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Jess Gillam is joined by Ivor Novello award winning composer and fellow saxophonist Charlotte Harding to swap tracks, including two saxophone greats - Branford Marsalis and Ivy Benson, other worldly textures from John Luther Adams and Anders Hillborg, and two generations of Prokofievs.Tracks we played today...Gabriel Prokofiev – Saxophone Concerto: IV. Allegro Mechanico Nadia Boulanger - 3 Pieces for Cello and Piano, no.1: Modere Stravinsky - The Firebird Suite John Luther Adams - The Wind in High Places: II. Maclaren Summit Ivy Benson - Lover Anders Hillborg - Sirens Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh - What, What, What Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No.1, 3rd movement

In a special edition of the show with BBC Ten Pieces, Jess is joined in the studio by young musicians Evelyn, George and Emma to listen to music by Brahms, Grieg, Clean Bandit and a number from the hit musical Hamilton.

Jess and guitarist Miloš Karadaglić share some of their favourite tracks, from Albeniz to Bjork, with a little bit of David Bowie narrating Prokofiev for good measure.Today we listened to...Isaac Albeniz – Suite espanola, Op. 47; No. 5 Asturias (played by John Williams) Bjork – Vokuro Nicola Porpora – Polifemo, Act 3: Alto Giove (sung by Philippe Jaroussky) Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (narrated by David Bowie) Vincente Amigo - Callejón de la luna (played by Zsófia Boros) Sibelius - Impromptu in B minor, Op. 5 No.5 (played by Leif Ove Andsnes) Melody Gardot – Your Heart is as Black as Night Camille Saint-Saens - Danse macabre