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Calming piano music to inspire creativity

Fuel your creativity and motivation with this serene two-hour mix of elegant piano pieces and tranquil soundscapes.

Immerse yourself in a captivating piano soundtrack curated to awaken imagination and maintain creative focus. This mix features the shimmering solo piano score Ellis Island by Meredith Monk, a reflective improvisation from contemporary British artist Tony Njoku, and graceful works from Romantic-era composers such as Leoš Janáček and Frédéric Chopin.
Produced by Jamie Green. MM.
A Reduced Listening Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind.

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Thu 11 Dec 202512:00
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Music Played

  • Meredith Monk

    Ellis Island

    Performer: Ursula Oppens. Performer: Bruce Brubaker.
    • ECM.

  • Christina Vantzou

    Harp of Yaman

    Composer: Michael Harrison. Performer: Michael Harrison. Performer: Christina Vantzou. Performer: John Also Bennett.
    • Christina Vantzou, Michael Harrison And John Also Bennett.
    • Séance Centre.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Andante spianato from Andante spianato et grande polonaise brilliante in E-flat major, Op. 22

    Performer: Eric Lu.
    • Chopin: 24 Preludia, Mazurki, Etuidy, Nokturny.

  • Peter Aiden Miller

    Homecoming

    Performer: Peter Aiden Miller.
    • Homecoming.

  • Johann Baptist Cramer

    60 Études for Piano: No. 15 in B Major

    Performer: Giorgio Farina.
    • Cramer: 60 Études for Piano.
    • Bongiovanni.

  • Melissa Monique

    Reminisce

    Performer: Melissa Monique.
    • Reminisce.

  • Rosey Chan

    Autumn

    Performer: Rosey Chan.
    • Autumn.

  • David Moore

    Pointe Nimbus

    Performer: David Moore.
    • Pointe Nimbus.
    • RVNG Intl..

  • Kenzo Zurzolo

    Here And Now

    Performer: Kenzo Zurzolo.
    • Hellissandur.

  • Helen Keeling-Marston

    Winter Moon

    Performer: Helen Keeling-Marston.
    • Look Up.

  • Leos Janáček

    Janáček: On an Overgrown Path, Book I: No. 7, Good Night!

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Zzz - Classical Dream. Music for Deep Sleep.
    • Erato.

  • Garreth Broke

    Riverlight

    Performer: Garreth Broke.
    • Riverlight.
    • 1631 Recordings.

  • Tony Njoku

    Lost Forever

    Performer: Tony Njoku.
    • Sketches & Noodles of Bloom.
    • PRAH.

  • Eva Tiedemann

    What Falling in Love Feels Like

    Performer: Eva Tiedemann.
    • A Moment in Time.

  • Selim Palmgren

    Palmgren : Snowflakes [Lumihiutaleita] Op.57 No.2

    Performer: Izumi Tateno.
    • Selim Palmgren : Early and Middle-Period Piano Pieces.
    • Finlandia Records.

  • GKO

    Indigo

    Performer: GKO.
    • Color Studies.

  • Edwin York Bowen

    Serious Dance, Op. 51 No. 2

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's English Piano Album.
    • Hyperion.

  • William Thomson

    Night Fall

    Performer: William Thomson.
    • Night Fall.
    • Silent Beat Records.

  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Liszt - Fantasy and Fugue on Ad nos, ad salutarem undam (Liszt S. 259/R. 380F): Adagio -

    Performer: Wolf Harden.
    • Busoni: Piano Music, Vol. 6.
    • Naxos.

  • Simon Mavin

    Some Days

    Performer: Simon Mavin.
    • Some Days.
    • Impressed Recordings.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Allegretto From Symphony No. 7: Variation Nine

    Performer: Jacques Loussier Trio.
    • Beethoven: Allegretto From Symphony No. 7 (Theme And Variations).
    • Telarc.

  • Helen Ottaway

    Red/Violet

    Performer: Helen Ottaway.
    • Round & Round.

  • William Grant Still

    3 Visions: No. 2, Summerland

    Performer: Bruce Levingston.
    • Citizen.
    • Sono Luminus.

  • Kathryn Kaye

    Earth

    Performer: Kathryn Kaye.
    • Heavy as a Feather.
    • Overland Mountain Music.

  • Jeanne Leleu

    En Italie: IV. Les Compagnons de saint François. Lentement, et avec infiniment de douceur

    Performer: Célia Oneto Bensaid.
    • Jeanne Leleu, une consécration éclatante, Vol. 1: Musique de chambre et mélodies.
    • La Boîte à Pépites.

  • Polly Carter

    Wisteria Dreams

    Performer: Polly Carter.
    • Wisteria Dreams.

  • Chris Abrahams

    Roller

    Performer: Chris Abrahams.
    • Climb.
    • Vegetable Records.

  • Cyril Scott

    Two Sketches, Op. 57: I. Cuckoo-Call

    Performer: Leslie De’Ath.
    • Cyril Scott: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 4 (Piano Works: 1898 - 1963).
    • Dutton Epoch.

  • Mary Elizabeth Sutton

    Barcarolle (for piano)

    Performer: Saloli.
    • Ghosts: Music For Piano Vol. 2.

  • Betty Jackson King

    Four Seasonal Sketches for Piano: No. 1, Spring Intermezzo

    Performer: Samantha Ege.
    • Black Renaissance Woman.
    • Lorelt.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 13 Nov 202512:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thu 11 Dec 202512:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind