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Slow down with a restful classical mix

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 percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, guitarist Laura Snowden and pianist Sultan Stevenson. Plus a chance to Press Pause with meditation teacher Maude Hirst, and some essential Wind Down Wisdom from science podcaster Caroline Steel.

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Music Played

  • Christopher Tignor

    Weight of Words

    • Western Vinyl.

  • Dianna Lopez

    Silent Tree

    • Earth Expressions.
    • Dianna Lopez.
    • 1.

  • Alexandra Hamilton‐Ayres

    Solo Voyage

    • Lucid Distance.
    • INNI.
    • 6.

  • Alaskan Tapes, Blu Miles & Ann Annie

    In-Cloud

    • In-Cloud.
    • 2026 Alaskan Tapes & Blu Miles, under exclusive license to We All Speak In Poems.
    • 1.

  • Jacquet de Mantua

    Vostre dolce parole

    Ensemble: Dionysos Now!. Conductor: Tore Tom Denys.
    • Master Jacquet - Live.
    • Evil Penguin Classic.
    • 2.

  • Suena

    Adulta

    • Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Für Elise, Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Piano Book.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • George Rigby

    One

    Singer: Grace Davidson.
    • George Rigby.

  • Robert Schumann

    Romance No. 2, Op.94 for clarinet and piano

    Performer: Oleg Shebeta-Dragan.

  • Donna McKevitt

    Turning

    • Cut.
    • Instant Karma Classics.
    • 2.

  • Christopher Churcher

    Echo

    Choir: Somerville College Choir, Oxford. Conductor: Will Dawes.
    • Moonrise.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 12.

  • Evelyn Glennie & Michael A. Levine

    Perpetual Ocean

    • Crossed Echoes.
    • Audio Network Rights Limited.
    • 4.

  • Alex Forster

    Rain

    • Winter Descent.
    • Alex Forster Productions.
    • 3.

  • George Gershwin

    Summertime (Grand Fantasy on Porgy and Bess)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Summertime.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Hanakiv

    Ma Langen

    Performer: Hanakiv. Choir: Sinilind. Conductor: Helen Kivimägi.
    • Interlude.
    • Gondwana Records.
    • 6.

  • Catrin Finch & Ana‐Gwen Wigley

    Kin (feat. Pegi Wigley)

    • Catrin Finch, Mwldan, ARC Music Productions International Ltd..

  • Roger Eno

    The Quiet of Snow

    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Rebecca Dale

    Study II - Chaconne for after you left

    Performer: Fenella Humphreys. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Studies in Disappearing.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 2.

  • Laura Snowden

    Home

    • This Changing Sky.
    • https://laurasnowden.bandcamp.com/album/this-changing-sky.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Romance, Op. 36

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill.

  • Sultan Stevenson

    Purpose

    • Edition Records.

  • Ross McNae

    Sketch

    • Tumbling Sideways.
    • Staple Diet.
    • 8.

  • Sylvie Natsume

    Midnight Train

    • Komorebi.
    • Independent / DistroKid.
    • 2.

  • Jody Prewett

    Places Beyond

    • Places Beyond.
    • https://jodyprewett.bandcamp.com/album/places-beyond.
    • 6.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace

    • Holst: The Planets / Bax: Tintagel.
    • LSO Live.
    • 2.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Night Flight: III. Before Dawn

    Performer: Leo Popplewell. Conductor: Ralph Allwood. Choir: The Rodolfus Choir.
    • A Tree Is A Song (Secular Choral Works).
    • Signum Classics.
    • 7.

  • Jasmine Myra

    Likeness and Shadow

    • Likeness and Shadow.
    • Gondwana Records.
    • 1.

  • Myles Cochran

    The Sea Dreams Of You (feat. Michelle Packman)

    • What You Said.
    • 9Ball Records.
    • 5.

  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon and Gigue in D Major: Canon

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Canon, Toy Symphony.
    • Phillips.
    • 6.

  • John Metcalf

    Calm

    Music Arranger: David John Roche. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

  • Carolina Cury & Konstantinos Damianakis

    Spaceship Lament

    • Free & Equal, Vol. II.
    • PLATOON.
    • 1.

  • George Walker

    Lyric for strings

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.

  • Jason Singh & NATURE

    Take Breath

    • Nature's Voice III: Reigando Cave.
    • https://jasonsinghmusic.bandcamp.com/album/natures-voice-iii-reigando-cave.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Tuesday17:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind