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Jess Gillam with... Alexandra Oomens

Jess Gillam and soprano Alexandra Oomens share the music they love, including Handel, Janacek and Marilyn Monroe.

Jess Gillam and soprano Alexandra Oomens share the music they love, including Handel, Janacek and Marilyn Monroe.

Today we listened to...

Handel – Guilio Cesare: Act 3; Da Tempeste (Amanda Forsythe, Apollo’s Fire, Jeanette Sorrell)
Joni Mitchell – Both Sides Now
Elena Kats-Chernin - Memorial Rag (Gondwana Voices, Lyn Williams)
Janacek – Glagolitic Mass: VIII. Intrada (CBSO, Simon Rattle)
Andrew Bird – Pulaski at Night
Philip Glass – Glassworks: I. Opening (Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman)
Herbert Stothart and Harry Ruby, lyrics by Bert Kalmar – I wanna be loved by you (Marilyn Monroe, Matty Malneck and His Orchestra)
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concert No. 1: 1st mvt Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito (Martha Argerich, Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado)

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Last on

Sat 15 Apr 2023 12:30

Music Played

  • Sally Whitwell

    Skylark

    Performer: Sally Whitwell. Singer: Alexandra Oomens.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Guilio Cesare: Act 3; Da Tempeste

    Singer: Amanda Forsythe. Ensemble: Apollo’s Fire. Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell.
  • Joni Mitchell

    Both Sides Now

    Performer: Joni Mitchell.
  • Elena Katsâ€Chernin

    Memorial Rag

    Choir: Gondwana Voices. Conductor: Lyn Williams.
  • Leos JanáÄek

    Glagolitic Mass: VIII. Intrada

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
  • Andrew Bird

    Pulaski at Night

    Performer: Andrew Bird.
  • Philip Glass

    Glassworks: 1. Opening

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble. Conductor: Michael Riesman.
  • Herbert Stothart

    Some Like it Hot (1959) - I Wanna Be Loved By You

    Composer: Harry Ruby. Performer: Marilyn Monroe. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Adolph Deutsch.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concert No. 1: 1st movement

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 6 Mar 2021 12:30
  • Sat 15 Apr 2023 12:30

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