Reflective music for growth ft. Jess Gillam
Erland Cooper shares reflective music inspired by the cycle of the seasons and new life, plus saxophonist and presenter Jess Gillam transports us to her safe haven.
Join Scottish composer and musician Erland Cooper for a calming musical journey inspired by new life and growth. For this episode, Erland invites you to find hope and serenity in the new life brought with the cycle of the seasons, and reflects on the magic of the natural world. With soothing songs that blossom and expand from the likes of Arvo P盲rt, Hugo Maillard and Kara-Lis Coverdale.
Plus we visit the musical safe haven of composer, saxophonist and presenter of 麻豆社 Radio 3鈥檚 This Classical Life - Jess Gillam. She shares one of her favourite pieces of music that makes her take a breath, and takes her away to the side of Coniston Water in the Lake District.
Produced by Cat Gough
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Kara鈥怢is Coverdale
Boundlessness
- Changes in Air.
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Pascal Comelade
Taking Tiger Mountain
- Sentimientos.
- Dys.
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Alice Boyd
The Mountains
- Cloud Walking.
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Copenhagen Clarinet Choir & Anders Lauge Meldgaard
Joyfully, we leave the tended
- Jeux d'Eau.
- 脜r Og Dag.
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Fran莽ois Couperin
Les baricades miste虂rieuses
Performer: Thomas Ad猫s. Performer: Composers Ensemble.- America: A Prophecy.
- EMI Classics.
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Arvo P盲rt
Magnificat Song of Mary
Performer: Arvo P盲rt.- The Path to Paradise.
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Charlie Dreaming & Peter Bark
Unknowns
- Migration 2.
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Karl Jenkins, Jess Gillam & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Stravaganza: 2. Dreams & Drones
- Stravaganza.
- Decca.
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Jess Gillam Ensemble
On the Nature of Daylight
- TIME.
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Caroline Shaw
Plan & Elevation: V. The Beech Tree
- Caroline Shaw: Orange.
- New Amsterdam / Nonesuch.
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Aidan O鈥橰ourke
Lying Awake in the Middle of the Night
- 365: Volume One (2018).
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Gheorghe Popescu Branesti
Popescu Branesti Priveghiati si va Rugati
Performer: Angela Gheorghiu.- Mysterium - Airs Sacr茅s.
- Decca.
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Hugo Maillard
Gaillet
- Tas de foin.
- Cool Raoul Records.
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Dorian Concept
Old Beginnings
- Miniatures.
- Play Instinct.
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Emily A. Sprague
Each Story
- Cloud Time.
- RVNG Intl..
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Gabriel Brady
Ambrosial
- Day-blind.
- Tonal Union.
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Natalia Tsupryk
Late June Night - Edit
- Late June Night - Edit.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Aria
Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.- Goldberg Variations.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
Broadcast
- Sat 10 Jan 2026 21:00麻豆社 Radio 3 Unwind