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Jess Gillam with... Grace-Evangeline Mason

Saxophonist Jess Gillam is joined by composer Grace-Evangeline Mason to share music by Mica Levi, Kaija Saariaho and Joni Mitchell.

Saxophonist Jess Gillam is joined by composer Grace-Evangeline Mason to share music by Mica Levi, Kaija Saariaho and Joni Mitchell.

Today we listened to...

Bach - Cello suite no 1 BWV 1007 - Yo-yo Ma
Hans Abrahamsen - Let Me Tell You, Pt.III: I Will Go Out Now - Barbara Hannigan, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Andris Nelsons
The Beatles - A day in the life
ClΓ©ment Janequin - Toutes les nuictz
Mica Levi – Love (from Under the Skin)
Kaija Saariaho - Cloud Trio: I. Calmo, Meditato
Joni Mitchell - A Case of You
Rimsky-Korsakov - Sheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Barque: Largo and Maestoso

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Sat 14 Aug 2021 12:30

Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

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

    Cello Suite no.1 in G major BWV.1007 (Prelude)

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • DECCA.
  • Hans Abrahamsen

    Let Me Tell You: Part III

    Singer: Barbara Hannigan. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
  • The Beatles

    A Day In The Life

  • ClΓ©ment Janequin

    Toutes les nuictz

    Ensemble: Ensemble ClΓ©ment Janequin.
  • Mica Levi

    Under the Skin (2013) - 'Love'

    Music Arranger: Peter Raeburn.
    • Rough Trade.
  • Kaija Saariaho

    Cloud Trio: I. Calmo, Meditato

    Performer: Zebra Trio.
  • Joni Mitchell

    A Case Of You

    • Blue.
    • Reprise Records.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade, Op 35 (The Sea and Sinbad's Ship)

    Performer: Christopher Warren‐Green. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade: Philharmonia/Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

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  • Sat 7 Mar 2020 12:30
  • Sat 14 Aug 2021 12:30

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