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Find your flow with gentle piano melodies

Wave away distractions and hone in on your work with this serene mix of melodic piano tracks.

Delve into two hours of uninterrupted, soothing piano music, designed to provide the perfect backdrop for you to get in the zone and stay focused. Featuring timeless piano classics alongside new compositions from emerging British composers including William Thomson, Belle Chen and Bràthair.

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Music Played

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in B Minor, K. 87: Andante

    Performer: Ivo Pogorelich. Performer: Domenico Scarlatti.
    • Scarlatti, D.: Sonatas.

  • Roger Swift

    The Wonders Of This World

    Performer: Roger Swift.
    • The Wonders Of This World.

  • Frederick Delius

    2 Pieces for Small Orchestra: No. 1, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Performer: Kathryn Stott. Performer: Noriko Ogawa. Music Arranger: Peter Warlock.
    • Delius - Arrangements for Piano 4 Hands by Peter Warlock.

  • Julie Cooper

    Ascensio

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • Julie Cooper: Oculus.

  • Adrian Lane

    Pigeon Angel

    Performer: Adrian Lane.
    • All the Secrets All the Smiles.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 (Arranged by Sgambati): Melodie dell'Orfeo

    Composer: Ranieri de’ Calzabigi. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Fantasia.

  • Rosey Chan

    Chorale in a Minor

    • One.

  • Mark W. Griffiths

    A Foreshadowing Tale

    Performer: Mark W. Griffiths.
    • A Foreshadowing Tale.

  • Franz Liszt

    6 Consolations, S. 172: No. 3 in D-Flat Major (Lento, placido)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Liszt: Dreams of Love; Consolations; Sonnets of Petrarca; Rigoletto Paraphrase.

  • Olivia Belli

    Frater

    Performer: Olivia Belli. Performer: Chris Worsey. Performer: John Metcalfe. Performer: Louisa Fuller.
    • Intermundia.

  • Sarah Merricks-Spall

    The Rain Bayin Me Home

    Performer: Sarah Merricks-Spall.
    • The Rain Bayin Me Home.

  • Luke Faulkner

    The Wanderer

    Performer: Luke Faulkner.
    • The Wanderer.

  • Robert Schumann

    Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 7 in F Major, Träumerei

    Performer: Ivan Moravec.
    • Piano Recital: Bach, Mozart, and Schumann.

  • Kosaku Yamada

    Akatombo

    Performer: Hideyuki Hashimoto. Performer: Martin Martyn.
    • Akatombo.

  • John Carroll Kirby

    Cascata di Malbacco

    Performer: John Carroll Kirby.
    • Tuscany.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 14 In C Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 -"Moonlight": 1. Adagio

    Performer: Yundi.
    • Beethoven - Pathétique, Moonlight, Apionata.

  • April Chung

    Staring at Jacob

    • Instant Memories from Amsterdam.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante défunte

    Performer: Hayato Sumino.
    • Pavane pour une infante défunte.

  • Belle Chen

    Closer

    Performer: Belle Chen.
    • Ravel In The Forest.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in E flat, H.XVI No. 49: 2. Adagio e cantabile

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Haydn: 11 Piano Sonatas.

  • Zaya Lyn

    Duality Zaya Lyn

    Performer: Zaya Lyn.
    • Duality.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto en ré mineur, BWV 974: II. Adagio

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Alexandre Tharaud: Baroque.

  • Dylan Edmunds

    sprites - lullaby

    Composer: Ethan Bortnick. Performer: Ethan Bortnick.
    • luna park (the lullabies).

  • Roger Eno

    While The City Sleeps

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

  • Laura Christie Wall

    Anemoia

    Performer: Laura Christie Wall.
    • Anemoia.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    I'll Bid My Heart Be Still (Version for Cello & Piano)

    Performer: Antony Ingham. Performer: Gerald Peregrine.
    • Folk Tales, Vol. 2: British & Irish Miniatures.

  • Alanna Crouch

    Exploration

    Performer: Alanna Crouch.
    • Exploration.

  • 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.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 5 Nov 2024 12:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 16 Nov 2024 12:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Fri 6 Dec 2024 12:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 5 Jan 2025 12:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Wed 29 Jan 2025 12:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thu 27 Mar 2025 12:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Wed 28 May 2025 12:00
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind