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Enter a haven of tranquil piano music

Immerse yourself in a melodic piano mix designed to enhance your wellbeing and provide a musical haven away from the daily hustle and bustle.

Elevate your sense of wellbeing and step into a musical haven away from the daily hustle and bustle. This calming piano mixtape features timeless classics from J.S. Bach, Cécile Chaminade and Harry Burleigh, alongside new music by British composers including Joe Hume, Rosey Chan and William Thomson.

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

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2 hours

Last on

Fri 2 May 2025 12:00
BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude & Fugue In C Major (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 1), BWV 846

    Performer: Cinthya Garcia.
    • J.S. Bach: Prelude & Fugue In C Major (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 1), BW.

  • 阿部海太郎

    Scene II, Kyoto

    Performer: 阿部海太郎.
    • Cahier de musique / 音楽手帖.

  • Malcolm Williamson

    Travel Diaries - Paris: 2. Flower-Sellers (Place de la Madeleine)

    Performer: Antony Gray.
    • Malcolm Williamson: Complete Works for Piano.

  • Belle Chen

    Half A Moment

    Performer: Belle Chen.
    • Ravel In The Forest.

  • Meredi

    Moon talking to Sun

    Performer: Meredi.
    • Moon talking to Sun.

  • Makar Yekmalyan

    10 Armenian Folk Songs: No. 9, Araz e heshtacel a

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan.
    • Ekmalian: Piano Works.

  • Julie Cooper

    COLOUR ME in Deep Purple

    Performer: Julie Cooper.
    • Julie Cooper: Oculus.

  • Lydia Clapperton

    Reconnaissance

    Performer: Lydia Clapperton.
    • fluviale.

  • Manuel G. Tavárez

    Margarita

    Performer: Emanuel Olivieri. Performer: Bryan Ojeda.
    • Manuel G. Tavárez: Danzas para piano, vol. 2.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Album des enfants, Vol. 1: No. 1, Prélude

    Performer: Anna Caterina Binda.
    • Chaminade.

  • Izzy Flynn

    Db Dorian

    Performer: Izzy Flynn.
    • Solo Piano Sketches: II. Kármán Line.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    24 Preludes, Op 28, No. 13

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

  • Roger Eno

    The Black Cat

    Performer: Roger Eno.
    • Little Things Left Behind 1988 - 1998.

  • Harry Burleigh

    Southern Lullaby (Arr. for Piano by Lara Downes)

    Performer: Lara Downes. Performer: PUBLIQuartet. Music Arranger: Lara Downes.
    • LIGHT: Migration Music Part 1.

  • GKO

    Moonlight

    Performer: GKO.
    • Moonlight.

  • Roy Agnew

    An Autumn Morning

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • The Enchanted Isle: Australian Piano Music.

  • Joe Hume

    Dolce Piano

    Performer: Joe Hume.
    • Dolce Piano.

  • Barry Hudson‐Taylor

    Postcards

    Performer: Barry Hudson‐Taylor.
    • Postcards.

  • Béla Bartók

    Round Dance

    Performer: Garreth Broke.
    • Bartók Felt.

  • Dan Chapman

    Grace

    Performer: Dan Chapman.
    • Little Bird.

  • Rosey Chan

    Flowing

    Performer: Rosey Chan. Performer: Sonic Apothecary.
    • Sonic Apothecary.

  • Ben Crosland

    The Snow is Melting (Felt Piano Version)

    Performer: Ben Crosland.
    • The Snow is Melting (Felt Piano Version).

  • Enrique Granados

    Danzas esspañolas: No. 2, Oriental

    Performer: Myriam Barbaux-Cohen.
    • Granados: Piano Works.

  • Toshifumi Hinata

    End Title

    Performer: Toshifumi Hinata.
    • 東京ラブストーリー.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Ma mère l'oye, M. 60: 5. Le jardin féerique. Lent et grave

    Performer: Valeria Szervánszky. Performer: Ronald Cavaye.
    • Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps.

  • Rachel Grimes

    Moving into Night

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

  • William Thomson

    The Lighthouse

    Performer: William Thomson.
    • Lighthouse.

  • Hans‐Joachim Roedelius

    Regentropfen

    Performer: Hans‐Joachim Roedelius.
    • Wie das Wispern des Windes.

  • Erland Cooper

    Warming (Mvt. 5)

    Performer: Erland Cooper.
    • Folded Landscapes (Piano Version).

  • Büşra Kayıkçı

    Vác

    Performer: Büşra Kayıkçı.
    • Places.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    energy flow

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • BTTB - 20th Anniversary Edition.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in A-Flat Major, Op. 76, No. 3

    Performer: Arcadi Volodos.
    • Volodos Plays Brahms.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 13 Feb 2025 12:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Mon 3 Mar 2025 12:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Fri 2 May 2025 12:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind