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Jess Gillam with... Abel Selaocoe

Cellist Abel Selaocoe offers Jess Gillam music by Biber, Britten and the Youngblood Brass Band.

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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30 minutes

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Sat 10 Oct 2020 12:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.

  • Giovanni Sollima

    Lamentatio

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe.

  • Bobby McFerrin

    From Me To You

    Performer: Bobby McFerrin.

  • John Adams

    Hallelujah Junction

    Performer: Rolf Hind.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Battalia

    Performer: Il Giardino Armonico. Ensemble: ACRONYM.

  • Krzysztof Penderecki

    Symphony No.3; Passacaglia

    Performer: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Antoni Wit.

  • Mola Sylla

    E Konkon

    Performer: Ernst Reijseger. Performer: Harmen Fraanje. Performer: Mola Sylla.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 40 in G minor, K 550 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.

  • Slayer

    Human Disease

    Performer: Slayer.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Sinfonia da Requiem; Dies Irae

    Performer: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Performer: Steuart Bedford.

  • Daniel Thorne

    From the Other Side of the World

    Performer: Daniel Thorne.
    • Erased Tapes.

  • Youngblood Brass Band

    Brooklyn

    Performer: Youngblood Brass Band.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 2 Nov 2019 12:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
  • Sat 10 Oct 2020 12:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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