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Evening mood music for relaxation

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 pieces from the likes of Schubert, Melissa Parmenter and JS Bach 鈥� plus a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Michael J Wong.

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Music Played

  • Samuel Dushkin

    Sicilienne

    Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Julia Hamos.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Music Arranger: Giovanni Sgambati. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Fantasia.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Peter Gregson

    Mirror

    • Mirror, Pause, Breathe.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 104.

  • Will Todd

    Softly

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Ivor Gurney

    5 Elizabethan Songs: No. 5, Sleep (Arr. W. Newell for String Quartet)

    • The Four Quarters.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 201.

  • Franz Schubert

    St盲ndchen, S. 560 (Trans. from Schwanengesang No. 4, D. 957)

    Composer: Franz Liszt.
    • Schubert.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • William Lloyd Webber

    Nocturne

    Performer: John Lill. Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber.
    • MUSIC OF WILLIAM LLOYD WEBBER.
    • ASV.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Arioso (Adagio in G) from Cantata BWV 156 (Arr. by Lloyd Webber)

    Music Arranger: Julian Lloyd Webber.
    • Cello Song.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Melissa Parmenter

    Ostuni

    Lyricist: Melissa Parmenter.
    • Messapica.
    • Globe Productions.
    • 5.

  • Antonio Cesti

    Intorno all'idol mio (Orontea)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Roland P枚ntinen.
    • Night Passages.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.

  • Florence Price

    String Quartet no.2 in A Minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 10.

  • John Williams

    Reverie

    • The Fabelmans (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Claude Debussy

    R锚verie (Arr. by Nicole Esposito and 脟agatay Akyol)

    • Dancing in Dreams - Music for Flute and Harp.
    • MSR Classics.
    • 1.

  • William Grant Still

    3 Visions (Summerland)

    Performer: Monica Gaylord.
    • Black Piano, A Treasury of Works for Solo Piano by Black Composers.
    • MUSIC & ARTS.
    • 2.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Northern Lights

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Tabakova: Nocturne (Arr. for Solo Violin and Piano)

    Music Arranger: Dobrinka Tabakova.
    • LYS.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55: IV. Solveig's Song

    • Grieg: Orchestral Music (Peer Gynt Suite).
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Erland Cooper

    Holm Sound

    Performer: Erland Cooper.
    • Phases.

  • Trad.

    Now Found is the Fairest of Roses

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Last Leaf.
    • ECM.
    • 16.

  • Max Richter

    Late and Soon

    Lyricist: Max Richter.
    • Late and Soon.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 2.

  • Aukai

    Inward Road

    • Inward Road.
    • Aukai Music.
    • 1.

  • Yiruma

    la fine

    • non 猫 la fine.
    • Universal Music Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Meditation

    Performer: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Heron.

  • Domenico Zipoli

    Elevazione for oboe, cello and strings

    Performer: Julia Girdwood. Performer: Robert Truman. Ensemble: Consort of London. Conductor: Robert Haydon Clark.
    • Collins Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    For J贸hann

    Composer: Christian Badzura.
    • Bach Reworks (Pt. 1).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • J贸hann J贸hannsson

    Orphic Hymn

    Ensemble: Theatre of Voices. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Magnolia: IV. Mammy

    • Luke Welch.

  • Michael Hopp茅

    Long Ago

    Composer: Martin Tillman.
    • Chordially Yours Music.

  • Marin Marais

    Pi猫ces de viole, Livre IV, Suite d'un go没t 茅tranger: La R锚veuse

    • Barricades.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 12.

  • Craig Armstrong

    Nocturne 4

    • Nocturne 4.
    • Modern Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Agnes Obel

    Parliament Of Owls

    • Myopia.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.

  • Owen Pallett

    Owl

    Composer: Edwin Butler. Composer: R茅gine Chassagne. Composer: Richard Reed Parry. Composer: William Butler. Composer: Timothy Kingsbury. Composer: Sarah Neufeld. Composer: Jeremy Gara.
    • Her (Original Score).
    • Masterworks.
    • 9.

  • Hideyuki Hashimoto

    Catch The Night In Marble

    Composer: Kevin Jozef A Imbrechts.
    • ferryhouse productions GmbH & Co KG.

  • Nico Muhly

    The Street (harp solo): Station IV. Jesus meets his Mother

    Composer: Alice Goodman.
    • The Street: Nico Muhly & Alice Goodman.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 10.

  • Freya Arde

    Arde: Moon Window

    Music Arranger: Freya Arde.
    • Moon Window.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Jules Emile Frederic Massenet

    Meditation (from "Thais")

    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Chad Lawson

    Lawson: irreplaceable

    Conductor: James Southall. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

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