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Poppy Ajudha

Guest presenter Jules Buckley stands in for Clemmie Burton-Hill and mixes a classical playlist for singer and musician Poppy Ajudha.

Guest presenter Jules Buckley stands in for Clemmie Burton-Hill in a new series of Classical Fix, mixing bespoke classical playlists for music-loving guests. This week, Jules is joined by Poppy Ajudha, a singer and musician who meshes jazz and R’n’B with soul and electronic music, and counts Barack Obama as a fan of her music.

Poppy Ajudha's playlist:

Aaron Copland - Clarinet Concerto (1st movement)
Patrick Watson - Hommage
Nadia Boulanger - 3 pieces for cello and piano (No. 2)
Jean Barriere - Sonata for Two Cellos
Igor Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms (3rd movement)
Anna Meredith - Nautilus

Classical Fix is a podcast aimed at opening up the world of classical music to anyone who fancies giving it a go. Jules Buckley is a Grammy-winning conductor, arranger and composer who pushes the boundaries of almost all musical genres by placing them in an orchestral context, and has earned himself a reputation as a 'pioneering genre alchemist' and' agitator of musical convention'. He leads two of the world’s most versatile and in-demand orchestras - the Heritage Orchestra and the Metropole Orkest - and over the past nine years he has been responsible for some of the most groundbreaking ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms, including the Ibiza Prom, 1Xtra's Grime Symphony, The Songs of Scott Walker, Jacob Collier and Friends, and tributes to Quincy Jones, Nina Simone and Charles Mingus. In 2019, Jules joined the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra as Creative Artist in Association.

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30 minutes

Last on

Mon 8 Feb 2021 00:00

Music Played

  • Aaron Copland

    Clarinet Concerto (Slowly and expressively)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
  • Patrick Watson

    Here Comes the River

    Music Arranger: Jules Buckley. Singer: Patrick Watson. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jules Buckley.
    • Secret City.
  • Nadia Boulanger

    3 pièces for cello and piano - ii Sans vitesse et a l'aise

    Performer: JosΓ© Gallardo. Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt.
  • Jean-Baptiste BarriΓ¨re

    Allegro prestissimo from Sonata for Two Cellos

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Singer: Bobby McFerrin.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony of Palms - iii Alleluia, Laudate Dominum

    Conductor: Sigurd Brauns. Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
  • Anna Meredith

    Nautillus

    Performer: Anna Meredith.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 27 Jul 2020 00:00
  • Mon 8 Feb 2021 00:00

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