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Radio 3 Unwind,09 Oct 2025,120 mins

Luminous piano works to still your mind

Piano Focus

Available for 5 days

Spanning more than twelve decades, this mix glides from the gentle reverberations of British contemporary Erland Cooper and avant-garde innovator Felicia Atkinson to timeless voices like Harold Budd and Jean Sibelius. Seamlessly weaving reflective melodies that have brightened quiet moments across the ages, this collection celebrates the piano’s enduring power to console, uplift, and transcend. To listen on most smart speakers, just say: “Ask BBC Sounds to play Piano Focus”. Produced by Áine Devaney. A Reduced Listening production for BBC Sounds MM.

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    Artist
  2. 1.
    Les Femmes De Légende: No. 3, Ophélie, Op. 165 No. 1
    Les Femmes De Légende: No. 3, Ophélie, Op. 165 No. 1
    Mel Bonis
  3. 2.
    Intermezzo in E Major, Op. 116, No. 4 (Upright Piano)
    Intermezzo in E Major, Op. 116, No. 4 (Upright Piano)
    Johannes Brahms
  4. 3.
    Berceuse in D Major, Op. 83
    Berceuse in D Major, Op. 83
    Edwin York Bowen & Raphaël Epstein