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Switch off with sumptuous 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 Karl Jenkins, Robert Schumann and C茅cile Chaminade. Plus, a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel on how being around water can aid relaxation.

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV.645

    Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni. Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Songs Without Words: Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for string orchestra in C major, Op 48 (3rd mvt - Elegy)

    Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Tognetti.
    • Tchaikovsky: Serenade and Andante Cantabile / Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony.
    • ABC Classic.
    • 3.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Song for orchestra, Op 33

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.

  • Eyd铆s Evensen

    Deep Under

    Performer: Eyd铆s Evensen.
    • Bylur.
    • XXIM Records.
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    Symphony in B minor (2nd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Tony Finno. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.
    • Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.

  • Daniel Kidane

    Aria Antica

    Performer: Hyeyoon Park. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Many Voices: 10 New Pieces for Violin.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 4.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Carnival of the Animals & Symphony No. 3, Op. 78 "Organ Symphony".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.

  • Hans Haug

    Alba

    Performer: Carlotta Dalia.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No 6 in D major, Op 60 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jaime Mart铆n.

  • Anoushka Shankar

    Fathers

    • Traces Of You.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Karl Jenkins

    The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace - Benedictus

    Performer: Christian Forshaw. Music Arranger: Thomas Hewitt Jones. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • In Paradisum (France).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, 'Classical' (2nd mvt, Larghetto)

    Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas S酶nderg氓rd.
    • Linn.

  • Amy Beach

    A Hermit thrush at morn

    Performer: C茅cile Licad.
    • DANACORD.

  • Joseph Tawadros

    Truth Seeker Suite In A, part 2: Lover

    Performer: Joseph Tawadros. Performer: James Crabb. Performer: James Greening. Performer: Matt McMahon.
    • Truth Seekers, Lovers And Warriors.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 4.

  • Lambert

    Be Quiet

    Performer: Lambert.
    • Open.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 15.

  • Agathe Backer-Gr酶ndahl

    Allegretto tranquillo (6 Idylles, Op 24 No 5)

    Performer: Sara Aim茅e Smiseth.
    • Backer Gr酶ndahl: Piano Works.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 1.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 26 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fabien Gabel.

  • Matilda Brown

    Moving Through Emotions

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenn茅.

  • Dan Forrest

    Good Night, Dear Heart

    • Seraphic Fire Media.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 39 in E flat major, K 543 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.

  • Robert Schumann

    String quartet in A major, Op 41 No 1 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • SWR Digital.

  • Manav Paul

    Oculi omnium

    Choir: The Choir of Jesus College Cambridge. Conductor: Benjamin Sheen.
    • Paul: Oculi omnium.
    • CRD.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 26 in D minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Northern Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Ward.
    • Adagio 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal source of light - birthday ode for Queen Anne

    Ensemble: Music Lab Collective.
    • Eternal Source Of Light Divine (Birthday Ode for Queen Anne) HWV 74 (arr. piano).
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 1.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Kynance Cove

    Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Christopher Gray.
    • Regent Records.

  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

    Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • Death and the Maiden.
    • Sancho Panza Records.
    • 1.

  • Bo Holten

    A Cradle Song (from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell)

    Choir: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Conductor: Bo Holten.
    • DACAPO.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Serenade in D major, Op 69 No 1

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Sibelius: Works for Violin & Orchestra.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 12.

  • Leo Brouwer

    An Idea (Passacaglia for Eli)

    Performer: Andres Madariaga.
    • An Idea.
    • Etymology Classics.
    • 16.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Piece romantique, Op 9 No 1

    Performer: Isabel Gehweiler. Performer: Fiona Hengartner.
    • Notre amour 鈥� St眉cke f眉r Violoncello und Klavier.
    • Solo Musica.
    • 1.

  • Marc Fortier

    En Bateau-mouche

  • Patrick Lenk

    O Filii et Filiae (Chant of the Mystics)

    Performer: Patrick Lenk.
    • Audio Sanctum.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard concerto No 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 2, BWV 1053: III. Allegro.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Nobuo Uematsu

    Aerith's Theme - 蜜芽传媒 again (acoustic version)

    Performer: Kenta Higashiohji. Performer: Atsuki Yoshida.
    • Final Fantasy VII remake - acoustic arrangements.
    • Square Enix Co..
    • 6.

  • Dawn Chorus and the Infallible Sea

    Aufero

    • Reveries.
    • Sonic Cathedral.
    • 6.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O splendidissima gemma

    Music Arranger: Stef Conner. Singer: Hannah Lawrance. Choir: Blossom Street. Conductor: Hilary Campbell.
    • This Day: Celebrating a Century of British Women's Right to Vote.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Wednesday 18:00
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