In a special show for International Women's Day, Jess sits down with composer Anna Meredith to share some of their favourite tracks by female artists - from lush strings by Bjork and Hildur Guðnadóttir via heartbreakers from FKA Twigs and the Shirelles, to a brand new banger by composer/producer Carmel SmickersgillPlaylistBjork: Stonemilker
Meredith Monk: Ellis Island
FKA Twigs: cellophane
Hildur Guðnadóttir: Folk faer andlit
Carmel Smickersgill: Thinking
Louise Farrenc: Nonet, op.38 - 3rd mvt (Consortium Classicum)
Emily Hall: Eternity (Olivia Chaney)
The Shirelles: Will you Still Love me Tomorrow
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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 05.03.2022Jess Gillam with... Anna Meredith
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Folge vom 04.03.2022Jess Gillam with... Joseph HavlatJess Gillam swaps mixtapes with pianist and composer Joseph Havlat, with tracks by Nick Drake and Mike Oldfield, a Romantic classic by Tchaikovsky and a toe tapping early folk tune.Playlist:Trad - Kathryn Oggie [Baltimore Consort] Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture [Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov (conductor)] Nigel Westlake - Shards of Jaisalmer [Grigoryan Brothers] Nick Drake - Saturday Sun Mike Oldfield - Incantations (pt 4) Punch Brothers - All Ashore Schumann - Traumerei, op.15 no.7 [Martha Argerich (piano)] The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
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Folge vom 12.02.2022Jess Gillam with... LaufeyJess swaps favourite tracks with singer, songwriter and cellist Laufey, from silky jazz piano from Bill Evans and virtuosic fireworks in Sibelius Violin Concerto to Joe Cocker covering The Beatles.Playlist: Bill Evans - Like Someone in Love Shara Worden - From the Invisible to the Visible Ravel - Pavane pour un enfant defunte (Louis Lortie (piano)) Joe Cocker - With a Little Help from my Friends Sibelius - Violin Concerto, 3rd mvt (Hilary Hahn (violin), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Esa‐Pekka Salonen (conductor)) Chet Baker - While My Lady Sleeps Shostakovich - Cello Concerto, 1st mvt (Sol Gabetta (cello), Munich Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel (conductor)) Tsegue Maryam Guebrou – Homesickness, pt 2
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Folge vom 07.02.2022Jess Gillam with... Sebastian PlanoJess Gillam talks to Argentinian composer Sebastian Plano about the music they love, including Villa-Lobos and an army of cellos taking on Bach, synth wizard Vangelis conjuring up the sound of Antarctica, the soulful voices of Mercedes Sosa and Lianne La Havas, plus a real tearjerker from Elgar.Playlist: Rossini - William Tell – Overture [Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan] Mercedes Sosa - Alfonsina y el mar Ryuichi Sakamoto - Amore Vangelis - Theme from Antarctica Jóhann Jóhannsson - Flight from the City Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No.1. Introduction Lianne La Havas - Bittersweet Elgar - Variations on an original theme, Op 36 “Enigma”: 9 Nimrod (Adagio) [BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein]