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Take away the cares of the day 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 Chopin, Herbie Hancock and Errollyn Wallen. 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 the scent of flowers can help ease anxiety.

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Music Played

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Prelude in E minor, Op 28 No 4

    Performer: Eline Marlene.
    • Télès Music.

  • Philip Godfrey

    Enchanted Night (3 Piece suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Heritage Records.

  • Jung Jae-il

    Forgiven (from Broker soundtrack)

    Performer: Jung Jae-il.
    • CJENM.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pavane, Op 50

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Glow

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in F minor, Op 20 No 5 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Chaos String Quartet.

  • Laura Masotto

    Biki I

    Performer: Laura Masotto.
    • Laura Masotto.

  • Max Bruch

    Kol Nidrei, Op 47

    Performer: Truls Mørk. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • VIRGIN.

  • Max Richter

    Non-Eternal Part 3

    Performer: Max Richter. Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: Max Ruisi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Erland Cooper

    Berriedale on Hoy

    Performer: Erland Cooper.
    • Mercury Classics.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Trio sonata in G minor, HWV 393 arr. for 2 cellos & piano

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Mariatu Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Violin concerto (4th mvt)

    Performer: Janusz Wawrowski. Orchestra: Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Lyndon‐Gee.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Rachel Portman

    Rosengarten (Dolomites, pale mountains)

    Ensemble: LGT Young Soloists. Conductor: Alexander Gilman.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    June - Barcarolle (The Seasons)

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Claude Debussy

    The Girl with the Flaxen Hair

    Orchestrator: Colin Matthews. Performer: Jonathan Morton. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Linn Records.

  • Vince Pope

    Epilogue, Part 1

    Singer: Kezia Tomsett. Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Brunt.
    • Manners McDade.

  • Herbie Hancock

    Harvest Time

    Performer: Herbie Hancock.
    • Sony.

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Richard Addinsell

    The Isle of Apples (The Saviours)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn.
    • Marco-Polo.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Aria (Goldberg Variations, BWV 988) arr. for 2 guitars

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia. Performer: Antoine Morinière.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano concerto No 24, K 491 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ryan Wigglesworth. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Simmy Singh

    Close your eyes and see

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Chad Lawson

    Where There Is Hope

    Performer: Chad Lawson.
    • Chad Lawson Decca US.

  • Pablo Suárez

    Second Chances

    Performer: Pablo Suárez.
    • Pablo Suárez.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Romance

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Air

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning (Peer Gynt - suite no.1 Op.46)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Luke Faulkner

    The Journey

    Performer: Luke Faulkner. Performer: Emma Arriza. Performer: Martha Mitu. Performer: Caleb Sibley. Performer: Tom Huet.
    • Halidon.

  • Cecilia Tyrrell

    Expand Your Creativity

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Kyle Preston

    Submersion Symmetry

    Performer: Kyle Preston.
    • Melancholy Pulse.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Dance X (Dances for orchestra)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Resonus Classics.

  • Zuzanna Całka

    Nautilus

    Performer: Zuzanna Całka.
    • Zuzanna Całka.

  • Frederick Delius

    Romance

    Performer: Sterling Elliott. Performer: Richard Uttley.

  • Karen Tanaka

    Lavender Field

    Performer: Signe Bakke.
    • 2L.

  • Zoe Dixon

    Meditation

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Giulio Caccini

    Ave Maria

    Performer: Masako Shirabe.
    • Mclassics.

  • Josef Rheinberger

    Abendlied (3 Geistliche Gesange, Op 69)

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Hyperion.

  • Florian Christl

    Aurora (Upright Piano Version)

    Performer: Florian Christl.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Jun Futamata

    #bfbfbf (12:00:00pm - 05:07:53pm)

    Singer: Jun Futamata.
    • Jun Futamata.

  • Sir George Dyson

    At Evening Bell (Woodland Suite)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 27 Aug 202517:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tue 23 Sep 202517:00
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  • Monday17:00
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