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Melodic piano pieces for calm and creativity

A peaceful two-hour piano soundtrack to encourage calm and creativity, featuring music by Marie Awadis, Roger Eno, and Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Chopin.

Immerse yourself in a peaceful, melodic piano journey that inspires calm and fuels creativity, weaving together gentle nature recordings, contemporary works by artists such as Harold O'Neal and Marie Awadis, and the timeless melodies of Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Chopin and Ethel Smyth.

Produced by Jamie Green
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2 hours

Last on

Sun 28 Jun 2026 12:00

Music Played

  • Florence Price

    When Dusk Falls

    Performer: Michael Clark.
    • Price: Piano Sonata & Other Works.
  • Jacopo Salvatori

    Valse triste

    Performer: Alessandro Simonetto.
    • Jacopo Salvatori: Valse triste (2019) [2023].
  • Trevor Kowalski

    Brothers

    Performer: Trevor Kowalski.
    • Piano Themes 2.
  • Alexandre Tansman

    Esquisses javanaises (Unpublished Manuscript): II. Lento

    Performer: Maria Argentiero.
    • Tansman: Piano Music.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Andante soave

    Performer: B¨¦atrice Rauchs.
    • Mendelssohn-Hensel: Piano Sonata in G Minor / 6 Character Pieces.
  • Andrea Grasso

    a glimpse of the moving world

    Performer: transport in lebanon.
    • a glimpse of the moving world.
  • Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Chopin

    Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Andante

    Performer: Luke Faulkner.
    • Chopin: Classical Piano Masterpieces.
  • Lucinda Gallant

    Serenity River

    Performer: Lucinda Gallant.
    • Serenity River.
  • °¢²¿º£Ì«ÀÉ

    Allusion discr¨¨te

    Performer: °¢²¿º£Ì«ÀÉ.
    • Musical Portrait of Takashi Minamoto 09£º¾©¶¼ÈˤÎÃܤ«¤ÊÓ䤷¤ß Rouge ©`¾@³Ð©`.
  • Cyril Scott

    Over the Prairie

    Performer: Nino Gvetadze.
    • Cyril Scott: Visions.
  • Roger Eno

    The Black Cat

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

    3 Intermezzi Op.117 - No. 1 in E flat major

    Performer: Johannes Brahms.
    • Johannes Brahms.
  • Christian Blandford

    School Mist

    Performer: Christian Blandford.
    • The Waves.
  • Harold O¡¯Neal

    Miya

    Performer: Harold O¡¯Neal.
    • Marvelous Fantasy.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Piece in E Major

    Performer: David Kadouch.
    • Amours interdites.
  • Utsav Lal

    Alap - Raga Bhimpalasi

    Performer: Utsav Lal.
    • Raga Bhimpalasi.
  • Rachel Grimes

    Humble Beginnings

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

    ?tude No. 8: Through the Window

    Performer: Marie Awadis.
    • Awadis: ?tude No. 8: Through the Window.
  • Helen Hopekirk

    Sundown

    Performer: Gary Steigerwalt.
    • Hopekirk: Piano Works.
  • Alma Deutscher

    Piano Sonata in E-Flat Major: Movement 2. Fantasia

    Performer: Alma Deutscher.
    • Deutscher: The Music of Alma Deutscher.
  • Monique DiMattina

    Species

    Performer: Monique DiMattina.
    • Senses.
  • Jack Herer

    Take Too Long

    Performer: Jack Herer.
    • I Came For The Rain.
  • Ivan Vukosavljevi?

    A Citadel

    Performer: Joana Gama.
    • Vukosavljevi?: A Mind in the Heart.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: III. Siciliana

    Performer: Thomas Lab¨¦.
    • Piano Recital: Labe, Thomas - Bach, J.S. / Godowsky, L..
  • Rosey Chan

    Autumn

    Performer: Rosey Chan.
    • Autumn.
  • Charles©\Valentin Alkan

    Nocturne in B Major, Op. 22: Premier Nocturne, Op. 22

    Performer: Michael Landrum.
    • Nocturnes.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 28 May 2026 12:00
  • Sun 28 Jun 2026 12:00