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Clear the mind with beautiful 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 Haydn, Hania Rani and Hideyuki Hashimoto. Plus a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Michael James Wong, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how we can help ourselves by helping others.

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Wed 13 May 202617:00
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Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No.1 'Spring'

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Pintscher.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne No 1 in B major, Op 32

    Performer: Nelson Goerner.
    • Chopin: Nocturnes.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 9.

  • Hideyuki Hashimoto

    Prayer

    Performer: Hideyuki Hashimoto.
    • Time.
    • XXIM Records.
    • 1.

  • Ernest Walker

    Soft Music

    Conductor: Nigel Short. Choir: Tenebrae.
    • Music of the Spheres.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 13.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin concerto in B flat major, Op 7 No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Hans Liviabella. Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana.
    • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major in D major, Op. 4, Concerto for Vio.
    • Forlane.
    • 5.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Un dia de Noviembre (Variation)

    Performer: Zsófia Boros.
    • En Otra Parte.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 11.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Erbarme dich mein Gott

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Music Arranger: Ton Koopman. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • Simply Baroque.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    L'Ondine, Op 101

    Performer: Mark Viner.
    • Brilliant Classics Licensing BV.

  • Seckou Keita

    Tatono's Path

    Performer: Seckou Keita. Music Arranger: Davide Mantovani. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Heron.
    • African Rhapsodies (A Work for Kora & Symphonic Orchestra).
    • Claves Records.
    • 3.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Requiem, Op 48: II. Offertoire

    Singer: Peter Kooij. Choir: La Chapelle Royale. Choir: Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Louis. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe. Ensemble: Ensemble Musique Oblique.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.

  • Pauline Viardot

    Hai Luli!, VWV 1106 (Arr. for Violin, Harp and String Quintet)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Ensemble: Esther Abrami.
    • Women.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 4.

  • Frederick Delius

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Made in Britain.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 4.

  • Alexandra Stréliski

    The Quiet Voice

    Performer: Alexandra Stréliski.
    • Secret City Records.

  • Hania Rani

    Malasana

    Composer: Dobrawa Czocher. Performer: Hania Rani. Performer: Dobrawa Czocher.
    • Inner Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Ancient Suite

    Music Arranger: Jonas Forssell. Performer: Martin Fröst. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: Adolf Fredriks Girls Choir.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Guitar Concerto, A 501 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Rafael Jiménez Rojas. Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfónica Carlos Chávez. Conductor: Fernando Lozano.
    • Concierto de Aranjuez, Concierto del sur, Guitar Concerto, A. 501.
    • Forlane.
    • 8.

  • Sarah Class

    Up in the Clouds

    Performer: Sarah Class. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Elizabeth Purnell.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.

  • Bing & Ruth

    Reflector

    • Tomorrow Was the Golden Age.
    • RVNG Intl..
    • 8.

  • Thomas Tallis

    O sacrum convivium

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Paul Brough.

  • Frances Shelley

    Evening Star Original

    • A Place That Exists.
    • Manners McDade.
    • 1.

  • Erkki Melartin

    Symphony No 3 in F Major, Op 40 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Tampere Filharmonia. Conductor: Leonid Grin.
    • Melartin, E.: Symphonies Nos. 1-6.
    • Ondine.
    • 6.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    6 Romances, Op 16: No 1, Lullaby (Cradle Song)

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • Tchaikovsky: 6 Romances, Op. 16: No. 1, Lullaby (Cradle Song) [Version for Piano.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Radiohead

    Pyramid Song

    Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Matthew Sharp. Performer: Eleanor Turner. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Decca.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Thought Streams

    • Piano Diaries.
    • Juice Music.
    • 1.

  • Ernest Chausson

    Pièce in C Major for Cello and Orchestra

    Performer: David Delacroix. Conductor: Ivor Bolton. Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra Basel.
    • Prospero Classical.

  • Elliott Jack Sansom

    The Three Of Us

    • Night Light.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 12.

  • Pinar Toprak

    Rainforest Whispers (Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora)

    • Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (Original Game Soundtrack).
    • Lakeshore Records.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in A major, BWV 864 (Prelude)

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier 1: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 13.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet No 4 in B Flat Major Opus 76 'Sunrise' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Henrik Lindstrand

    Hallonlandet

    • Hallonlandet.
    • One Little Independent Records.
    • 1.

  • Alexander Chapman Campbell

    Heart Of Oak

    Performer: Alexander Chapman Campbell.

  • Franz Schubert

    Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D 343 (arr for choir)

    Performer: Julius Drake. Music Arranger: Christian Georg. Choir: NDR Vokalensemble. Conductor: Klaas Stok.
    • NDR Vokalensemble.

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Hymne 2001

    Performer: Gianluca Cascioli.
    • '900.
    • Universal Music Italia srL..
    • 29.

  • Frank Bridge

    The Sea - suite for orchestra

    Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • GBBBC.

  • Joby Talbot

    Yellow Disc Rising From The Sea

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Austin.
    • Chroma.
    • Chester Music.
    • 3.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 13 May 202518:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Wed 13 May 202617:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind