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Reflective piano - contemporary and classical - to help summon focus and calm

Unwind and refocus with a transformative mix of piano music. Featuring introspective brilliance from the likes of Alice Boman, JJJJJerome Ellis, Howard Skempton and Frank Bridge.

Summon calm and clarity with this curated mix of piano music, blending the innovative with the timeless. Contemporary voices like Alice Boman, JJJJJerome Ellis and Emily Hall bring a fresh perspective to introspection, while classics from Howard Skempton, Marie Ja毛ll and Frank Bridge help to anchor you in enduring beauty. This is piano music for those seeking peace and focus and moments of musical wonder.

Produced by 脕ine Devaney
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Music Played

  • Marie Ja毛ll

    Les beaux jours: No. 1, Calme d'un beau jour

    Performer: Cora Irsen.
    • Marie Ja毛ll: Complete Works for Piano 3.

  • Marina Baranova

    The Clutch

    Performer: Marina Baranova.
    • Atlas of Imaginary Places.

  • Alicia de Larrocha

    Suite para piano: III. Adagio

    Performer: Marta Zabaleta.
    • Alicia de Larrocha: Pecados de Juventud.

  • Emily Hall

    Wandering

    Performer: Sarah Nicolls.
    • 2020 Arrangements - Made in Lockdown.

  • Alice Boman

    17

    Performer: Alice Boman.
    • piano1.

  • Henrique Oswald

    6 Morceaux, Op. 4: No. 2. Reverie

    Performer: Braz Velloso.
    • Oswald: Piano Music.

  • Arnold Bax

    Nereid, GP 177

    Performer: Antony Ingham.
    • Folk Tales, Vol. 2: British & Irish Miniatures.

  • Francis Choini猫re

    Coup de foudre

    Performer: Francis Choini猫re.
    • Coup de foudre.

  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Absynthe Cocktail

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • Unsent Love Letters, Meditations On Erik Satie.

  • Frank Bridge

    A Fairy Tale Suite: III. The Spell: Adagio e sostenuto

    Performer: Ashley Wass.
    • Bridge: Piano Music, Vol. 1.

  • Kelly Moran

    Don't Trust Mirrors

    Performer: Kelly Moran.
    • Moves in the Field.

  • JJJJJerome Ellis

    Movement VII

    Performer: JJJJJerome Ellis.
    • Compline in Nine Movements.

  • Flor Peeters

    Sonatine, Op. 46: II. Aria (Adagio)

    Performer: Daniel Blumenthal.
    • The Flemish Piano Sonatina in the 20th Century.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Suite of 6 Short Pieces: No. 4. Slow air

    Performer: Mark Bebbington.
    • The Piano Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams.

  • Rose Riebel

    Over Salt Sea (Reykjavik Sessions)

    Performer: Rose Riebel.
    • Over Salt Sea (Reykjavik Sessions).

  • H. Leslie Adams

    Etude No. 10 in F Minor

    Performer: Thomas Otten.
    • H. Leslie Adams: Piano Etudes, Part II.

  • Zuzanna Ca艂ka

    Arpeggio in D Minor

    Performer: Zuzanna Ca艂ka.
    • Arpeggio in D Minor.

  • Edward Cross

    Shelter

    Performer: Edward Cross.
    • Shelter.

  • Tiago Sousa

    oh sweet solitude

    Performer: Tiago Sousa.
    • Oh Sweet Solitude.

  • Howard Skempton

    Quavers

    Performer: Duncan Honeybourne.
    • A Hundred Years of British Piano Miniatures.

  • La Louve

    Golden

    Performer: La Louve.
    • Golden.

  • Eddie Jenkins

    Connect

    Performer: Eddie Jenkins.
    • Seven.

  • Amin Alian

    2373 Alb

    Performer: Amin Alian.
    • Piano Reflections, Vol. 2.

  • Brian Hargrove

    Ep. 1: Sanguine Blossoms

    Performer: Brian Hargrove.
    • Intrinsic Episodes.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Tropic Winter: VI. Noon Siesta

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • My Cup Runneth Over: The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett.

  • J眉rg Frey

    Extended Circular Music No. 3

    Performer: Petra Ackermann. Performer: Tamriko Kordzaia.
    • J眉rg: Chamber Music.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Lamentate: Solitudine - stato d'animo

    Performer: Ralph van Raat. Performer: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Radio Kamer Filharmonie.
    • P盲rt: Piano Music.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Perspective

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • Playing the Piano 12122020.

  • Gwenno Morgan

    i neB

    Performer: Gwenno Morgan.
    • gwyw.

  • Aiden Appleton

    Echoes

    Composer: Daniel Ward. Performer: Aiden Appleton. Performer: Daniel Ward.
    • Motionless.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin, Alexander Gadjiev, Consano Quartet & Jan Zahourek

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: II. Larghetto [arr. for String Quintet]

    • Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: II. Larghetto [arr. for String Quintet].

Broadcasts

  • Sun 2 Feb 2025 12:00
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  • Wed 26 Feb 2025 12:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Saturday 12:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind