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Cosy piano sounds to centre the mind

Traversing oceans and generations, this mix gathers piano works from across continents, from early modern masters to today’s bold experimenters reshaping classical form.

Drift away with this cosy mix of mid-winter piano sounds, gathering the best of classical and contemporary piano from across continents and eras. From Alexander Scriabin’s fevered Romanticism and Duke Ellington’s jazz-inflected classical meditations to Kara-Lis Coverdale’s digital poetics and Vanessa Amara’s ambient drift, it’s a journey through a century of sound and style.

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Mon 22 Dec 202512:00
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Music Played

  • Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji

    2 Piano Pieces, KSS 17: No. 1, In the Hothouse

    Performer: Michael Habermann.
    • Sorabji: Piano Music.
    • Musical Heritage Society.

  • Marie Krüttli

    Song

    Performer: Marie Krüttli.
    • Transparence.
    • Intakt Records.

  • Duke Ellington

    Meditation, Pt. 2

    Performer: Duke Ellington.
    • The Piano Player.
    • Storyville.

  • Edwin York Bowen

    Rêverie in B Major, Op. 86. Andante espressivo e rubato

    Performer: Nuron Mukumi.
    • Portraits of Bowen: 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102.
    • Prospero.

  • Andrea Tarrodi

    12 Pieces for Piano: No. 3, March. Lento

    Performer: Ann-Sofi Klingberg.
    • Skog & Tarrodi: Piano Pieces.
    • DB Productions (5).

  • Olivier Messiaen

    I. Regard du Pere

    Performer: Kristoffer Hyldig.
    • Olivier Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-Jésus.
    • OUR Recordings.

  • Peteris Vasks

    Balta Ainava (White Scenery)

    Performer: Mina Gajić.
    • Sonic Alchemy.
    • Sono Luminus.

  • Christina Vantzou

    Joanna

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

  • R. Nathaniel Dett & William Chapman Nyaho

    In the Bottoms - Suite: I. Prelude

    • Senku - Piano Music by Composers of African Descent, Vol. 1.
    • MSR Classics.

  • Peter Garland & Aki Takahashi

    The Birthday Party: IV. Afterwards. Autumn Evening (aki no kure)

    • Peter Garland: The Birthday Party.
    • New World Records.

  • An Gwang Hyeon

    Levé, Beckett

    Performer: An Gwang Hyeon.
    • Selected Works (2022-2025).

  • Javad Maroufi

    Golden Dreams

    Performer: Amir Farid.
    • Amir Farid plays Javad Maroufi.
    • Move.

  • Padre José Antonio Donostia

    Izketan - Diálogo

    Performer: Josu Okiñena.
    • Aita Donostia. Piano Music.
    • Sony Classical Records.

  • Cerys Hafana

    A Feeling for Snow

    Performer: Cerys Hafana.
    • Crwydro.

  • Jean-Michel Serres

    Méditation, Op. 33

    Composer: Mel Bonis. Performer: Jean-Michel Serres.
    • Mel Mobis: Morceaux de piano - Tome 3.
    • Apfel Café Music.

  • Delphine Dora

    Crowds vs. Empty Spaces

    Performer: Delphine Dora.
    • A Stream Of Consciousness.
    • Siren Wire Editions.

  • Thibault Ravina

    Horizon

    Performer: Thibault Ravina.
    • Songes.

  • Kara‐Lis Coverdale

    Soft Fold 3/4

    Performer: Kara‐Lis Coverdale.
    • A Series of Actions in a Sphere of Forever.
    • Smalltown Supersound.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Deux Poemes, Op. 32, No. 1 in F sharp major: Andante cantabile

    Performer: Alexander Gadjiev.
    • Deux Poemes, Op. 32, No. 1 in F sharp major: Andante cantabile.

  • Aaron Breeze

    Arabesque

    Performer: Aaron Breeze.
    • Pause.

  • Hidden Rivers

    Endless Summer Rain

    Performer: Huw Roberts.
    • Always Somewhere Else.

  • Grace Ferguson

    Petomani

    Performer: Grace Ferguson.
    • Voler.
    • MUSIC COMPANY.

  • Sweet Violet Boys

    My Head Went Round and Round

    Performer: Sweet Violet Boys.
    • My Head Went Round and Round.

  • Shin Suzuma

    Dawn Clearing

    Performer: Shin Suzuma.
    • Dawn Clearing.

  • Vanessa Amara

    09-03-2016

    Performer: Vanessa Amara.
    • Like All Mornings.
    • Posh Isolation.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 14 Dec 202512:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Mon 22 Dec 202512:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind