Jess is joined by the cellist Abel Selaocoe, a member of the Manchester Collective whose performances take in everything from chamber music to beatboxing. He and share tracks including a radical interpretation of Biber's Battalia and another war-themed piece in Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem, symphonies by Mozart and Penderecki, plus music by John Adams and the Youngblood Brass Band.
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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 02.11.2019Jess Gillam with... Abel Selaocoe
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Folge vom 12.10.2019Jess Gillam with... Alexia SloaneJess Gillam is joined by composer and poet Alexia Sloane to swap music including John Luther Adams immersive Become Ocean, the sublime vocal harmonies of Kraja, Steve Reich's Music for 18 musicians, Smetana and a soul classic by Aretha Franklin.Here's the music we played today...Bedrich Smetana - Ma vlast, Vltava [Moldau] Kraja- Polska Till Rut Francis Poulenc - Sonata for Oboe FP, 185; 1. Allegro John Luther Adams - Become Ocean Aretha Franklin - I Say a Little Prayer Hildegard Von Bingen - Digiti Viriditas Dei Steve Reich - Music for 18 musicians John Tavener - The Protecting Veil
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Folge vom 05.10.2019Jess Gillam with... Ian ArberJess is joined by film composer Ian Arber, who wrote the theme tune for the TV coverage of BBC Proms 2019. They swap tracks including music by Penderecki, Terence Blanchard, Bach and Rachmaninov.Today we listened to...Krzysztof Penderecki: Sinfonietta No. 1 - Vivace Sergei Rachmaninoff – Prelude in C-Sharp Minor (No. 2), Op. 3. Frederic Rzewski - Attica John Barry - The Knack… and How to Get it. Benjamin Britten - Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: Cuckoo! Terence Blanchard - Leeves Gustavo Santaolalla - De Usuahia a la Quiaca JS Bach - Badinerie from Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV1067
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Folge vom 28.09.2019Jess Gillam with... Freya Waley-CohenJess Gillam and composer Freya Waley-Cohen swap Messiaen's frenetic Joy of the Blood of the Stars from Turangalîla, a Procol Harum classic performed by King Curtis, Ravel, Janacek and Shostakovich.This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.Here's what we listened to today...Olivier Messiaen - Turangalîla-Symphonie; V. Joie Du Sang Des Étoiles Vif, Passionné Avec Joie William Byrd - Miserere Mei, Deus arr. Nico Muhly Jenna Moynihan and Mairi Chaimbeul - Steaph’s Red Shoes Maurice Ravel - Piano concerto in G major - Adagio Assai Gabriella Smith - Carrot Revolution King Curtis - A Whiter Shade of Pale Leoš Janáček - Violin Sonata, JW VII/7: 2nd mvt: Ballada con moto Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony no. 11, 4th movement “Alarm”