This Classical Life: Live returns! Jess Gillam brings her ARIA-winning Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3 show and podcast to London’s Alexandra Palace Theatre for a live event with the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Concert Orchestra. Radio presenter and saxophonist Jess Gillam invites four guests to join her on stage, share in the listening party and to chat about their influences and the music they love.
Jess’s guests are musician/singer-songwriter Alexis Taylor, best known as lead vocalist and keyboardist of the influential synthpop band, Hot Chip, and for his stunning introspective solo albums; internationally acclaimed trumpeter and former Radio 3 New Generation Artist, Simon Höfele; one of the UK’s most exciting singers on the contemporary classical scene, soprano Ella Taylor; and award-winning composer, arranger and saxophonist, Cassie Kinoshi.
Jess is passionate about inspiring and bringing joy to people through music and believes that good music is good music regardless of the genre or label. On her Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3 show, audiences may hear The Prodigy next to Prokofiev, Hildegard von Bingen next to Björk, Mendelssohn next to Michael Kiwanuka.
But there is one thing all the sounds have in common: an ability to move us, transport us and connect us with alternative realities.
Jonathan Bloxham will conduct the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Concert Orchestra in this inspiring programme being recorded for future broadcast on Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3 and Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sounds on Sunday 10 July.
The concert will be c. 1 hour 20 minutes, no interval.
Tickets are free via Â鶹ԼÅÄ Shows and Tours but must be booked in advance.
Seating will be a mixture of traditional theatre-style seating and cabaret seating at tables of four and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
