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Radio 3 Unwind,01 May 2025,120 mins

Gentle piano music to soundtrack your studies

Piano Focus

Available for 17 days

Overcome distractions and enter a calm, focused headspace with this gentle piano soundtrack, designed to support your study sessions. This mix features music by brilliant British composers across the ages—from Edward Elgar and Helen Hopekirk, to The Beatles and Howard Blake, all the way to contemporary talents like Alexis Ffrench and Cerys Havana Hickman. Produced by Jamie Green A Reduced Listening Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind. To listen on most smart speakers, just say, 'ask BBC Sounds to play Piano Focus'.

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    3 Romances sans paroles, Op. 17: No. 3 in A-Flat Major. Andante moderato
    3 Romances sans paroles, Op. 17: No. 3 in A-Flat Major. Andante moderato
    Gabriel Fauré
  3. 2.
    Parcourant la vie
    Parcourant la vie
    Lydia Clapperton
  4. 3.
    Strawberry Fields Forever (Arranged for Piano, Strings & Chorus by Rick Wakeman)
    Strawberry Fields Forever (Arranged for Piano, Strings & Chorus by Rick Wakeman)
    John Lennon & Paul McCartney