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Jess Gillam with... Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Ahead of his performance at the 2023 Final Night of the Proms, revisit cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason's chat with Jess Gillam as they share the music they love First aired August 2021

Ahead of his performance at the 2023 Final Night of the Proms, revisit cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason's chat with Jess Gillam as they share the music they love. First aired August 2021

Mozart takes us to heavenly plains with his Great Mass, Leroy Anderson plays a typewriter, Max Richter sends us to sleep and we'll hear some heart-wrenching cello playing from Jacqueline du PrΓ© in Dvorak's Silent Woods. Plus Jess and Sheku discuss the iconic voices of legends Bob Marley and Nina Simone.

Playlist:
DvoΕ™Γ΅k - Silent Woods for cello and orchestra, Op. 68 No. 5 (Jacqueline du PrΓ© - cello, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim - conductor)
Sam Cooke – Falling in Love
Mozart - Mass in C minor, K427 'Great' – Kyrie (Barbara Bonney - soprano, Berlin Radio Choir, Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado - conductor)
Margaret Bonds – Troubled Water (Samantha Ege - piano)
Leroy Anderson – The Typewriter (Eastman Rochester Pops Orchestra, Frederick Fennell)
Bob Marley & The Wailers – African Herbsman
Max Richter – Dream 1
Nina Simone – I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free (Nina Simone - vocals/piano, Studio Orchestra, Sammy Lowe - conductor)

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30 minutes

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Sat 9 Sep 2023 12:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ΅k

    Silent Woods for cello and orchestra, Op. 68 No. 5

    Performer: Jacqueline du PrΓ©. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.

  • Sam Cooke

    Falling in Love

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mass in C minor, K427 'Great' - Kyrie

    Singer: Barbara Bonney. Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Troubled Water

    Performer: Samantha Ege.

  • Leroy Anderson

    The Typewriter

    Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    African Herbsman

  • Max Richter

    Dream 1 (before the wind blows it all away) Pt 1

  • Nina Simone

    I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free)

Broadcasts

  • Sat 28 Aug 2021 12:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
  • Sat 9 Sep 2023 12:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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