This Classical Life Folgen

Jess Gillam and conductor Toby Thatcher share the music they love. With music including Debussy, George Lewis, Bartok, and Sixto Rodriguez.Playlist: Ella Fitzgerald - Mack the Knife (Live in Berlin) Debussy - La Damoiselle élue (Vikingur Olafsson) George Lewis - Anthem (Wet Ink Ensemble) Vaughan Williams - Symphony No 5 in D major (3rd mvt) Rodriguez - Cause Poulenc - C'est ainsi que tu es (Métamorphoses; No.2) Bartók - Bluebeard's Castle: Door 6 Charlie Chaplin - Smile (Nat King Cole)

Jess Gillam shares music with viola player Stephen UpshawPlaylist:Robert Schumann - Marchenbilder Mvt IV [Nobuko Imai, Martha Argerich (pianos) Johann Strauss II – Der Fledermaus; Overture [Carlos Kleiber, Bavarian State Opera] Idjah Hadidjah - Aram Bandung Steve Reich – Mallet Quartet: iii. Fast [Colin Currie group] Orlando – Blood Orange Kurt Weill – September Song [Sydney Bechet] Morton Feldman – Rothko Chapel 5 Florence Price arr. W.G. Still - Dance in the Canebrakes i. Nimble Feet [Chicago Sinfonietta, Mei-Ann Chen]

Jess Gillam and soprano Seljan Nasibli share the music they love. Their selections include Miles Davis, Karayev, Caroline Shaw and Mozart.Playlist: Alim Qasimov Ensemble and Kronos Quartet – Getme, Getme Bach – Cello Suite No 2: Prelude Mozart – Ah Chi Mi Dice Mai (Don Giovanni) Miles Davis / Gil Evans / George Gershwin – It Ain’t Necessarily So (Porgy and Bess) Kara Karayev- The Seven Beauties Suite (2nd mvt) Caroline Shaw – Is a Rose: No 1, The Edge Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor (4th mvt) Buena Vista Social Club – El cuarto de Tula