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Relax from your day with calming harmonies

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 Florence Price, Philip Glass and William Grant Still. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how singing can help you de-stress from the pressures of your day.

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Music Played

  • Trad.

    She Moved Through the Fair (Arr. for Flute, Violin, Harp & Orchestra by John Rut

    Music Arranger: John Rutter. Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.
    • She moved through the fair.
    • Collegium.
    • 1.

  • Florence Price

    The Deserted Garden

    • The state51 Conspiracy.

  • Dustin O鈥橦alloran

    An Ending, A Beginning

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat major, Op 44, No 3

    Ensemble: Consone Quartet.

  • Dan Jones

    Jones: Chloe

    Conductor: Dan Jones. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Sur la plage de Chesil (Bande originale du film).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 26.

  • Max Janowski

    Avinu Malkeinu

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Music Arranger: Jim Clements. Lyricist: Anon.. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Collaborations.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a (Arr. by Alexander Siloti)

    Music Arranger: Alexander Siloti.
    • Labyrinth: Ephemera.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Charterhouse Suite: Slow Air

    Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North.
    • English String Miniatures, Vol. 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Philip Glass

    The Hours - Music for the Film by Stephen Daldry: No. 14, The Hours

    Music Arranger: Michael Riesman. Music Arranger: Nico Muhly. Music Arranger: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Glass: Metamorphosis & The Hours.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 8.

  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Symphony No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano, Op. 45: II. Andante

    • Flute & Friends.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 2.

  • Luke Howard

    Interlinked - II. Reflection

    • Interlinked.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 3.

  • Marie Awadis

    Awadis: 脡tude No. 3: Ballade

    • Awadis: 脡tude No. 8: Through the Window.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Georgs Pel膿cis

    All in the Past

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Roots.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 21.

  • Kaori Muraji

    Muraji: Snowdrop

    • Rhapsody Japan.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 14.

  • Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Die Nacht (Arr. for Cello and Guitar by Anja Lechner and Pablo M谩rquez

    Lyricist: Karoline Pichler. Music Arranger: Anja Lechner. Music Arranger: Pablo M谩rquez.
    • Schubert: Die Nacht (Arr. for Cello and Guitar by Anja Lechner and Pablo M谩rquez.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 1.

  • Keaton Henson & Reinoud Ford

    Earnestly Yours

  • William Grant Still

    Lyric Quartette: II. The Quiet One

    • Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walk.
    • Azica Records.

  • Vakhtang Kakhidze

    Moon Dances for Cello and Chamber Orchestra: I. Blues

    • Cugate Classics.

  • John Pickard

    3 Latin Motets: No. 3, Ubi caritas et amor

    • John Pickard: Mass in Troubled Times.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
    • 3.

  • Dan Evmark

    Silent Waves

    • Silent Waves.
    • Naxos Sweden.
    • 18.

  • Edward MacDowell

    10 Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: No. 1, To a Wild Rose

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: VIII. Lacrimosa (Arr. Fontaine for Clarinet, Organ a

    Music Arranger: Bruno Fontaine.
    • Mozart: Masterpieces.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 49.

  • Thom Yorke

    Radiohead: Like Spinning Plates

    Composer: Jonny Greenwood. Composer: Colin Greenwood. Composer: Ed O鈥橞rien. Composer: Philip Selway.
    • Radiohead: Like Spinning Plates.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Sumino Hayato

    Nocturne III - Once in a Blue Moon

    • Human Universe.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.

  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    Waller-Bridge: Blue Notebook

    Lyricist: Isobel Waller-Bridge.
    • Iskra.
    • 1631 Recordings.
    • 5.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    The Blue Bird (The Land of Memory)

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Steffen Tast.
    • Humperdinck: Der Blaue Vogel (Concert Version Ed. S. Tast).
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 38.

  • Alex Baranowski

    Wiosna

    Conductor: Ang猫le Dubeau. Ensemble: La Piet脿.
    • Portrait: Alex Baranowski.
    • Les Productions Analekta Inc..
    • 1.

  • Sarah Class

    Drought

    • Africa (Original Television Soundtrack).
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 20.

  • Henry Eccles

    Sonata in A Minor, for Double Bass & String Quartet: I. Largo

    • Eccles, Von Dittersdorf, Zbinden & Salles: Works for Double Bass.
    • VDE-GALLO.
    • 1.

  • Thom Robson

    The Way Back

    • TJR MUSIC.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus Iste

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: David Hill.

  • David Orlowsky

    Ada

    • Alter Ego.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Snorri Hallgr铆msson

    And I Alone

    • And I Alone.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Do You Hear Us In Heaven

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Brady Kendall

    Canopy

    • We All Speak In Poems.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in C sharp minor

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

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