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Restore calm with classical 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 Prokofiev, Mozart and Evelyn Glennie. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with mindfulness teacher Izzy Judd and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how wearing comfy clothes can help you prepare for rest.
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Music Played

  • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria

    Missa Ave maris stella: IV. Sanctus

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Conductor: Justin Doyle.
    • Missa Ave maris stella/IV. Sanctus.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • V铆kingur 脫lafsson

    For J贸hann

    • For J贸hann.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Zdes' khorosho ('How Fair This Spot'), Op. 21, No. 7

    Performer: Pablo Ferr谩ndez. Performer: Denis Kozhukhin.
    • Reflections.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Oliver Davis

    Voyager, Concerto for Violin, Piano and Strings (1st mvt)

    Performer: Kerenza Peacock. Performer: Huw Watkins. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • Signum Records.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Le rossignol 茅perdu: No 52, Hivernale

    Performer: Shani Diluka.
    • A Winter Journey.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 29.

  • Sally Greenaway

    Liena

    Performer: Liena Lacey.
    • Greenaway: Aubade & Nocturne.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 10.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Nathaniel Anderson-Frank. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.

  • Louis Philippson

    Memories of the Moldau (After "Vltava")

    • Exposition.
    • Masterworks/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Oliver Tarney

    The silver swan

    Lyricist: Trad.. Choir: Commotio Chamber Choir. Conductor: Joanna Tomlinson.
    • Oxford University Press Music.

  • Traditional Gaelic

    Soggarth Shamus O'Finn

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien. Conductor: Fran莽ois Lazarevitch.
    • The High Road to Kilkenny: Gaelic Songs and Dances of the 17th & 18th Centuries.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 9.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    May (Das Jahr)

    Performer: Christina Bj酶rk酶e.
    • Das Jahr - 12 Charakterst眉cke f眉r Klavier.
    • Danacord Records.
    • 5.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 7 in C sharp minor, Op 131

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jac van Steen.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Midnight

    • Christmas Piano with Alexis.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 21.

  • Daniela Mars

    Heartweaving

    Performer: Daniela Mars. Performer: Paul Smith.
    • Reverence for the Moment.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 9.

  • Thomas Tomkins

    When David Heard

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Choir: The Sixteen.
    • Poetry in Music.
    • CORO.
    • 13.

  • Philippe Rombi

    Ave Maria

    Performer: Tim De Maeseneer. Performer: Brass Band Willebroek. Music Arranger: Luc Vertommen. Conductor: Frans Violet.
    • Beyond the Paradox.
    • World of Brass.

  • Hideyuki Hashimoto

    Req

    • Req.
    • XXIM Records.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartet in C major K 157 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Leonkoro Quartet.

  • Park Jiha

    Bloom

    Performer: Park Jiha.
    • tak:til.

  • Lauri Porra & Mumintrollen

    Beautiful Blossoms

    • Beautiful Blossoms.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Debbie Wiseman

    Man of Sorrows

    Ensemble: The Locrian Ensemble of London.
    • Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light (Original Television Soundtrack).
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 9.

  • George Enescu

    Aubade

    Ensemble: Trio 826.
    • Mosaic.
    • Blue Griffin Recording, Inc..
    • 5.

  • Philip Glass

    Truman Sleeps (The Truman Show)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • Decca.

  • Oliver Vibrans

    Restless Muscle

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenn茅.

  • Hayden Thorpe

    In My Name (Instrumental)

    Performer: Hayden Thorpe.
    • Diviner.
    • Domino.

  • Paul Mealor

    Ubi Caritas

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Lux.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 15.

  • Evelyn Glennie

    A Little Prayer

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie.
    • Rhythm Song.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 10.

  • Jon Lord

    To Notice Such Things: VI. Afterwards

    Performer: Jon Lord. Performer: Cormac Henry. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • Jon Lord: To Notice Such Things, Evening Song, et al..
    • AVIE Records.
    • 6.

  • Fela Sowande

    K'A Mura (2 Preludes on Yoruba Sacred Folk Melodies)

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • African Pianism, Vol. 2.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 13.

  • ANNA

    Invitation

    • Intentions.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    "Lovely on the Water" (6 Studies in English Folksong, vers for cello and piano)

    Performer: Gerald Peregrine. Performer: Antony Ingham.
    • Folk Tales.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Luigi Rossi

    Passacaille del seigneur Luigi

    Performer: Christina Pluhar.
    • Rossi: La lyra d'Orfeo & Arpa Davidica.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 36.

  • Wide Eyed

    Mia

    • Mia.
    • Masterworks.
    • 1.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Concerto for violin, horn and orchestra - II. Elegy (In Memoriam)

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Sophie Langdon. Ensemble: Lontano. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.
    • Ethel Smyth Premiere Recordings.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • William Thomson

    Arrival

    Performer: William Thomson.

  • Edward MacDowell

    To a wild rose (10 Woodland Sketches Op.51)

    Performer: Dame Moura Lympany.
    • Best-Loved Piano Classics: Lympany.
    • EMI Classics.

  • 脫lafur Arnalds & Alice Sara Ott

    Reminiscence

    • The Chopin Project.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 4.

  • Masayoshi Fujita

    Old Automation

    • Book of Life.
    • Erased Tapes.
    • 4.

  • Francisco Guerrero

    O sacrum convivium

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Paul Brough.

  • Nils Frahm

    Went Missing

    • Spaces.
    • Erased Tapes.
    • 4.

  • Lucy Claire

    Thumb

    • Piano Works.
    • 1631 Recordings.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Last Tuesday 18:00
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