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On the 16th of May 2025 Sony Classical released the single "Moment In Time" through streaming media. The 3:09 minute track is a reflective composition for piano and violin by Rachel Portman. The violin is played by Niklas Liepe, with whom Rachel Portman earlier also worked on their concerto "Tipping Points". A short video of recording "Moment In Time" in the studio was published on Instagram.
The new single is the third in a series of singles published in 2025, after "Hannah's Song" (released on the 28th of February) and "Eventide" (released on the 10th of April). At the moment a new album has not been announced, but it is possible these songs are part of an upcoming project. Hopefully more of this soon!
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The BBC Proms this year runs from 18 July to 13 September 2025, and features the world premiere of 'The Gathering Tree', a new composition by Rachel Portman. The piece, which is a special commission for this event by the BBC, will be performed on the last night of the Proms, the 13th of September 2025, at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in all the traditional favourites is Elim Chan with solo performances by soprano Louise Alder and trumpeter Alison Balsom.
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On the 3rd of July 2025 the Emilia-Romagna Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary with an inauguration at the Stignani Theatre in Imola (Italy). Highlight of the event will be the performance of 'Filmscapes for Flute and Orchestra', a composition by Rachel Portman exclusively commissioned by the Festival. The evening is scheduled to start at 21:30 hrs, and apart from Rachel Portman's commision features compositions by Nino Rota, Benjamin Britten and Dmitri Shostakovich . Tickets will be available online here from the 12th of May 2025.
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On the 11th of April 2025 Sony Music Entertainment released the single "Eventide" through streaming media. The 3:06 minute song is a soothing piano composition by Rachel Portman. This single follows an earlier single "Hannah's Song" featuring the Swedish clarinetist Martin Fröst, released on the 28th of February 2025. At the moment a new album has not been announced, but it is possible these songs are part of an upcoming project. Hopefully more of this soon!
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On the 11th of July 2025 Rachel Portman is scheduled to perform live at the Minthis amphitheatre of Paphos in Cyprus, as part of the Minthis Music Festival. The concert features violinist Niklas Liepe and promises 80 minutes of breathtaking live performance of her most memorable compositions! Tickets are for sale from the Minthis Music Festival website.
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On the 22th of May 2025 the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Brighton Festival Chorus will perform the UK premiere of Rachel Portman's 'Tipping Points' concerto. The performance will be conducted by Ludovic Morlot, with Francesca Dego playing the violin at the Brighton Dome concert hall. Tickets are for sale at the Brighton Festival website.
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On the 22nd of March 2025 Joyce DiDonato, the famous American mezzo-soprano performed the world premiere of 'Another Eve' at the Konzerthaus Dortmund, a composition by Rachel Portman in collaboration with the American librettist Gene Scheer. This expanded work is their second collaboration since they first collaborated on 'The First Morning Of The World' in 2022.
The 25 minute 'song-cycle', an expanded version of 'The First Morning Of The World', is a commission of the Konzerthaus Dortmund and the music college Winterthur and consists of seven parts:
- The First Morning Of The World
- Another Eve
- Breathing
- Holding On
- Why A Garden
- Eden’s Seed
- Tip Of Your Tongue
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Digital Records Roma has published a video of an interview with Rachel Portman, filmed during the recording sessions of her score for "The Return". The 'behind the scenes' video shows images of the orchestra playing the score mixed with images from the film,, and also includes interviews with other people involved in the production, like the orchestrator, conductor and score & mix engineer.
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On the 28th of February 2025 Sony Music Entertainment released the single "Hannah's Song" through streaming media. The 3:19 minute song is a beautiful composition by Rachel Portman, featuring the Swedish clarinetist Martin Fröst playing the reflective main theme. At the moment it is not clear if the song is an independent release, but it seems likely this single is an advance release for an upcoming project. Hopefully more of this soon!
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Rachel Portman is one of over 1000 musicians that have come together to release 'Is This What We Want?', an album protesting the UK government’s proposed changes to copyright law.
In late 2024, the UK government proposed changing copyright law to allow artificial intelligence companies to build their products using other people’s copyrighted work - music, artworks, text, and more - without a licence.
The musicians on this album came together to protest this. The album consists of recordings of empty studios and performance spaces, representing the impact we expect the government’s proposals would have on musicians’ livelihoods.
All profits from the album are being donated to the charity Help Musicians.