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Jess Gillam with... Sam Becker 2 (The Return of Becker)

Jess Gillam welcomes back bassist and flatmate Sam Becker to share some more of the music they love whist in lockdown. With music by Britten, The Platters and Ravel.

Jess Gillam welcomes back bassist and flatmate Sam Becker to share some more of the music they love whist in lockdown. This time they choose Britten’s vivid Sea interludes, Pablo Casals’s Song of the Birds and Sam gets all weepy over Mary Poppins feeding the birds!

Playlist:
Benjamin Britten - 4 sea interludes – Dawn (Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi)
The Platters - Smoke gets in your eyes
Pablo Casals - El Cant Dels Ocells (Song of the Birds) (Pablo Casals (cello), Prades Festival Orchestra)
Everything Everything - Fever Dream
Gavin Bryars - Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Rimsky Korsakov - Trombone Concerto (Christian Lindberg, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Osmo Vanska)
Feed the Birds from Mary Poppins
Ravel - Pavane pour une infant (Bertrand Chamayou - paino)

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28 minutes

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Sat 13 Jun 2020 12:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

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

  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Britten: Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra: Bergen P.O., Neeme Jarvi.
    • BIS.
    • 6.

  • The Platters

    Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

    • Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.
    • Mercury.

  • Pau Casals

    Song of the Birds (El Cant del Ocells)

    Performer: Pau Casals. Orchestra: Prades Festival Orchestra.
    • CBS.

  • Everything Everything

    A Fever Dream

    • A Fever Dream.
    • RCA Victor, Sony Music.

  • Gavin Bryars

    Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet

    Singer: Tom Waits. Conductor: Michael Riesman.
    • POINT MUSIC.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Concerto For Trombone And Orchestra

    Performer: Christian Lindberg. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • All The Lonely People.
    • BIS.

  • Julie Andrews

    Feed The Birds (Tuppence A Bag)

    • Mary Poppins.
    • Walt Disney.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante défunte

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Arr. Metcalfe)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Oscar Holch. Performer: Rowena Calvert. Performer: Lysandre Ménard. Singer: Sam Becker.
    • ‎Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (single).
    • Decca Music Group Limited.

Broadcast

  • Sat 13 Jun 2020 12:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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