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Study Zone 鈥� gentle piano music to help you de-stress

Two hours of classical and contemporary piano music curated to refresh the mind, block distractions and support focus.

Immerse yourself in this rejuvenating Piano Focus study special, featuring beautiful compositions from across the centuries designed to refresh your mind and inspire focus. Featuring music by Japanese pianist Takuro Kikuchi, soothing works by Claude Debussy and Mel Bonis, alongside evocative new recordings from contemporary British artists including Sherwood Roberts, Cerys Hafana and Luke Faulkner.

Produced by Jamie Green
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Music Played

  • Luke Faulkner

    To Autumn

    Performer: Luke Faulkner.
    • To Autumn.

  • Yumiko Morioka

    Ever Green

    Performer: Yumiko Morioka.
    • Resonance.

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de Lune L.75 No. 3

    Performer: Ruth McGinley.
    • Reconnection.

  • Mel Bonis

    Carillon mystique Op. 31

    Performer: Jean-Michel Serres.
    • Mel Bonis: Morceaux de piano - Tome 3.

  • Poppy Ackroyd

    Fleeting

    Performer: Poppy Ackroyd.
    • Fleeting.

  • Trad.

    John McAlpin (Scotland)

    Performer: Laura Risk. Performer: Christopher Layer. Performer: Dennis Cahill. Performer: Susie Petrov. Performer: Brian Melick.
    • John McAlpin (Scotland).

  • Thomas Jean Mohamed Rabeh Horeczko

    Intra

    Composer: Stephane Horeczko. Performer: Braths.
    • Intra.

  • Herbert Howells

    Country Pageant: III. There Was a Most Beautiful Lady

    Performer: Matthew Schellhorn.
    • Howells: Piano Music Vol. 2.

  • Rosey Chan

    The Improvisation That Led Me To Moon River

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

  • Dnoir

    Clouds Over Bourbon Street

    Performer: Dnoir.
    • After Hours.

  • Luke Faulkner

    Waltz for Jenny

    Performer: Winterbach.
    • Waltz for Jenny.

  • Helen Hopekirk

    Suite for Piano: III. Air

    Performer: Gary Steigerwalt.
    • Hopekirk: Piano Works.

  • Chris Doyle

    Exultation

    Performer: Chris Doyle.
    • For Afie.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma M猫re l'Oye M. 60: II. Petit Poucet - Tr猫s mod茅r茅 - Remastered 2025

    Performer: Bracha Eden. Performer: Alexander Tamir.
    • Ravel: Ma M猫re l'Oye M. 60: II. Petit Poucet - Tr猫s mod茅r茅 (Remastered 2025).

  • Kelly Moran

    Moves in the Field

    Performer: Kelly Moran.
    • Moves in the Field.

  • Takuro Kikuchi

    鐪犮倞銇ⅷ

    Performer: Takuro Kikuchi.
    • 妫伄銇ㄣ伋銈�.

  • Cerys Hafana

    Yr Osteg

    Performer: Cerys Hafana.
    • Difrisg.

  • Ollie McGill

    A Soft Breeze

    Performer: Ollie McGill.
    • Beach House.

  • Ernest Bloch

    Enfantines B. 49: X. Dream

    Performer: Margaret Fingerhut.
    • Bloch: Visions and Prophecies Five Sketches in Sepia Piano Sonata Enfantines In.

  • Christian Bernard

    Black Lotus

    Performer: Christian Bernard.
    • Black Lotus.

  • Sherwood Roberts

    A Little Hope

    Performer: Sherwood Roberts.
    • Curiosity.

  • Halim El鈥怐abh

    Crimson Orchid

    Performer: Halim El鈥怐abh.
    • Piano Music of Halim El-Dabh.

  • Niwamori Piano

    Sonatina in silence

    Performer: Niwamori Piano.
    • Darkgreen.

  • Erik Satie

    Je Te Veux :

    Performer: Axel Gillison.
    • Satie Slow Motions.

  • Richard Shulman

    Clusters

    Performer: Richard Shulman.
    • Summer Solstice Piano Meditations.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    24 Preludes, Op 28, No. 13

    Performer: Eric Lu.
    • 24 Preludes, Op 28, No. 13.

  • Alexander Chapman Campbell

    Light On The Sea

    Performer: Alexander Chapman Campbell.
    • Sketches Of Light.

  • Claude Debussy

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

    Performer: Jean鈥怑fflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy C.: Piano Music (Complete) Vol. 3 - Suite Bergamasque / Children's Corne.

Broadcast

  • Thursday 12:00
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