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Jess Gillam with... Ella Taylor

Jess Gillam and soprano Ella Taylor have a virtual listening party, with music from Prokofiev, Ella Fitzgerald and Bach, plus Ella’s favourite track by their favourite band Tune-Yards.

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 Gergiev

tUnE-yArDs - Water Fountain

Gordon, Lang and Wolfe - Shelter: Before I Enter
Caroline Shaw (vocals), Martha Cluver (vocals), Mellissa Hughes (vocals), Ensemble Signal, Brad Lubman

Ella Fitzgerald - Misty

George Benjamin - Written on Skin - Part one, scene 6
Barbara Hannigan, Bejun Mehta, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, George Benjamin

Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin and John

Bach - Double Violin concerto in D minor - 3. Allegro
Isabelle Faust, Akademie fur Alte Musik

Beethoven - Last string quartet, version for String orchestra; III. Lento assai - cantante e tranquillo
Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic

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27 minutes

Last on

Sat 12 Mar 2022 12:30

Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Performer: Zeynep Ozsuca-Rattle. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Decca Classics.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, 'Classical' - 4th m0vement, Finale

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
  • tUnE-yArDs

    Water Fountain

  • Michael Gordon

    Shelter: Before I Enter

    Composer: Julia Wolfe. Composer: David Lang. Singer: Caroline Shaw. Singer: Martha Cluver. Singer: Mellissa Hughes. Ensemble: Ensemble Signal. Conductor: Brad Lubman.
  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Misty

  • Sir George Benjamin

    Written on Skin: Act I Scene VI, Agnes and the Boy

    Singer: Barbara Hannigan. Singer: Bejun Mehta. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Sir George Benjamin.
  • Marvin Gaye

    Abraham, Martin & John

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D minor for two violins (3rd mvt: Allegro)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Bernhard Forck. Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No.16 in F major, Op.135; Lento assai - cantante e tranquillo

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 16 May 2020 12:30
  • Sat 12 Mar 2022 12:30

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