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Jess Gillam with... Lucy Armstrong

Jess and Lucy share music by Smetana and Sondheim, Tansy Davis and Ute Lemper singing Kurt Weill.

Jess Gillam is joined by composer Lucy Armstrong, whose commissions have included from the Psappha Ensemble and Bergen National Opera. She and Jess chat about the music they love, from Smetana to Sondheim via Tansy Davis and Ute Lemper singing Kurt Weill.

From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year’s Bafta awards, Jess is one of today’s most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, Jess will be joined by young musicians to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.

This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds.

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29 minutes

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Sat 23 May 2020 12:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Performer: Zeynep Γ–zsuca. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Decca Classics.

  • Lucy Armstrong

    'Same Same But Different' - 3rd movement

    Ensemble: Borealis Saxophone Quartet.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Overture)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Flute Sonata (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Performer: Ronald Brautigam.
    • BIS.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Flute Sonata (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Performer: Ronald Brautigam.
    • BIS.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    It's Hot Up Here

    Performer: Original Cast.
    • Sunday in the park with George.
    • RCA.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Nocturne

    Performer: Evelyn Chang.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Nocturne

    Performer: Evelyn Chang.
    • AVIE.

  • Tansy Davies

    Neon

    Ensemble: Azalea Ensemble. Conductor: Christopher Austin.
    • Troubairitz.
    • Nonclassical.
    • 2.

  • NiccolΓ² Paganini

    24 Caprices Op.1 for violin solo; no. 6 in G minor

    Performer: Sueye Park.
    • BIS.

  • Oliver Knussen

    "...Upon One Note", Fantazia After Purcell

    Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Oliver Knussen.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Henry Purcell

    Fantazia upon one note in F major Z.745

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Henry Purcell The Complete Fantazias Fretwork.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 13.

  • Oliver Knussen

    ...upon one note

    Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Oliver Knussen.
    • DG.

  • Kurt Weill

    Je ne t'aime pas

    Performer: Ute Lemper. Performer: Kai Rautenberg.
    • Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill.
    • Decca.
    • 11.

  • Richard M. Sherman

    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Original Cast Soundtrack.
    • United Artists Records.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 22 Jun 2019 12:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
  • Sat 23 May 2020 12:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Why are more young people listening to classical music?

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  • This Classical Life

    Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.