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Radio 3 Unwind,12 Dec 2024,120 mins

Piano gems to help you find calm and focus

Piano Focus

Available for 29 days

Find calm and focus with this carefully-curated selection of piano music. Featuring the work of contemporary composers Rachel Grimes, Shida Shahabi and Elena Kats-Chernin alongside classical tracks from Heitor Villa-Lobos, John Field and Florence Price. Plus a selection from electronic music producer Richard David James, aka Aphex Twin, heard here in a more intimate and pared-down solo piano setting. Produced by Áine Devaney A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind. MM. To listen on most smart speakers just say “ask BBC Sounds to play Piano Focus”

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Prelude Op.16 No 4. in E flat minor: Lento
    Prelude Op.16 No 4. in E flat minor: Lento
    Sergey Rachmaninov
  3. 2.
    Nocturne No. 2 in C Minor
    Nocturne No. 2 in C Minor
    John Field
  4. 3.
    Biqui
    Biqui
    Elena Kats‐Chernin