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Jess Gillam with... Hania Rani

Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with the Polish pianist and composer Hania Rani, including tracks by Radiohead, Ravel, Cate Le Bon and Bach.

Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with the Polish pianist and composer Hania Rani, whose pieces interweave classical, jazz and electronic influences. Alongside her hugely popular solo piano albums, she's written for film, theatre, art installations and recently recorded her own piano concerto 'Non Fiction' with Manchester Collective.

Hania picks Perotin, Portico Quartet, Cate Le Bon and Ravel, while Jess chooses Radiohead, Debussy and Bach.

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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 5 in E minor, Op 64 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karina Canellakis.
    • LPO.

  • Hania Rani

    Alberto

    Performer: Hania Rani.
    • On Giacometti.
    • Gondwana.
    • 1.

  • Pérotin

    Beata viscera

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • ECM.

  • Radiohead

    House Of Cards

    • In Rainbows.
    • XL Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    Syrinx

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud.
    • Erato.

  • Portico Quartet

    Line

    Ensemble: Portico Quartet.
    • Real World.

  • Hania Rani

    Non Fiction - Piano Concerto in Four Movements, I. Sonore - Animato - Meno Mosso

    Ensemble: Manchester Collective. Director: Hugh Brunt.
    • Decca.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Partita No.3 in E Major, BWV 1006: I. Preludio

    Performer: Hilary Hahn.
    • Sony.

  • Cate Le Bon

    Is It Worth It (Happy Birthday)?

    • Michelangelo Dying.
    • Mexican Summer.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major, M.82

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Richard Dering

    Pavan No.4 in Five Parts, MB 101:27

    Ensemble: Rose Consort of Viols.
    • Vox Regis.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer night's dream - incidental music Op.61: no.1; Scherzo

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Steeple

    Steeple

    • Realworld.

Broadcast

  • Last Saturday17:00
    BBC Radio 3

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