nd mvt: Alla sarabande)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series volume III.
    • Cedille Records.
    • 7.

  • Laura Jurd

    Prepare like a pro

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Peter Gregson

    Discovering Shadows

    Performer: Peter Gregson.
    • Corridors.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 2.

  • Joep Beving

    Wild Renaissance

    Performer: Joep Beving.
    • Wild Renaissance.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Cephas Azariah

    Rediscover Joy

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio for Strings

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jac van Steen.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 104 in D major, 'London' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.

  • Caroline Shaw

    And the swallow

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Nightfall.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

  • Midori Hirano

    Rainwalk

    Performer: Midori Hirano.
    • OTONOMA.
    • Thrill Jockey.
    • 5.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne

    Performer: Hana Chang. Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No 4 in B minor (reconstructed by Andreas N Tarkmann) (2nd mvt)

    Orchestrator: Andreas N. Tarkmann. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend.
    • CPO.

  • Anthony Willis

    So kiss me and be damned

    Performer: Anthony Willis.
    • Wuthering Heights (Original Motion Picture Score).
    • Milan Records.
    • 13.

  • Erland Cooper

    Music for growing flowers - Nocturne, part 1

    Performer: Erland Cooper.
    • Mercury KX.

  • Reginald Redman

    Mist on the Moors

    Performer: Duncan Honeybourne.
    • Mist On the Moors: the Piano Music of Reginald Redman.
    • Heritage.
    • 1.

  • Frederick Delius

    Piano concerto in C major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Piers Lane. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones.
    • Delius & Ireland: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 39).
    • Hyperion.

  • Sally Greenaway

    Poem I

    Performer: Gillian Pereira. Performer: Sally Greenaway.
    • Greenaway: Aubade & Nocturne.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 3.

  • Amelia Clarkson

    Wings of Peace

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Moshimoss

    Unsaid

    • Insense Music Works Inc..

  • Kris Bowers

    Afterlight

    Performer: Kris Bowers.
    • Eagle Rock, March 21st.
    • et al. music.
    • 1.

  • Cristóbal de Morales

    Parce mihi, Domine

    Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Lux aeterna: A Sequence for the Souls of the Departed.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

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