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Reflective piano pieces to usher in calm

Amy Beach, Harold Budd and Gia Margaret feature in this mix of timeless piano pieces and neoclassical gems.

Immerse yourself in a contemplative soundscape with this carefully curated piano mix, where past and present intertwine. The evocative reveries of Claude Debussy and Amy Beach meet the modern lyricism of Missy Mazzoli, Elena Kats-Chernin and Christine Ott. Expect cinematic minimalism from British newcomer Daniel Blumberg, ethereal tones from Harold Budd and quiet introspection from artists like Rikuto Fujimoto and Shida Shahabi. With music that drifts between tradition and gentle experimentation, this selection invites you to pause, reflect and lose yourself in its immersive textures.

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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Reverie

    Performer: Fran莽ois鈥怞o毛l Thiollier.
    • Debussy: Piano Works.

  • Sir Henry Rowley Bishop

    Bishop - 蜜芽传媒, Sweet 蜜芽传媒

    Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov.
    • Godowsky: Piano Works Vo.13.

  • Daniel Blumberg

    Overture (L谩szl贸)

    Performer: Daniel Blumberg.
    • The Brutalist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).

  • Harold Budd

    The Serpent (in Quicksilver)

    Performer: Harold Budd.
    • The Serpent (In Quicksilver).

  • Tan Dun

    8 Memories in Watercolor: No. 7

    Performer: Warren Lee.
    • Floating Clouds (2002 Revised Version).

  • Cerys Hafana

    A Feeling for Snow

    Performer: Cerys Hafana.
    • Crwydro.

  • David Shea

    The Lowerdeck

    Performer: David Shea.
    • The Ship.

  • Mashu Hayasaka

    袦邪y 20 IV 0

    Performer: Mashu Hayasaka.
    • Piano 脡tudes I.

  • Marie Ja毛ll

    Sept pi猫ces faciles: No. 7, Pauvre mendiante

    Performer: Cora Irsen.
    • Marie Ja毛ll: Complete Works for Piano 3.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Le rossignol 茅perdu: No. 5

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Soleil d'automne.

  • Ell Kendall

    Ruht

    Composer: Simeon Walker. Performer: Ell Kendall. Performer: Simeon Walker.
    • Ruht.

  • Quinn Tsan

    Recasting

    Performer: Quinn Tsan.
    • Ghostlight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).

  • Rikuto Fujimoto

    Michikake (Circle Sketch)

    Performer: Rikuto Fujimoto.
    • Distant Landscapes.

  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Sonatina for Piano 4 Hands: II. Andante

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard. Performer: Irina Kataeva.
    • Gy枚rgy Ligeti Edition, Vol. 6: Keyboard Works.

  • Alfa Sekitoleko

    Newham Village

    Performer: Alfa Mist.
    • On My Ones.

  • Shida Shahabi

    Dawning and Wind

    Performer: Shida Shahabi.
    • 蜜芽传媒s.

  • Gia Margaret

    3 movements

    Performer: Gia Margaret.
    • Mia Gargaret.

  • Aphex Twin

    Avril 14th

    Performer: Aphex Twin.
    • Drukqs.

  • Giya Kancheli

    Tune from the Film by Lana Gogoberidze: When Almonds Blossomed

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Motherland.

  • Chris Abrahams

    Placelessness 1.1

    Composer: Oren Ambarchi. Composer: Robbie Avenaim. Performer: Chris Abrahams. Performer: Oren Ambarchi. Performer: Robbie Avenaim.
    • Placelessness.

  • Christina Vantzou

    Joanna

    Composer: Michael Harrison. Composer: John Also Bennett. Performer: Christina Vantzou. Performer: Michael Harrison. Performer: John Also Bennett.
    • Christina Vantzou, Michael Harrison and John Also Bennett.

  • Stephen John Xavier Baysted

    搁别虂蹿濒别虫颈辞苍蝉

    Performer: Susan Caroline Legg.
    • The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them (Original Motion Picture Soundtrac.

  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Roses in a Box

    Performer: William Howard.
    • Sixteen Contemporary Love Songs.

  • Neil Foster

    Still Here - Just Piano

    Performer: Neil Foster.
    • Still Here - Just Piano.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude from Prelude & Fugue in E-flat minor, BWV 853

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.
    • Prelude from Prelude & Fugue in E-flat minor, BWV 853.

  • Missy Mazzoli

    Orizzonte

    Composer: Lisa Moore. Performer: Missy Mazzoli.
    • Stone People.

  • Christine Ott

    Amours 茅toil茅s

    Performer: Christine Ott.
    • 脡clats (Piano Works).

  • Aiden O'Connell

    Dust

    Performer: Aiden O'Connell.
    • Dust.

  • Kelly Moran

    Vesela

    Performer: Kelly Moran.
    • Vesela.

  • Amy Beach

    Hermit Thrush, Op. 92: No. 1, The Hermit Thrush at Eve

    Performer: Hiroko Ishimoto.
    • Pioneers: Piano Works by Female Composers.

  • Federico Mompou

    Impresiones intimas: III. La Barca (The Boat)

    Performer: Olena Kushpler.
    • Mompou: Preludes - Canci贸nes y danzas - Impresiones intima.

  • Dominique Lawalr茅e

    Flight 3.0.5

    Performer: Dominique Lawalr茅e.
    • First Meeting.

  • Mark William Lewis

    Josh

    Performer: Mark William Lewis.
    • this is Lin.

  • Sam Beste

    The Hum II

    Performer: The Vernon Spring.
    • A Plane Over Woods.

  • William Basinski

    Soundwaves_Prog 27_Moonglade

    Composer: Janek Schaefer. Performer: William Basinski. Performer: Janek Schaefer.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 4 Mar 2025 12:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 15 Mar 2025 12:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tue 13 May 2025 12:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind