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Jess Gillam with... Rachel Portman

Jess Gillam shares favourite music with the composer Rachel Portman.

Jess Gillam shares favourite music with the composer Rachel Portman.

Academy Award-winning composer Rachel Portman joins Jess to share some of her favourite music, on the same day her new work 鈥楾he Gathering Tree鈥� receives its world premiere at the 麻豆社 Proms. Rachel's wide-ranging music choices include Handel, Steve Reich and Joni Mitchell. Jess has music from Tchaikovsky, the mysterious Italian baroque composer Bernardo Storace, and American saxophonist Eddie Barbash.

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Sat 13 Sep 2025 17:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche Suite)

    Music Arranger: John Harle. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Lezghinka (from Gayane)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Onyx.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet No 6 in E flat major, K 614 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Spunicunifait.
    • Alpha.

  • Rachel Portman

    End Credits from The Cider House Rules (original soundtrack)

    Performer: John Lenehan. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: David Snell.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Rachel Portman

    Goodnight you Kings of New England (Cider House Rules)

    Performer: John Lenehan. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: David Snell.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Rachel Portman

    Water (Tipping Points)

    Performer: Niklas Liepe. Performer: WDR Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Erina Yashima.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sarabande (Partita No 4 in D Major, BWV 828)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Decca.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Notturno in G Minor

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Decca.

  • Bernardo Storace

    Monica (Selva di varie compositioni d'intavolatura)

    Ensemble: Lux Beata. Director: Fredrik Hildebrand.
    • Les Vergers Musicaux (鈥楾he Musical Orchard鈥�).
    • Flora.

  • Joni Mitchell

    Carey

    • Blue.
    • Rhino.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 6 in B minor, Op 74, 'Pathetique' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker.

  • Rachel Portman

    Saslonch (Dolomites, pale mountains, No 4)

    Ensemble: LGT Young Soloists. Conductor: Alexander Gilman.
    • Sony.

  • Rachel Portman

    Rosengarten (Dolomites, pale mountains, No 3)

    Ensemble: LGT Young Soloists. Conductor: Alexander Gilman.
    • Sony.

  • Eddie Barbash

    Danca Da Fauna

    • For Murray and Lillian.
    • 2035631 Records.

  • Steve Reich

    Music for 18 Musicians - Section 2

    Ensemble: Steve Reich and Musicians.
    • Nonesuch.

  • George Frideric Handel

    As with rosy steps the morn (from Theodora)

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Eden.
    • Erato.

  • Ferenc Farkas

    Fair in Debrecen (from The Sly Students suite)

    Orchestra: M脕V Szimfonikus zenekar. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.
    • Toccata Classics.

  • Harold L贸pez鈥怤ussa

    Gitanerias

    Performer: Harold L贸pez鈥怤ussa.
    • Nueva Timba.
    • Blue Note.

Broadcast

  • Sat 13 Sep 2025 17:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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