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Jess Gillam with... Alex Mills

Jess Gillam shares music choices with the Welsh composer Alex Mills. Expect music by Machaut, Meredith Monk and Daft Punk as well as Sibelius and Alice Coltrane.

Jess Gillam shares music choices with the Welsh composer, Alex Mills. Alex originally trained in fashion journalism before deciding to move into composing. He has since composed music for BBC National Orchestra of Wales, EXAUDI, the Ligeti Quartet, Juice Vocal Ensemble, the Welsh Chamber Orchestra and Grammy Award-winning ensemble Eighth Blackbird. His debut album Look How Brightly, containing works for piano, strings, voice and percussion, is out now via Delphian Records. Alex's choices range from Debussy, Machaut, Meredith Monk and a track by Daft Punk and Jess picks music by Sibelius, Alice Coltrane and Gustav Mahler.

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Sat 16 May 2026 17:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons: Autumn mvmt 1 RV 293

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Channel.

  • Alex Mills

    I love you, my darkness

    Performer: Roderick Chadwick. Singer: Jess Dandy.
    • Delphian.

  • Alex Mills

    One is Fun

    Ensemble: Chroma.
    • Delphian.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 2 mvmt 1 Allegretto

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: George Szell.
    • Urania.

  • Meredith Monk

    Facing North: Hocket

    Performer: Meredith Monk. Performer: Robert Een.
    • ECM.

  • Alice Coltrane

    Paramahansa Lake

    Performer: Alice Coltrane.
    • ABC Records.

  • Claude Debussy

    Preludes, Book 1: no. 6 'Des pas sur la neige'

    Performer: Paavali Jumppanen.

  • Alex Mills

    Look how brightly the universe shines!

    Ensemble: Chroma.
    • Delphian.

  • Guillaume de Machaut

    Messe de Notre Dame: Kyrie

    Ensemble: Oxford Camerata. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.
    • Naxos.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No.2 mvmt 3

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • Hyperion.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Blumine (Symphony 1)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • SF MEdia.

  • Daft Punk

    Around The World

    • Homework.
    • Virgin.
    • 7.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major K622 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Bremen Chamber Philharmonic.
    • BIS.

  • Serge Gainsbourg

    La Javanaise

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Sony.

Broadcast

  • Sat 16 May 2026 17:00
    BBC Radio 3

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