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Gentle piano music to welcome calm

Subtly moving across eras and genres, this carefully curated mix brings together Romantic miniatures, ambient textures, and contemporary reflections.

Romantic lyricism gives way to jazz-inflected warmth and ambient contemporary sound worlds, drifting across centuries and genres. From the expressive piano writing of York Bowen, Amy Beach, and Roger Quilter to the spacious minimalism of Harold Budd and Joanna Brouk, the programme unfolds with a quiet sense of ease and reflection.

Produced by Áine Devaney.

A Reduced Listening production for BBC Sounds.

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Music Played

  • York Bowen

    Rêverie in B Major, Op. 86. Andante espressivo e rubato

    Composer: Nuron Mukumi. Performer: Nuron Mukumi.
    • Bowen: Rêverie in B Major, Op. 86. Andante espressivo e rubato.

  • Erroll Garner

    It Could Happen to You

    Performer: Erroll Garner.
    • Piano Moods.

  • Aaron Tagliaboschi

    Sunrise in the Rocking Chair

    Performer: Aaron Tagliaboschi.
    • Spare.

  • Amy Beach

    By the Still Waters, Op. 114

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Beach: By the Still Waters, Op. 114.

  • Cameron McRae

    The Life I Witness

    Performer: Cameron McRae.
    • Fields and Fields.

  • Delphine Dora

    Mirage du temps

    Performer: Delphine Dora.
    • As Above, So Below.

  • Roger Quilter

    3 Pieces, Op. 16: No. 2, Summer Evening

    Performer: David Owen Norris.
    • Quilter: Complete Piano Music.

  • Hooshyar Khayam

    Lily

    Performer: Hooshyar Khayam.
    • Tatari.

  • Thibault Ravina

    Horizon

    Performer: Thibault Ravina.
    • Songes.

  • Cédric Dind‐Lavoie

    Piano Interlude, No. 1

    Performer: Cédric Dind‐Lavoie.
    • 88.

  • Joanna Brouk

    Going Through the Veil - Becoming a Swan

    Performer: Joanna Brouk.
    • Hearing Music.

  • Harold Budd

    Il Leopardo Delle Nevi

    Performer: Harold Budd.
    • La Bella Vista.

  • Kara‐Lis Coverdale

    Kõne, Vastu

    Performer: Kara‐Lis Coverdale.
    • A Series of Actions in a Sphere of Forever.

  • Amy Beach

    Young Birches, Op. 128, No. 2

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

  • Aphex Twin

    Nanou2

    Performer: Richard D. James.
    • Drukqs.

  • Duval Timothy

    Whale

    Performer: Duval Timothy.
    • Sen Am.
    • Duval Timothy.

  • Alice Boman

    17

    Performer: Alice Boman.
    • 17.

  • Peter Sculthorpe

    Night Pieces: Snow

    Performer: Team of Pianists.
    • Peter Sculthorpe Piano Music.

  • Marie Jaëll

    18 Pièces pour piano d'après la lecture de Dante, Ce qu'on entend dans l´enfer:

    Performer: Cora Irsen.
    • Marie Jaëll Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 2.

  • Jonny Greenwood

    I'll Follow Tomorrow

    Performer: Jonny Greenwood.
    • Phantom Thread (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Nonesuch.

  • Chilly Gonzales

    Gentle Threat

    Performer: Chilly Gonzales.
    • Solo Piano.
    • No Format.

  • Saloli

    Sarabande Dream

    Performer: Mary Sutton.
    • Ghosts: Music For Piano Vol. 2.

  • Eric Lu

    6 Klavierstücke, Op 118, No. 5

    Performer: Johannes Brahms.
    • BBC NEXT GEN.

  • Joe Collier

    Reverie Breath You Take

    Performer: Joe Collier.
    • Reverie Breath You Take.

  • Dylan John Sparkes

    Wholeness

    Performer: Dylan John Sparkes.
    • Ascension.

  • Sicu

    A3. Tape Song

    Performer: Clementine O'Keeffe.
    • Grandma Loves You.

Broadcast

  • Wednesday12:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind