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Jess Gillam with... Ayanna Witter-Johnson

Jess Gillam talks to singer, cellist and composer Ayanna Witter-Johnson about the music they love, including Errollyn Wallen, Jill Scott, Barber, and Berio.

Jess Gillam talks to singer, cellist and composer Ayanna Witter-Johnson about the music they love including Errollyn Wallen, Jill Scott, Barber, and Berio.

Playlist:
Errollyn Wallen - Concerto Grosso: 1st mvt (Tai Murray, Isata Kanneh-Mason, Chi-Chi Nwanoku, Chineke!, Anthony Parnther)
Caroline Shaw - And the Swallow (The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge, Anna Lapwood)
The Abyssinians - Declaration of Rights
Samuel Barber - Adagio for strings (New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein)
Lucio Berio - Sinfonia: iii. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung (London Voices, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Peter Eotvos)
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10: 2nd mvt (Liverpool Philharmonic, Vasily Petrenko)
Jill Scott - Slowly, Surely

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28 minutes

Last on

Sat 12 Aug 2023 12:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ 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.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Concerto Grosso (1st mvt)

    Performer: Tai Murray. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Chi-Chi Nwanoku. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.

  • Caroline Shaw

    And The Swallow

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum.
    • 7.

  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio for strings

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.

  • Luciano Berio

    Sinfonia (3rd mvt)

    Choir: London Voices. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: PΓ©ter EΓΆtvΓΆs.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No 10 in E minor, Op 93 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphonies, Vol. 4 - Symphony No. 10: Royal Liverpool Philh.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Ayanna Witter-Johnson

    Crossroads

Broadcasts

  • Sat 28 Nov 2020 12:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
  • Sat 12 Aug 2023 12:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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