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Enter focus and calm with gentle piano music

Immerse yourself in a calming mix of contemporary and classical piano music, curated to help guide you into a focused and relaxed state.

Contemporary and classical piano music plucked from across the centuries to help guide you into focus and calm. From the more adventurous corners of contemporary music, Christina Vantzou, Michael Harrison, and Meredith Monk offer meditative experiments alongside classic pieces from longstanding pioneers, including Frederick Delius, Ivor Gurney, and Vladimir Rebikov.

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Music Played

  • Frederick Delius

    Three Piano Preludes: I. No. 1

    Performer: Eric Parkin.
    • The Delius Collection Volume 1.
    • Heritage.

  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un Jardin Clair

    Performer: Sophia Subbayya Vastek.
    • Lili (Remastered).

  • John Alexander McClung

    O Worship the King (In the Style of C. Debussy)

    Performer: John Alexander McClung.
    • By Streams of Water.

  • Meredi

    Double Sky - Reprise

    Performer: Meredi.
    • Double Sky.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Richard Greenan

    Rook

    Performer: Richard Greenan.
    • Sleep Scale.
    • Kit Records.

  • Vardapet Komitas

    Dsirani dsa峁� (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano)

    Performer: Yulia Ayrapetyan.
    • Komitas: Songs (Arr. V. Sargsyan for Piano).
    • Grand Piano.

  • Meredith Monk

    Ellis Island

    Performer: Meredith Monk. Performer: Bruce Brubaker. Performer: Ursula Oppens.
    • Meredith Monk: Piano Songs.
    • ECM Records.

  • Ryan Teague

    Piano Study I

    Performer: Ryan Teague. Performer: Semra Kuruta莽.
    • Four Piano Studies.
    • King Tree.

  • Anni Hogan

    Earth

    Performer: Anni Hogan.
    • Ann Margaret Hogan.
    • Downwards.

  • Michael Harrison

    Aeolian Harp

    Performer: Michael Harrison.
    • From Ancient Worlds (For Harmonic Piano).
    • New Albion.

  • Christina Vantzou

    Lands of Permanent Mist

    Composer: John Also Bennett. Performer: Christina Vantzou. Performer: John Also Bennett.
    • 螝位委渭伪 (Klima).
    • editions basilic.

  • Clark

    Omni Vignette

    Performer: Clark.
    • The Last Panthers.
    • Warp Records.

  • Rosey Chan

    Hymn for Peace

    Performer: Rosey Chan. Performer: Sonic Apothecary.
    • Hymn for Peace.

  • Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov

    Valse M茅lancolique

    Performer: Christopher Ferreira.
    • Miniatures and Collectibles.
    • Tudor House Records.

  • Aaron Tagliaboschi

    Sunrise in the Rocking Chair

    Performer: Aaron Tagliaboschi.
    • Spare.

  • Theo Alexander

    Hammer Frenzy - Edit

    Performer: Theo Alexander.
    • Hammer Frenzy.

  • Harrison Birtwistle

    Oockooing Bird

    Performer: Stephen Pruslin.
    • Hymnos.
    • Clarinet Classics.

  • Penelope Antena

    Molly Part I

    Performer: Penelope Antena.
    • James & June.
    • Youngbloods.

  • Chilly Gonzales

    Gentle Threat

    Performer: Chilly Gonzales.
    • Solo Piano.

  • John Cage

    Dream

    Performer: Alessandra Celletti.
    • Minimal.

  • Shida Shahabi

    贵耻迟艒

    Performer: Shida Shahabi.
    • 贵耻迟艒.

  • Claude Debussy

    Pr茅ludes / Book 2, L. 123: 5. Bruy猫res - Home Session

    Performer: Tom Borrow.
    • Pr茅ludes / Book 2, L. 123: 5. Bruy猫res - Home Session.

  • William Alwyn

    Contes Barbares (Homage to Paul Gauguin): No. 3. Manao Tupapau

    Performer: Ashley Wass.
    • Alwyn, W.: Piano Music, Vol. 2 - 12 Preludes / Contes Barbares / Movements.
    • Naxos.

  • Sarah Baker

    It changes around me

    Performer: Sarah Baker.
    • It changes around me.

  • Jim Perkins

    Turning

    Performer: Jim Perkins.
    • Turning.

  • Erland Cooper

    Haar over Hamnavoe

    Composer: Bill Ryder-Jones. Performer: Erland Cooper. Performer: Bill Ryder-Jones.
    • Holm (Variations & B-sides).

  • Alessandra Celletti

    Meditation

    Performer: Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff. Performer: Thomas de Hartmann.
    • Sacred Honey.

  • Josiah Steinbrick

    Lullaby

    Performer: Josiah Steinbrick.
    • Lullaby.

  • Dav铆冒 脼贸r J贸nsson

    Op3 - J M 脕

    Performer: Dav铆冒 脼贸r J贸nsson.
    • Improvised Piano Works I.
    • Radio Bongo.

  • George Rowley

    5 Preludes: No. 3 in D-Flat Major

    • Gurney: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 3.
    • Naxos.

  • Mashu Hayasaka

    *

    Performer: Mashu Hayasaka.
    • Piano Etudes I.
    • All Night Flight.

  • Oliver Patrice Weder

    Encina

    Performer: Oliver Patrice Weder.
    • The Pool Project.
    • Moderna Records.

  • Harold Budd

    The Room of Ancillary Dreams

    Performer: Harold Budd.
    • The Room.

  • Alanna Crouch

    looking back

    Performer: Alanna Crouch.
    • the painting.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 24 Apr 2025 12:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 24 May 2025 12:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 19 Oct 2025 12:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 28 Dec 2025 12:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind