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Jess Gillam with... Nicky Spence (Mr Christmas)

Jess Gillam and tenor Nicky Spence don their Christmas jumpers to share their favourite seasonal music, from Handel to Joni Mitchell.

Jess Gillam and tenor Nicky Spence don their Christmas jumpers to share their favourite seasonal music, from Jon Vickers singing Handel to Joni Mitchell, and from Vivaldi's Winter to joyful harmonies from Pentatonix.

Playlist:
Trad. Jingle Bells - Ella Fitzgerald
Trad. arr. Ola Gjeilo - The Coventry Carol (Choir of Royal Holloway)
Yma Sumac - Malambo No.1
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker: Overture & Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev conductor)
R Strauss - Weihnachtsgefuhl (Edita Gruberova)
Vivaldi - Concerto No.4 in F minor RV297 β€˜Winter’ (Henning Kraggerud violin, Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra)
Mervyn Warren - Joyful, Joyful (Pentatonix)
Handel - Messiah, Part 1: Comfort ye, my people; Every valley (Jon Vickers tenor, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham conductor)
Joni Mitchell - River

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29 minutes

Last on

Sat 18 Dec 2021 12:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.

  • Dominick Argento

    Elizabethan Songs, No.1 - Winter

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Nicky Spence.
    • RESONUS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Hallelujah (Messiah)

    Choir: Polyphony. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Adolphe Adam

    O Holy Night

    Music Arranger: Douglas Gamley. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Kurt Herbert Adler.
    • Christmas Stars: Sutherland, Te Kanawa, Pavarotti.
    • Decca.
    • 5.

  • °Υ°ωΓ€»ε

    Jingle Bells

    Performer: Ella Fitzgerald.
    • Verve.

  • Anon

    The Coventry Carol

    Music Arranger: Ola Gjeilo. Choir: Choir of Royal Holloway.
    • Decca.

  • Yma Sumac

    Malambo No.1

    Performer: Yma Sumac.
    • EMI.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Overture & Dance of the Sugar Plum Faires

    Conductor: Valery Gergiev. Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Symphony No. 4.
    • Mariinsky.

  • Richard Strauss

    °Β±πΎ±³σ²Τ²Ή³¦³σ³Ω²υ²΅±π΄ΪΓΌ³σ±τ

    Performer: Friedrich Haider. Singer: Edita GruberovΓ‘.
    • TELDEC.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto No. 4 in F Minor 'Winter'; 1st movement

    Performer: Henning Kraggerud. Orchestra: Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra.
    • SIMAX.

  • Mervyn Warren

    Joyful, Joyful

    Choir: Pentatonix.
    • RCA.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah, Part 1: Comfort Ye, My People & Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

    Singer: Jon Vickers. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.
    • RCA VICTOR GOLD SEAL.

Broadcast

  • Sat 18 Dec 2021 12:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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