Jess Gillam and Scottish composer C Duncan share the tracks they love, with music by Charles Ives, Broadcast, Lili Boulanger Messiaen and Mahler.Playlist:
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Symphony in E-flat Major Wq. 179 - 1. Prestissimo [Akademie für Alte Ausik Berlin]
Broadcast - Colour Me In
Lili Boulanger - D’Un Jardin Clair [Émile Naoumoff - piano]
Charles Ives - 3 Places in New England - The Housatonic at Stockbridge [Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon]
Harry Nilsson - Everybody’s Talkin
Olivier Messiaen - O Sacrum Comvivium [Choir of New College, Oxford, Edward Higginbottom]
Matt Maltese - As the World Caves In
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2 in C Minor “Resurrection”; V. Mit Aufschung… [Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Kate Royal, Magdalena Kozena]
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Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too. Music, eclectic playlists and chat, with a new guest every week.
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Folge vom 14.01.2023Jess Gillam with... C Duncan
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Folge vom 13.01.2023Jess Gillam with... Ellie ConstaJess Gillam is joined by violinist Ellie Consta to share some of the music they love the most. Ellie is the founder of Her Ensemble which champions the work of female composers and strives to present classical music in new diverse ways, and her music choices reflect that - from Florence Price's dreamy Clouds to Little Simz Mercury-winning homage to women everywhere, Woman.Jess brings along the majesty of Mozart's Requiem, some lunar insanity on the theremin and a cracker of a song by Bettye Swann.Playlist: FLORENCE PRICE: Clouds [Lara Downes (piano)] HARRY REVEL: Lunar Rhapsody (from Music Out of the Moon) [Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman (theremin), Vocal Group and Orchestra/Les Baxter (bandleader)] TIGRAN HAMASYAN: The Dream Voyager MOZART: Requiem in D minor – Sequentia…Lachrimosa [Swedish Radio Choir, Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado] LILI BOULANGER: Nocturne [Janine Jansen (violin), Itamar Golan (piano)] BETTYE SWANN: Tell it Like it Is GEORGE ANTHEIL: Over the Plains [BBC Philharmonic/John Storgards] LITTLE SIMZ: Woman
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Folge vom 31.12.2022Jess Gillam with... Anna LapwoodJess brings out the fizz and party poppers for a New Year's Eve listening party with the organist and conductor Anna Lapwood, as they introduce each other to their favourite music for this time of year. Their choices take them through the night, from classic Ella Fitzgerald, to pumping base from Vivaldi and Bonobo, reflective choral music by Silvestrov, mysterious organ sounds for the early hours from Saint-Saens, and a New Year message from Otis Redding.Playlist: Ella Fitzgerald - What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? Vivaldi – Violin Concerto in D major, RV211, 3rd movement (Nicola Benedetti, Benedetti Baroque Orchestra) Supertramp – The Logical Song Bonobo / O’Flynn – Otomo (from album Fragments) Silvestrov – Christmas Lullabies, No.2: Quiet Night (Latvian Radio Choir) Glenn Miller – Moonlight Serenade (Barbara Hannigan, LUDWIG) Saint-Saens – Danse macabre, Op. 40 (arr. Lemare) (Olivier Latry, organ of Paris Philharmonie) Otis Reading – Try a Little Tenderness
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Folge vom 28.12.2022Jess Gillam with... Love SsegaJess meets up with Love Ssega to swap some of their favourite music. A founding songwriter and vocalist of Clean Bandit, Love Ssega is hugely in demand for his collaborative work across genres from pop to visual art. He is currently the Philharmonia's artist in residence.Ssega came with some truly epic Elgar played by Sheku Kanneh Mason, a serious ear worm of an opera chorus by Verdi, and introduced Jess to the incredible voice of Alice Smith (she's been listening to her on loop since). Meanwhile Jess played Ssega Vivaldi arranged by Max Richter, some 12th century vocal music by Hildegard von Bingen, and an elegy to the environment by Marvin Gaye.PLAYLIST:MAX RICHTER/VIVALDI: Spring 1 – from the Four Seasons Recomposed [Daniel Hope (violin), Zurich Chamber Orchestra] VERDI: Va pensiero – Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (from Nabucco) [Chorus and Orchestra of Royal Opera House, London, Bernard Haitink (cond)] MARVIN GAYE: Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) ELGAR – Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85 – 1st mvt [Sheku Kanneh Mason (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle (cond)] PETER GABRIEL: The Book of Love WILLIAM MATHIAS: Zodiac Trio, op.70 – 1st mvt ‘Pisces’ [Dallas Triptych Players] HILDEGARD von BINGEN: Spiritus Sanctus Vivificans [Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks (dir) ALICE SMITH: Wednesday’s Child