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Revitalizing piano music to help you feel inspired

Welcome in the new and harness that creative feeling with this specially-crafted mix of elegant piano tracks. Featuring J.S. Bach, Karl Jenkins and BBC Introducing.

Dive into this rejuvenating piano mix designed to help you feel renewed and inspired. The mix includes timeless works by renowned composers such as Robert Schumann, Frederick Delius and Johann Sebastian Bach alongside compositions by contemporary British artists like Rosey Chan, Gareth Malone and Alanna Crouch.

Produced by Jamie Green
A Reduced Listening Production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind. MM.

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Wed 14 May 2025 12:00
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Music Played

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Kitsch-Music: No. 3, Allegretto

    Performer: Boris Berman.
    • Valentin Silvestrov.

  • Chris Hyson

    Folds

    Composer: Rupert Cox. Performer: Chris Hyson. Performer: Rupert Cox. Performer: Alex Haines.
    • Love Like Flowers.

  • Gareth Malone

    November

    Performer: Gareth Malone.
    • Music For Healing.

  • Yumiko Morioka

    Ever Green

    Performer: Yumiko Morioka.
    • Resonance.

  • Hubert Parry

    Five Miniatures: No. 1, Sleepy

    Performer: Richard Dering.
    • Parry: Piano Music.

  • Christina Vantzou

    Κλίμα (Klima)

    Composer: John Also Bennett. Performer: Christina Vantzou. Performer: John Also Bennett.
    • Κλίμα (Klima).

  • Anis Fuleihan

    Piano Sonata No. 9: II. Lento

    Performer: Tatiana Primak-Khoury.
    • Lebanese Piano Music.

  • Alanna Crouch

    Spring by the Lake

    Performer: Alanna Crouch.
    • Spring by the Lake.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto Italien, BWV 971: II. Andante

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Alexandre Tharaud: Baroque.

  • Ozan Tekin

    The Fall

    Performer: Mehmet Ozan Tekin.
    • Anarya.

  • Rosey Chan

    The Improvisation That Led Me To Moon River

    Performer: Rosey Chan.
    • The Improvisation That Led Me To Moon River.

  • Zaya Lyn

    Oscura

    Performer: Zaya Lyn.
    • Oscura.

  • Melaine Dalibert

    Percolations

    Performer: Melaine Dalibert.
    • Cheminant.

  • Robert Schumann

    Quartetto con pianoforte, Op. 47. Andante cantabile

    Performer: Palmas Piano Duo.
    • Robert Schumann: Quintetto, Op. 44 - Quartetto, Op. 47.

  • Peter Sculthorpe

    The Rose Bay Quadrilles: 3. Grazioso

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • The Rose Bay Quadrilles: 3. Grazioso.

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    4 Pieces, Op. 305

    Performer: Mark Buloshnikov.
    • Sound Review–3 2/5.

  • Alma Deutscher

    Piano Sonata in E-Flat Major: Movement 2. Fantasia

    Performer: Alma Deutscher.
    • Deutscher: The Music of Alma Deutscher.

  • Polly Carter

    Winds From The North

    Performer: Polly Carter.
    • Winds From The North.

  • Alan Baker

    Chere Maman

    Performer: Alan Baker.
    • Chere Maman.

  • Jean Sibelius

    6 Impromptus, Op. 5: Impromptu No. 6

    Performer: Jean-Baptiste Doulcet.
    • Sibelius: 6 Impromptu, Op. 5, Impromptu No. 6.

  • Chris Doyle

    Impression

    Performer: Chris Doyle.
    • For Afie.

  • Radu Ghemis Malcic

    In my arms

    Performer: Priyanka Gulaabee.
    • In my arms.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Requiem: XIII. In Paradisum

    Performer: Karl Jenkins.
    • Karl Jenkins: Piano.

  • Megan Perry Fisher

    Pensée iv

    Performer: Megan Perry Fisher.
    • Pensées.

  • Frederick Delius

    Florida Suite: II. Nocturne

    Performer: Charles Abramovic.
    • Delius: Piano Music.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 6 Mar 2025 12:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Mon 24 Mar 2025 12:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Wed 14 May 2025 12:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind