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Enchanting piano sounds for creative focus

Spark the imagination and enhance your focus by delving into this mixtape of enchanting piano pieces and nature recordings.

Immerse yourself in a tranquil piano soundtrack designed to nurture creativity and sharpen focus. From the enchanting, atmospheric works of romantic-era pioneers like Cyril Scott and Claude Debussy to the shimmering melodies of modern composers such as Tony Njoku and John Carroll Kirby, this collection takes you to a peaceful sanctuary away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

To listen on most smart speakers, just 'ask BBC Sounds to play Piano Focus'.

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

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Music Played

  • Polly Carter

    Deamchaser

    Performer: Polly Carter.
    • Deamchaser.

  • Alanna Crouch

    Dust - Solo Piano

    Performer: Rolando Marchesini.
    • Dust (Solo Piano).

  • Claude Debussy

    2 Arabesques, L. 66: I. Andantino con moto

    Performer: Axel Gillison.
    • Debussy Slow Motions.

  • Monique DiMattina

    Zephyr

    Performer: Monique DiMattina.
    • Senses.
    • Head Records.

  • Saloli

    Barcarolle (for piano)

    Performer: Saloli.
    • Ghosts: Music For Piano Vol. 2.

  • Cyril Scott

    Two Pieces, Op. 47: 1. Lotus Land

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

  • Daniel P Somogyi

    Valley Of Sand

    Performer: Daniel Pál.
    • Valley of Sand.

  • Taz Modi

    Mirror

    Performer: Taz Modi.
    • Involuntary Memories.
    • Its Sehnsucht Records.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Spiritus sanctus vivificans - Marie-Luise Hinrichs Rework

    Performer: Marie-Luise Hinrichs.
    • Visions.

  • Gareth Malone

    November

    Performer: Gareth Malone.
    • Music For Healing.
    • Decca.

  • Gede Yudis

    autumn

    Performer: Gede Yudis.
    • 1905-06-21.

  • Michael Wall

    Peace

    Performer: Michael Wall.
    • Breathe.

  • Hayato Sumino

    Bach: Jesus, Joy Of Man's Desiring

    Performer: Johann Sebastian Bach.
    • Human Universe.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz in A Minor, B. 150

    Performer: Joshua Spacht.
    • Chopin at Midnight.

  • Lucinda Gallant

    Secret Melancholy

    Performer: Lucinda Gallant.
    • BBC Introducing.

  • Harold O’Neal

    Moonlight - An Itanos

    Performer: Harold O’Neal.
    • Piano Cinema.

  • Tony Njoku

    Lost Forever

    Performer: Tony Njoku.
    • Sketches & Noodles of Bloom.
    • PRAH.

  • Florence Price

    Adoration (Arr. for Piano by Carolyn Enger)

    Performer: Carolyn Enger.

  • Andreas Ihlebæk

    Eblas dans

    Performer: Andreas Ihlebæk.
    • EBLA - PT. I & II.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-flat major, K. 333, II. Andante cantabile

    Performer: Eric Lu.
    • Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-flat major, K. 333, II. Andante cantabile.

  • Sir George Dyson

    4 Twilight Preludes, Op. 14: No. 1, Tranquillo

    Performer: Simon Callaghan.
    • Dyson: Complete Music for Piano.

  • John Carroll Kirby

    Cascata di Malbacco

    Performer: John Carroll Kirby.
    • Tuscany.

  • Mel Bonis

    Méditation, Op. 33 No. 1

    Performer: Myriam Barbaux-Cohen.
    • Mémoires d'une femme.

  • Clara Schumann

    Romance in B Minor

    Performer: Sheila Arnold.
    • Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5; Klavierstücke, Op. 119 / C. Schuma.

  • Elena Kole

    She is Young, She is in Love

    Performer: Elena Kole.
    • This Glimmering World.

  • Carlos Simon

    Traveling Song

    Performer: Carlos Simon.
    • Together.

  • Amy Beach

    By the Still Waters, Op. 114

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

Broadcasts

  • Thu 11 Jun 202612:00
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