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Jess Gillam with... Tom Weaver

Jess Gillam and pianist Tom Weaver share some of their favourite tracks, including music by Dvorak, Vivaldi, Aerosmith and Electric Light Orchestra.

Jess Gillam joins up with American pianist Tom Weaver to share some of their favourite music, including Dvorak's Eighth Symphony, a virtuosic Vivaldi violin concerto played on the trumpet, an energetic tango by Piazzolla, plus tracks from Aerosmith and Electric Light Orchestra.

Playlist:
Dvorak – Symphony No.8, 3rd movement (Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)
Aerosmith – Sweet Emotion (from Toys in the Attic)
Piazzolla – Night Club 1960 (from Histoire du Tango) (Astoria)
Vivaldi – Violin Concerto in A minor (arr. trumpet) (Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble)
Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde, 1st movement; Das Trinklied vom jammer der Erde (Jonas Kaufmann, Jonathan Nott, Vienna Philharmonic)
George Walker – Hoopla (A Touch of Glee) (Sinfonia Varsova, Ian Hobson)
Electric Light Orchestra – The Whale (from Out of the Blue)
JS Bach – Fugue in D# minor, BWV 853 (from Well Tempered Clavier Book 1) (Edward Aldwell, piano)

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29 minutes

Last on

Sat 31 Jul 2021 12:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.

  • Tom Weaver

    Shattered Ice, 2nd movement: Fracture

    Performer: Tom Weaver. Performer: Lin Mu. Performer: Joshua Blumenthal.

  • The Beach Boys

    Surfin' USA

    Performer: The Beach Boys.
    • Capitol.

  • Nikolaus Harnoncourt

    Symphony No.8 in G major Op.88, 3rd movement

    Composer: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • Warner.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ΅k

    Symphony no.6 in D major Op.60 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: JiΕ™Γ­ BΔ›lohlΓ΅vek.
    • Warner.

  • Aerosmith

    Sweet Emotion

    Ensemble: Aerosmith.
    • Columbia.

  • Jeff Beck

    Got The Feeling

    Performer: Jeff Beck.
    • Epic.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Histoire du Tango: Night Club 1960

    Ensemble: Astoria.
    • Fuga Libera.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in A minor, RV 356

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Italian Concertos; Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Das Trinklied vom jammer der Erde (Das Lied von der Erde)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Jonathan Nott.
    • Sony.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    The Whale

    Performer: Electric Light Orchestra.
    • Jet Records.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue in E flat minor BWV 853

    Performer: Edward Aldwell.
    • Nonesuch.

  • George Walker

    Hoopla [A Touch of Glee]

    Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia. Conductor: Ian Hobson.
    • ALBANY.

Broadcast

  • Sat 31 Jul 2021 12:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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