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Oscar-winning composer Rachel Portman and live music from Flamenco Orígenes.

Oscar-winning British Composer, Rachel Portman, talks to Katie Derham ahead of the world premiere of her piece 'The Gathering Tree' at this year's Last Night of the Proms.

Plus there's live music from Flamenco Orígenes.

2 hours

Last on

Fri 12 Sep 2025 17:00

Music Played

  • Trad.

    Mariana Balacanica

    Music Arranger: Flamenco Origenes. Ensemble: Flamenco Origenes.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four Scottish Dances: No 1, Strathspey

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
    • Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances: LPO/Arnold.
    • Lyrita.
    • 15.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fantasia and fugue for organ (BWV. 562) in C minor; Fantasia

    Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Performer: Richard Gowers.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Whitacre: Cloudburst & other choral works: Polyphony, Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Joe Stilgoe

    Joe Stilgoes to the Proms

    Performer: Joe Stilgoe.
  • Trad.

    India Alborea

    Music Arranger: Flamenco Origenes. Ensemble: Flamenco Origenes.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Wiener Blut - waltz Op.354

    Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester. Conductor: Jack Rothstein.
    • By The Beautiful Blue Danube: The Johann Strauss Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 66: III. Scherzo. Molto allegro quasi presto

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Jeremy Denk.
    • Mendelssohn Piano Trios.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.
  • Trad.

    Guajira Cubana

    Music Arranger: Flamenco Origenes. Ensemble: Flamenco Origenes.
  • Richard Rodgers

    Oklahoma!; Overture

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Oklahoma!.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Polonaise in A major, Op 40 No 1, 'Military'

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: Polonaises: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • William Walton

    Funeral March Overture (Hamlet)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • WARNER.
  • Trad.

    Alegrias de Cadiz

    Music Arranger: Flamenco Origenes. Ensemble: Flamenco Origenes.
  • Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Waltz No 1

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • Hyperion.
  • Rachel Portman

    Taste of Chocolate (Chocolat)

    Orchestra: Unnamed orchestra. Conductor: David Snell.
    • Chocolat - Music from the Miramax Motion Picture.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 16.
  • Rachel Portman

    Dolomites, pale mountains: II. Vajolet Towers

    Ensemble: LGT Young Soloists. Conductor: Alexander Gilman.
    • Rachel Portman: Dolomites.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 2.
  • Rachel Portman

    Main Titles (From "The Cider House Rules" Score)

    Performer: John Lenehan. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: David Snell.
    • The Cider House Rules (Original Score).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No 5 in C major, Op 39

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Elgar: Sea Pictures, Polonia, Pomp and Circumstance Marches.
    • Halle.
    • 11.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in F Minor

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Sam Becker.
    • PRISM, Vol. 2.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

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  • Fri 12 Sep 2025 17:00

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