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Ease into the evening with restorative 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 Jon Batiste, Dustin O'Halloran and Fanny Mendelssohn. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how to keep cool in hot weather.

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Pathétique Variation (After Piano Sonata No. 8, Op.13: II. Adagio cantabile)

    Composer: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Performer: Gabriele Bagnati.
    • Pathétique Variation (After Piano Sonata No. 8, Op.13: II. Adagio cantabile).
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Richard Norris

    Thief of Time

    Performer: Richard Norris.
    • State Of Mind.

  • Julius Klengel

    Hymnus

    Performer: Matt Haimovitz. Performer: Stephanie Arado. Conductor: Matthew Mehaffey. Choir: University of Minnesota Chamber Singers. Ensemble: Uccello.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Eric Whitacre

    The Seal Lullaby

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Lyricist: Rudyard Kipling. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Eventide.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Alberto Giurioli

    Kokoro

    • Leftovers.
    • Alberto Giurioli.
    • 2.

  • Lyudmyla Shukaylo

    Romance

    Performer: Oleg Shebeta-Dragan. Performer: Dominic Degavino.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne

    Performer: Elias David Moncado. Performer: Mirabelle Kajenjeri.
    • Héritage: Boulanger, Ravel, Debussy, Kosenko, Brahms, Ponce & Waxman.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Christian Balvig

    What Happened To The World

    Performer: Christian Balvig. Ensemble: Ensemble Hermes.
    • Find And You Will Seek.
    • Night Poem.
    • 11.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major K.525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Jane Glover.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Blackbird Rising

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Blackbird Rising & Blackbird Returns.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Reena Esmail

    Saans

    Ensemble: Darshan Trio.
    • Darshan Trio & Reena Esmail.

  • Dustin O’Halloran

    Timothy is Sleeping

    Performer: Dustin O’Halloran.
    • Lumiere (expanded).
    • Splinter Records.
    • 11.

  • John Eccles

    Aire (from The Mad Lover)

    Performer: Toby Carr.
    • Softest Thunder.
    • Delphian.

  • Roy Williams

    Flower of Scotland

    Music Arranger: Joseph Stevenson. Ensemble: Brathair.

  • Neil Leiter, Margaret Hermant, Fabien Leseure & Echo Collective

    Effet de neige

    • Naive.

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopédie No. 1: Lent et douloureux

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Gymnopédie No. 1: Lent et douloureux.
    • Masterworks.
    • 1.

  • Sally Beamish

    Gerropaedie

    Performer: Sally Beamish. Performer: Stephanie Irvine.
    • Gerropaedie.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.

  • Tianyao Lyu

    Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, KK IVa/16

    • Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, KK IVa/16.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    2 Pieces, Op. 15: No. 1, Chanson de Nuit

    • 2 Pieces, Op. 15: No. 1, Chanson de Nuit.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.

  • Alanna Crouch

    Remember

    Performer: Alanna Crouch.
    • Bigo & Twigetti.

  • Kerensa Briggs & Byrd Ensemble

    Reflection on Stabat Mater

    • Scribe Records.

  • Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque

    Fanny Mendelssohn: 3 Mélodies, Op. 4: No. 2 Allegretto

    • 55.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 18.

  • Giovanni Picchi

    Canzon duodecima a4

    Ensemble: Bellot Ensemble.

  • Ennio Morricone

    Gabriel's Oboe (From "The Mission")

    Performer: Giovanni Davide Tomasi.
    • Embers.
    • Prima Classic.
    • 13.

  • Jon Batiste

    Shine

    • Jon Batiste - Black Mozart.

  • George Fu

    Allegretto in C Minor, D. 915

    • Solitude with Schubert.
    • Platoon.
    • 1.

  • 澤井誠

    Nagi

    Performer: 澤井誠.
    • Bigo & Twigetti.

  • Karl Goldmark

    Violin Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sueye Park. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Valentin Egel.
    • Goldmark: Violin Concerto, Op. 28: II. Air. Andante.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Anthony McGreal

    Endless Blue

  • Louis Vierne

    Suite bourguignonne, Op. 17: No. 2, Idylle

    Performer: Michael Schöch.
    • MDG.

  • Jules Massenet

    Meditation from Thais

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Damian Dalla Torre

    Longitude

    • Squama.

  • Sulkhan Tsintsadze

    5 Pieces on Georgian Folk Themes: IV. Nana

    Performer: Christoph Croisé. Performer: Ana Bakradze.
    • Tsintsadze: 5 Pieces on Georgian Folk Themes: IV. Nana.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Performer: Julius Asal.

  • William Byrd

    Pavana Lachrymae (After Dowland's "Flow My Tears")

    • Byrd: Pavana Lachrymae (After Dowland's "Flow My Tears").
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ave Maria

    Composer: Charles Gounod. Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Lambert Orkis.
    • Anne Sophie Mutter: Great Recordings.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 112.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Adagio

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
    • Bach: The Complete Keyboard Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Emma Rawicz

    Chorinho pra Hermato

    Performer: Jonny Mansfield. Performer: Dominic Ingham. Performer: Jack Thomas. Performer: Will Sach.

  • Tony Woollard

    Merry Go Round

    • Tony Wollard.

  • Sir Stephen Hough

    Cielito lindo (Arr. Hough for Piano)

    • Hyperion.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Trio Sonata in C minor TWV 42:c4 - Avec douceur. Lentement

    Performer: L’Orfeo Wind Ensemble.
    • Georg Philipp Telemann: Wind Overtures Vol. 3.
    • CPO.
    • 122.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday 17:00
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