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Jess Gillam with... Oliver Zeffman

Jess Gillam is joined by conductor Oliver Zeffman to share music by Tchaikovsky, Abdullah Ibrahim, Pauline Oliveros, Mahler and Lizzo.

Jess Gillam is joined by the conductor Oliver Zeffman to share some of the music they love. Including a rare and beautiful song by Tchaikovsky, a banging tune by Lizzo, plus possibly THE greatest ending in all of music with Mahler’s 8th Symphony.

Playlist:
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21, in C Major, K. 467; II. Andante [Mitsuko Uchida (piano), English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate]
Alex Baranowski - Constellations
Lizzo - Good as Hell
Pauline Oliveros – The Beauty of Sorrow [extract]
Jordan Rakei - Brace
Tchaikovsky - None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, TH 93, No. 6 [Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Ivari Ilja (piano)]
Abdullah Ibrahim - Maraba Blue
Mahler - Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major – β€˜Symphony of a Thousand’ Part 2: Finale [Leonard Bernstein, The London Symphony Orchestra, Leeds Festival Chorus]

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28 minutes

Last on

Sat 15 Jan 2022 12:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Performer: Zeynep Ozsuca-Rattle. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Decca Classics.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No.3 in G major, K.216

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova. Conductor: Oliver Zeffman. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • LIVE AT THE V&A.
    • Ozero Records.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 21, in C Major, K. 467; II. Andante

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Philips.

  • Alex Baranowski

    Constellations

    Performer: Alex Baranowski. Performer: Max Baillie.
    • Project 12.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Lizzo

    Good as Hell

    • Cuz I Love You.
    • Atlantic.

  • Pauline Oliveros

    The Beauty of Sorrow [extract]

    Performer: Pauline Oliveros.
    • Tara’s Room.
    • Important Records.

  • Jordan Rakei

    Brace

    • What We Call Life.
    • Ninja Tune.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, TH 93, No. 6

    Performer: Ivari Ilja. Singer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
    • Delos.

  • Abdullah Ibrahim

    Maraba Blue

    Performer: Abdullah Ibrahim. Performer: George Gray. Singer: Marcus McLaurine.
    • Tiptoe.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - 'Symphony of a Thousand' Part 2: Finale

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Leeds Festival Chorus. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Columbia Masterworks.

Broadcast

  • Sat 15 Jan 2022 12:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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