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Soundtrack your evening with soothing festive music

Niall Breslin brings you calming classical music to get you in the Christmas spirit.

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 festive music and carols from the likes of Anna Lapwood, John Rutter and Debbie Wiseman 鈥 plus some essential Wind Down Wisdom on how to keep your holidays as peaceful as possible.

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Music Played

  • Franz Xaver Gruber

    Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht

    Lyricist: Josef Mohr. Music Arranger: Peter Hope. Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • An Olde English Christmas.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Transcr. for Piano & Strings)

    Lyricist: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Transcr. for Piano & Strings).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Gustav Holst

    In the Bleak Midwinter (Arr. Kanneh-Mason)

    Music Arranger: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter (Arr. Kanneh-Mason).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Sleep, Jesus (From "2 Christmas Lullabies") [Arr. Tsupryk for Saxoph

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Natalia Tsupryk. Lyricist: Valentin Silvestrov. Music Arranger: Natalia Tsupryk. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • Sleep, Jesus (From "2 Christmas Lullabies") [Arr. Tsupryk for Saxophone & Ensemb.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Howard Blake

    Walking in the Air

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, Act II: No. 10, Melodrama (Andantino, quasi Allegretto)

    Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan. Orchestra: 成人论坛 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 107.
  • 罢谤盲诲

    The First Nowell

    Performer: Asya Fateyeva. Ensemble: Boulanger Trio.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Trad.

    Dona Nobis Pacem

  • Sally Beamish

    In the Stillness

    Ensemble: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Advent Calendar.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.
  • Jules Massenet

    La vierge: The Last Sleep of the Virgin

    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • Claude Debussy

    The Snow is Dancing (Children's Corner)

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • Debussy: Preludes/Children's Corner: Ogawa.
    • BIS.
    • 20.
  • William Grant Still

    Christmas in the Western world "Las Pascuas" - A Maiden was Adoring God

    Ensemble: Toledo Clarinets.
    • CAMBRIA.
  • Howard Goodall

    Frozen Light (The Seasons Suite, Winter)

    Performer: Bozidar Vukotic. Performer: Marianne G. Nielsen. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Howard Goodall: The Seasons.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.
  • Trad.

    Traditional: O Tannenbaum, du tr盲gst ein' gr眉nen Zweig (Arr. Hoffmann & Grabe fo

    Music Arranger: Magdalena Hoffmann. Music Arranger: Winfried Grabe.
    • Traditional: O Tannenbaum, du tr盲gst ein鈥 gr眉nen Zweig (Arr. Hoffmann & Grabe fo.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Carducci String Quartet

    The Wexford Carol

    • Carducci Classics.
  • John Rutter

    All the Stars Looked Down

    Lyricist: G.K. Chesterton.
    • Rutter: Orchestral Carols.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 2.
  • Trad.

    God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

    • God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen.
    • XXIM Records.
    • 1.
  • Leroy Anderson

    Suite of Carols: V. Coventry Carol (Version for woodwinds)

    Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: 成人论坛 Concert Orchestra.
    • Anderson, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 5 鈥 Goldilocks / Suite of Carols (Version.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.
  • Trad.

    El Noi de la Mare (Transc. for Guitar by Miguel Llobet)

    Lyricist: Trad..
    • El Noi de la Mare (Transc. for Guitar by Miguel Llobet).
    • Decca Records US.
    • 1.
  • Florence Price

    Song for Snow

    Performer: Libby Burgess. Choir: 成人论坛 Singers. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.
  • Lars鈥怑rik Larsson

    A Winter's Tale, Op 18 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Stockholm Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jan鈥怬lav Wedin.
    • A Swedish Pastorale.
    • BIS.
    • 11.
  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

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

    I Saw Three Ships

    Music Arranger: James Morgan. Music Arranger: Juliette Pochin. Choir: 成人论坛 Singers. Performer: Piano Hands. Conductor: James Morgan.
    • Carols Revisited - Christmas with the 成人论坛 Singers.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Henry Purcell

    Behold, I Bring You Glad Tidings, Z. 2: Interlude II

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Conductor: Alun Francis. Orchestra: Northwest Chamber Orchestra.
    • Baroque Christmas Music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Lento

    • Stanze.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 9.
  • Adolphe Adam

    Cantique de No毛l: Andante Maestoso

    • Adam: Cantique de No毛l, Andante Maestoso.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • Javier Navarrete

    Christmas Memories (a)

  • Tim Whitelaw

    One Christmas Morning

    Performer: Tim Whitelaw.
  • Nat King Cole

    The Christmas Song

    Performer: Fergus McCreadie. Music Arranger: Fergus McCreadie.
  • Leopold Stokowski

    Traditional Slavic Christmas Music

    Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Stokowski Transcriptions.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Anna Lapwood

    Winter Time

    Composer: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Lyricist: Robert Louis Stevenson. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • The Waiting Sky.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • John Francis Wade

    O Come, All Ye Faithful (Arr. Simon for Piano)

  • Rebecca Dale

    Winter (Arr. for Violin and String Ensemble by Fran莽ois Valli猫res and Ang猫le Dub

    • Elle.
    • Groupe Analekta, Inc.
    • 5.
  • Trad.

    It Came Upon The Midnight Clear

    Lyricist: Trad.. Music Arranger: Nigel Hess. Conductor: Nigel Hess. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Silent Nights.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 10.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Largo From Winter

    • Largo From Winter.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 1.
  • Debbie Wiseman

    The Lull from Jack Frost

    Performer: Debbie Wiseman.
    • Silva Screen Records.
  • William James Kirkpatrick

    Away in a Manger (Arr. Taylor Scott Davis)

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Music Arranger: Taylor Scott Davis. Conductor: Barnaby Smith. Orchestra: VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra. Ensemble: VOCES8. Choir: VOCES8 Foundation Choir.
    • Away in a Manger (Arr. Taylor Scott Davis).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Alexis Ffrench

    Northern Lights

    • Northern Lights.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Nils Frahm

    Wintermusik - Arr. by Stephane Gassot & Christian-Pierre La Marca

    • Believe International.
  • Rui Fujishiro

    Winter is Coming

    Performer: Rui Fujishiro.
    • Subenoana.
  • Kethaki Prathivadi

    On Christmas

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
  • Walter Kent

    I'll Be Home for Christmas (Arr. by David Campbell)

    Music Arranger: David Campbell.
    • I'll Be Home for Christmas (Arr. by David Campbell).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Richard Blackford

    Canticle of Winter

    Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Carr. Performer: Amy Dickson.
    • Pieta.
    • Nimbus Alliance.
    • 10.
  • Peteris Vasks

    Lidzenuma ainavas (Plainscapes)

    Conductor: Sigvards K募ava. Choir: Latvian Radio Choir.
    • Vasks: Plainscapes.
    • Ondine.
    • 6.
  • Mykola Leontovych

    Carol of the Bells (arr. piano)

    • Winter Poems.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 5.
  • Karl Jenkins

    Lullay (Stella natalis)

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Karl Jenkins: Motets.
    • DG.
    • 15.
  • Ralph Blane

    Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Arr. Chen & Leong for Violin & Piano)

    Composer: Hugh Martin. Music Arranger: Ray Chen. Music Arranger: Joyce Leong.
    • Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Arr. Chen & Leong for Violin & Piano).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

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