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Jess Gillam with... Benson Wilson

Jess Gillam and baritone Benson Wilson share the music they love, including the voices of Johnny Mathis, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Samoan gospel singer Lani Alo.

Jess Gillam and baritone Benson Wilson share the music they love, including the voices of Johnny Mathis, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Samoan gospel singer Lani Alo.

Today we played…

Copland – Appalachian Spring: Allegro (Leonard Bernstein, New York Phil)
Erroll Garner - Misty (Johnny Mathis)
Pulp – Common People
Verdi – Don Carlos: "O Carlo, ascolta" from Act IV Scene 2 (Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Welsh SO, Richard Armstrong, recorded at 1989 Cardiff Singer of the World final)
Interpol – Untitled (from Turn on the Bright Lights)
John Rutter – What sweeter music (Choir of King’s College Cambridge Stephen Cleobury, Robert Quinney (organ)
Lani Alo – Alo i ou faiva (Lani Alo and Livingston Efu)
Poulenc – Double Piano Concerto in D Minor: III. Finale (Mischa Cheung and Yulia Miloslavaskaya (pianos), Giraud Ensemble Chamber Orchestra, Sergey Simakov)

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28 minutes

Last on

Sat 2 Dec 2023 12:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring: Allegro

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.

  • Jarvis Cocker

    Common People

    Ensemble: Pulp.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    "O Carlo, ascolta" from Don Carlos

    Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky.

  • Interpol

    Untitled from Turn on the Bright Lights

    Ensemble: Interpol.

  • John Rutter

    What sweeter music

    Performer: Robert Quinney. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.

  • Lani Alo

    Alo i ou faiva

    Performer: Lani Alo. Performer: Livingston Efu.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Double Piano Concerto in D Minor: III. Finale

    Performer: Mischa Cheung. Performer: Yulia Miloslavskaya. Orchestra: Giraud Ensemble Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Sergey Simakov.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 27 Mar 2021 12:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
  • Sat 2 Dec 2023 12:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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