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Enchanting piano music to fuel creativity

Let the nourishing music of Claude Debussy, Florence Price, and Cyril Scott guide you to a place of quiet energy and creative flow.

Two hours of quiet and focusing piano works. Featuring beautiful interpretations of classics by Maria Herz, Malcolm Arnold and Claude Debussy, alongside luminous neoclassical pieces by Alanna Crouch, Thibault Ravina, and Emma Jackson.

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

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Music Played

  • Maria Herz

    12 Ländler Op. 2: No. 3 Andantino

    Performer: Aude St-Pierre.
    • Rediscovering Maria Herz.
  • Thibault Ravina

    Canada Water

    Performer: Thibault Ravina.
    • Balades.
  • Rosey Chan

    Petrolo

    Performer: Rosey Chan.
    • 8 Years of My Life.
  • Cyril Scott

    Solitude Op. 40/1

    Performer: Leslie De'Ath. Performer: Anya Alexeyev.
    • Cyril Scott: Complete Piano Music Vol. 5 (Lotus Land).
  • Rachel Grimes

    Sacred Knowledge

    Performer: Rachel Grimes.
    • The Doctor from India (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
  • Fred Onovwerosuoke

    5 Kaleidoscopes for Piano: No. 3 Larghetto espressivo

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • African Pianism.
  • Emma Jackson

    River Seine

    Performer: Emma Jackson.
    • River Seine.
  • Garreth Broke

    Concrete Bunks

    Performer: Garreth Broke.
    • What Matters.
  • Joep Beving

    Etude - redux

    Performer: Joep Beving.
    • Etude (redux).
  • April Chung

    In a Blue Night

    Performer: April Chung.
    • In a Blue Night.
  • Charles Gounod

    La valse des sylphes CG 592

    Performer: Jean-Michel Serres.
    • Charles Gounod: Morceaux de piano - Tome 2.
  • Jordan Ireland

    Calling You

    Performer: Jordan Ireland.
    • Spirit Walking.
  • Alanna Crouch

    repeating events

    Performer: Alanna Crouch.
    • repeating events.
  • é

    Ujjayi

    Performer: é.
    • Falling Stars.
  • Iryna Gould

    Nostalgia

    Performer: Iryna Gould.
    • Nostalgia.
  • Alf Hurum

    Pasteller Op. 10: II. Poem

    Performer: Øyvind Aase.
    • Alf Hurum: Hurum Collection Vol. 2.
  • Hermine

    Ceux qui dansent dans le brouillard

    Performer: Hermine.
    • Dalila.
  • Florence Price

    Clouds

    Performer: Beatrice Nicholas.
    • Clouds.
  • Yiruma

    Picture Me

    Performer: Yiruma.
    • Love Scene (The Original & the Very First Recording).
  • York Bowen

    Reverie d'Amour Op. 20 No. 2

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's English Piano Album.
  • Bart Verbeke

    Eilean Beag Donn A' Chuain

    Performer: Bart Verbeke.
    • Roundabout.
  • John Carroll Kirby

    Inside A Ruin

    Performer: John Carroll Kirby.
    • Conflict.
  • Johannes Brahms

    3 Intermezzi Op.117 - No. 1 in E flat major

    Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili.
    • 3 Intermezzi Op.117 - No. 1 in E flat major.
  • Chris Doyle

    Impression

    Performer: Chris Doyle.
    • For Afie.
  • Claude Debussy

    2 Arabesques L. 66: No. 1 in E Major

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy C.: Piano Music (Complete) Vol. 3 - Suite Bergamasque / Children's Corne.
  • Tanya Ekanayaka

    Yelimu

    Performer: Tanya Ekanayaka.
    • 18 Piano Sutras & 25 South Asian Pianisms.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    The Dream City

    Performer: Scott Mitchell.
    • Malcolm Arnold: The Complete Works.
  • George Gershwin

    Gershwin / Arr. Grainger: Love Walked In

    Performer: Daniel Adni. Music Arranger: Percy Grainger.
    • Grainger: Country Gardens and other piano favourites.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 21 Aug 2025 12:00
  • Sat 20 Sep 2025 12:00