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Delicate piano music to guide your day

A gentle drift across eras and styles, from Romantic miniatures and impressionist colour to ambient minimalism and contemporary reflections.

Fluttering piano pieces unfold across centuries, from the lyricism of Ottorino Respighi and Maurice Ravel to the suspended textures of Kara-Lis Coverdale and Kelly Moran. Contemporary voices, including London’s Coby Sey, bring a soft, genre-blurring warmth, shaping a mix designed to steady the pace and guide focus.

Produced by Áine Devaney.
A Reduced Listening production for Radio 3 Unwind.

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Music Played

  • Ottorino Respighi

    6 Pieces for Piano: No. 3, Notturno

    Performer: Reed Tetzloff.

  • Thibault Ravina

    Horizon

    Performer: Thibault Ravina.

  • Christina Vantzou

    Harp of Yaman

    Composer: Michael Harrison. Composer: John Also Bennett. Performer: Christina Vantzou. Performer: Michael Harrison. Performer: John Also Bennett.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Miroirs, M. 43: II. Oiseaux tristes

    Performer: Pascal Rogé.
    • Decca.

  • Colette Maze

    Paisajes: No. 2, El Lago

    Performer: Colette Maze.

  • Jamie Saft

    Maiden Without Eyes - Live

    Performer: Jamie Saft.
    • Veal Records.

  • William Alwyn

    Cricketty Mill

    Performer: Ashley Wass.

  • Peter Sculthorpe

    Aboriginal Legend - sketch

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.

  • Celina Dias Barboza

    As Rosas Não Falam

    Performer: Celina Dias Barboza.

  • Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji

    2 Piano Pieces, KSS 17: No. 1, In the Hothouse -

    Performer: Michael Habermann.

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Irish Lament

    Performer: Gerald Peregrine. Performer: Antony Ingham.

  • Kara‐Lis Coverdale

    Suspension of Swallowed Earth

    Performer: Kara‐Lis Coverdale.

  • Kelly Moran

    Hypno

    Performer: Kelly Moran.

  • Daniel Blumberg

    Porn

    Performer: Daniel Blumberg.

  • Lubomyr Melnyk

    A Warmer Place

    Performer: Lubomyr Melnyk.

  • Sophia Subbayya Vastek

    In Our Softening

    Performer: Sophia Subbayya Vastek.

  • Dominique Lawalrée

    Séquence 05: De temps en temps

    Performer: Nicolas Horvath.

  • Peter Garland

    The Birthday Party: I. The Toasts (Remembrances)

    Performer: Aki Takahashi.

  • Nkeiru Okoye

    African Sketches: II. Dusk

    Performer: Maria Corley.
    • MSR Classics.

  • Jonny Greenwood

    For the Hungry Boy

    Performer: Jonny Greenwood.

  • Urmas Sisask

    Telescopium: Gentle Touch

    Composer: Yuko Yoshioka. Performer: Yuko Yoshioka.

  • Francis Choinière

    Rêverie

    Performer: Francis Choinière.

  • Alice Boman

    17

    Performer: Alice Boman.

  • Coby Sey

    To

    Performer: Coby Sey.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Opening theme from Piano Trio in A minor, III. Passacaille (Très large)

    Performer: Maurice Ravel. Performer: Mithras Trio.

  • Shin Suzuma

    Always

    Performer: Shin Suzuma.

  • Lucinda Gallant

    Secret Melancholy

    Performer: Lucinda Gallant.

  • Cédric Dind‐Lavoie

    Le bout de l'île

    Performer: Cédric Dind‐Lavoie.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 7 May 2026 12:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 7 Jun 2026 12:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Last Saturday 12:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind