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Let go of the day with soothing 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 rest - presented by musician and mindfulness expert Niall Breslin.

This episode features a rich blend of music from the likes of James Macmillan, Grazyna Bacewicz and Ola Gjeilo. Plus there's a chance to Press Pause and listen deeply with Michael James Wong, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steele, celebrating the Danish concept of hygge.

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Adagio in E Major, K 261

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5; 2 Rondos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 205.

  • Comet Blue

    Stars Light Up The Water

    • Stars Light Up The Water.
    • Cost Plus Creative B.V..
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Dolly, Op 56 (5th mvt)

    Music Arranger: Henri Rabaud. Orchestra: RT脡 National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.
    • Faur茅: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 111.

  • Albert Ket猫lbey

    Suite romantique: I. Romance

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Ket猫lbey: Bells across the Meadows.
    • Naxos.
    • 104.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Ave Maria

    Singer: Ryan French. Choir: VocalEssence Chorus. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.
    • Got the Saint Louis Blues.
    • Clarion.
    • 11.

  • Matteo Myderwyk

    The Young Weaver (Renaissance Piano Version)

    • Renaissance.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Edvard Grieg

    In my native country

    Performer: Tom Borrow.

  • James MacMillan

    O Radiant Dawn

    Choir: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • A Pembroke Christmas.
    • Signum Records.
    • 5.

  • Phil France

    Transition

    • Gondwana Records.

  • Franz Schubert

    Nacht und Tr盲ume D.827 and Improvisation

    Composer: Fergus McCreadie. Performer: Fergus McCreadie. Music Arranger: Chaos String Quartet. Ensemble: Chaos String Quartet.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    6 Romances sans paroles, Op 76: No 6 M茅ditation

    Performer: Simon Callaghan.
    • Rarieties of Piano Music from the 2021 Festival at Schloss vor Husum (Live).
    • Danacord Records.
    • 5.

  • Gabr铆el 脫lafs

    贵补苍迟补蝉铆补

    Performer: Steiney Sigur冒ard贸ttir. Performer: Gabr铆el 脫lafs.
    • Fantasia.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis for double string orchestra

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • A Walk With Ivor Gurney.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.

  • Masayoshi Fujita

    Memories Of The Wind

    • Stories.
    • Erased Tapes.
    • 8.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    The Rose

    Lyricist: Christina Rossetti. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble. Choir: Royal Holloway Choir.
    • Winter Songs.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Fela Sowande

    Nostalgia (African Suite)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1.
    • CEDILLE.
    • 7.

  • Gra偶yna Bacewicz

    Cinq pi猫ces faciles: II. Andante

    Performer: Juliette Ciesla. Performer: Alexis Ciesla.
    • Couleurs de Pologne - Miniatures du XXe si猫cle.
    • Polymnie.
    • 26.

  • Martin Jacoby

    Blue Lines

    • Concentration New Age Piano.
    • Silent Star Music.
    • 12.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 1 in C Major, Op 15 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Stewart Goodyear. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Andrew Constantine.
    • Orchid Music Limited.

  • Tom Thorp

    Embrace vulnerability

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.

  • Cerys Hafana

    Yr Elen

    • Edyf.
    • Cerys Havana Hickman.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    S矛. Mi chiamano Mim矛 (La boh猫me) - arr for orchestra

    Music Arranger: Helmuth Brandenburg. Orchestra: Russian Federal Orchestra.
    • ITALIAN ROMANCE.
    • SCD.
    • 002.

  • Lucy Walker

    Intuition

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Graham Ross.

  • Gecko

    Crossing Horizons

    • Ambient Layers Vol.II.
    • 7K!.
    • 9.

  • Poppy Ackroyd

    Suspended

    Remix Artist: Anne M眉ller.
    • Pause Reimagined.
    • One Little Independent Records.
    • 1.

  • Francisco Guerrero

    Ave virgo sanctissima

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Renaissance Music for Inner Peace.
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 14.

  • MJ Cole

    Strings For Jodie

    • MJ Cole Presents Madrugada.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 8.

  • John Foulds

    Badinage

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • John Foulds, Vol. 4.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 17.

  • 氚曤鞖�

    Prelude De La Luna

    Ensemble: Forestella.
    • Mystique.
    • Universal Music Ltd..
    • 7.

  • Nils Frahm

    My Friend The Forest

    • Tripping with Nils Frahm.
    • Erased Tapes.
    • 4.

  • Sisulu

    Timeless

    Performer: Sisulu.
    • Citrus Records.

  • James Whitbourn

    Castle of Diamonds (Luminosity)

    Performer: Levine Andrade. Performer: Henry Parkes. Performer: Andrew Ker. Performer: Steffan Jones. Choir: Commotio. Conductor: Matthew Berry.
    • Whitbourn: Luminosity and other choral works.
    • Naxos.
    • 14.

  • Helen Keeling-Marston

    A Winter Lullaby

    • Helen Keeling-Marston.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten

    Conductor: Hugo Ticciati. Orchestra: O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra.
    • White Light: The Space Between.
    • Signum Records.
    • 11.

  • Dylan John Sparkes

    Ascension

    Performer: Dylan John Sparkes.
    • SNAFU Records.

  • Joseph Tawadros

    Dream With Me

    Performer: Joseph Tawadros. Performer: James Crabb. Performer: James Greening. Performer: Matt McMahon.
    • Truth Seekers, Lovers And Warriors.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 12.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Where Worlds Collide

    • Evolution.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • Michael Haydn

    Notturno in F

    Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Kurt Redel.
    • Canon and Gigue in D (Pachelbel's Canon), Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13.
    • Forlane.
    • 9.

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