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Jess Gillam and soprano Ella Taylor have a ‘virtual’ listening party, with music from Prokofiev, Ella Fitzgerald, Bach and Ella’s favourite track by their favourite band tUnE-yArDs.Playlist: Prokofiev - Symphony no. 1 (Op.25) in D major "Classical", 4th movement; Molto vivace London Symphony Orchestra, Valery GergievtUnE-yArDs - Water Fountain Gordon, Lang and Wolfe - Shelter: Before I Enter Caroline Shaw (vocals), Martha Cluver (vocals), Mellissa Hughes (vocals), Ensemble Signal, Brad LubmanElla Fitzgerald - MistyGeorge Benjamin - Written on Skin - Part one, scene 6 Barbara Hannigan, Bejun Mehta, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, George BenjaminMarvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin and JohnBach - Double Violin concerto in D minor - 3. Allegro Isabelle Faust, Akademie fur Alte MusikBeethoven - Last string quartet, version for String orchestra; III. Lento assai - cantante e tranquillo Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic

Jess Gillam and trumpeter Matilda Lloyd chat about the music they love. With works by Tchaikovsky, Charles Ives, Salsa Celtica and Sting!This week we listened to...Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) - Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev James MacMillan: O Radiant Dawn - The Sixteen Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question - Orchestra of St. Luke's, John Adams Salsa Celtica: El Agua de la Vida Beethoven: Sonata No 14 in C-sharp minor, Op 27 No 2, ‘Moonlight’; I. Adagio sostenuto - Arthur Rubinstein (piano) Tobias Broström: Dream Variations: III. Déjà vu - Håkan Hardenberger and Colin Currie Sting - Englishman in New York Shostakovich: Piano Concerto in C Minor, Op 35: II. Lento - Largo (live) - Martha Argerich (piano), Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet), Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Alexander Verdernikov

Jess Gillam talks to harpist Anne Denholm about the music they love. With epic Finnish grandeur from Sibelius and Rautavaara, a genre-blurring concerto by Gabriel Prokofiev and the simple beauty of Carole King’s You’ve Got a Friend.Music we listened to today...Sibelius - Finlandia (CBSO, Sakari Oramo) Morten Lauridsen - O Magnum Mysterium (ORA Singers, Suzi Digby) Karl Jenkins - Over The Stone: Double Harp Concerto (Catrin Finch) Carole King - You’ve Got a Friend Einojuhani Rautavaara - Cantus Arcticus Op.61; 3rd mvt; Swans migrating (Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska) Afro Celt Sound System - Whirl-y-Reel #2 Ravel - Ma mere l’oye, cinq pieces enfantines V. Le Jardin feerique (Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin)