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Jess Gillam with... Charlotte Politi

Jess chats with conductor Charlotte Politi about the music they both love, with a ballet by Tchaikovsky, an opera by Mozart, Isobel Waller-Bridge's Illuminations and The Supremes.

Jess chats with conductor Charlotte Politi about the music they both love, with a ballet by Tchaikovsky, an opera by Mozart, Isobel Waller-Bridge's Illuminations and a classic by The Supremes.

Playlist:
Khachaturian – Masquerade – Ballet Suite: 1. Waltz [London Symphony Orchestra, Stanley Black]
Mozart - Così fan tutte: 'Soave sia il vento' [Véronique Gens (soloist), Pietro Spagnoli (soloist), Bernarda Fink (soloist), Concerto Kâln, René Jacobs]
Isobel Waller-Bridge - Illuminations
Billie Holiday - Blue Moon
Modest Mussorgsky - A Night On The Bare Mountain [Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado]
Rameau - Les Indes Galantes Ouverture [Jordi Savall, Le Concert Des Nations]
The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On
Tchaikovsky – Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: No. 29c Adagio [The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Mark Ermler]

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28 minutes

Last on

Sat 21 May 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.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty: Garland Waltz (Act 1)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: Mark Ermler.
    • royal opera house.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade - Ballet Suite: 1. Waltz

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stanley Black.
    • Decca.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Così fan tutte: 'Soave sia il vento'

    Performer: Concerto KΓΆln. Singer: Pietro Spagnoli. Singer: Bernarda Fink. Conductor: RenΓ© Jacobs. Singer: VΓ©ronique Gens.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    Illuminations

    Performer: Isobel Waller-Bridge.
    • Mercury KX.

  • Richard Rodgers

    Blue Moon

    Singer: Billie Holiday.
    • Solitude.
    • Columbia.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Night on the Bare Mountain

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Indes Galantes Ouverture

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.

  • The Supremes

    You Keep Me Hangin' On

    • Motown.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: No. 29c Adagio

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: Mark Ermler.
    • Sony.

Broadcast

  • Sat 21 May 2022 12:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

Why are more young people listening to classical music?

Why are more young people listening to classical music?

20yo classical musician and presenter Jess Gillam is here to improve your playlist game.

Podcast

  • This Classical Life

    Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.