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A carefully shaped journey across centuries of piano music, blending Romantic lyricism, impressionist colour, ambient minimalism, and contemporary experimental voices.

Romantic piano miniatures give way to impressionist colour and quietly radiant contemporary works, drifting across centuries, countries, and genres. From the Mediterranean lyricism of Isaac Alb茅niz and the serene landscapes of Amy Beach and Dora Peja膷evi膰, the programme moves through the shimmering modernism of Toru Takemitsu and the dreamlike minimalism of Harold Budd.

Produced by 脕ine Devaney.

A Reduced Listening production for 麻豆社 Sounds MM.

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Music Played

  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Mallorca, Op. 202

    Performer: Miguel 脕ngel R. Laiz.
    • Alb茅niz: Piano Music, Vol. 8.
    • Naxos.

  • Javad Maroufi

    Kuku

    Performer: Amir Farid.
    • Amir Farid plays Javad Maroufi.
    • Move.

  • Toru Takemitsu

    Piano Pieces for Children: No. 2. Clouds

    Performer: Kotaro Fukuma.
    • Takemitsu: Piano Music.
    • Naxos.

  • Cyril Scott

    Two Pieces, Op. 47: 1. Lotus Land

    Performer: Adriano Spampanato.
    • Two Pieces, Op. 47: 1. Lotus Land.

  • A Winged Victory for the Sullen

    We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced, for the Earth had Circled the Sun...

    Performer: Adam Wiltzie. Performer: Dustin O鈥橦alloran.
    • A Winged Victory for the Sullen.
    • Erased Tapes.

  • Kara鈥怢is Coverdale

    In Charge of the Hour

    Performer: Kara鈥怢is Coverdale.
    • A Series of Actions in a Sphere of Forever.
    • Smalltown Supersound.

  • Amy Beach

    Young Birches, Op. 128, No. 2

    Performer: Joanne Polk.
    • Beach: Variations on Balkan Themes Op. 60, Maria Funerale, Cadenza, Scottish Leg.

  • Takagi Masakatsu

    Marginalia #65

    Performer: Takagi Masakatsu.
    • Marginalia III.
    • Sony Records Int'l.

  • Rolando Marchesini

    Arise

    Composer: Alanna Crouch. Composer: Roshko Brothers. Performer: Rolando Marchesini. Performer: Alanna Crouch. Performer: Roshko Brothers. Performer: AlmaNova.
    • From Ashes.
    • Doorway Music.

  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Blumenleben, Op. 19: No. 2, Veilchen

    Performer: Nata拧a Veljkovi膰.
    • Peja膷evi膰: Complete Piano Works.

  • D茅odat de S茅verac

    Le Chant de la Terre - 1900 - I Le Labour

    Performer: Izumi Tateno.
    • D茅odat de S茅verac (1873-1921).

  • Habischman

    in the brittle quietude

    Performer: Carolyn Enger.
    • Resonating Earth.

  • Saloli

    Ghosts

    • Ghosts: Music For Piano Vol. 2.

  • Harold Budd

    The Room of Ancillary Dreams

    Performer: Harold Budd.
    • The Room.

  • F茅licia Atkinson

    The Bay

    Performer: F茅licia Atkinson.
    • The Bay.

  • Albert Karch

    For Ashikawa

    Composer: Gareth Quinn Redmond. Performer: Albert Karch. Performer: Gareth Quinn Redmond.
    • Warszawa.

  • Abdullah Ibrahim

    In-Tempo

    Performer: Abdullah Ibrahim.
    • Solotude.

  • Delphine Dora

    IV

    Performer: Delphine Dora.
    • A Stream Of Consciousness II (for piano solo).

  • Jesse Hackett

    Nocturne 5: Piano Man's Pain

    Performer: Jesse Hackett.
    • Nocturnes.

  • Volodja Brodsky

    Fogbound Streets of Maardu

    Performer: Volodja Brodsky.
    • Raindrops.

  • Coby Sey

    To

    Performer: Coby Sey.
    • Passengers.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin, Alexander Gadjiev, Consano Quartet & Jan Zahourek

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: II. Larghetto [arr. for String Quintet]

    • 麻豆社 Next Gen.

  • Dylan John Sparkes

    Wholeness

    Performer: Dylan John Sparkes.
    • 麻豆社 Introducing.

  • Flo Sabeva

    Nave

    Performer: Flo Sabeva.
    • 麻豆社 Introducing.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 23 Apr 2026 12:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 24 May 2026 12:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind

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