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Jess Gillam with... Alison Balsom at the Hay Festival

Jess Gillam and trumpeter Alison Balsom are joined by a live audience at the Hay Festival to have a listening party of some of the music they love the most.

Jess Gillam and trumpeter Alison Balsom are joined by a live audience at The Hay Festival to have a listening party of some of the music they love the most. Alison brings along one of their most beautiful tunes and outs herself as a Queen superfan, then shares the Miles Davis tune that brings her most joy. Meanwhile Jess shares an absolute banger by Piazzolla, an epic sax solo by Rachmaninov and a breathtaking performance by Nina Simone.

Playlist:

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto no.4 - 1st mvt (English Concert, Trevor Pinnock)
DAVID BOWIE: Dollar Days (from Blackstar)
MILES DAVIS: If I Were a Bell (Miles Davis Quintet)
RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances, op. 45 - No.1 {Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin)
PIAZZOLLA: Histoire du Tango: Night Club 1960 (Astoria)
QUEEN: Love of my Life (from A Night at the Opera)
NINA SIMONE: Stars (Live at the Montreux Jazz festival)
STRAVINSKY: The Firebird - finale (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle)

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28 minutes

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Sat 4 Jun 2022 12:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Bach: Works for Orchestra: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.

  • David Bowie

    Dollar Days

    • Sony Music.

  • Frank Loesser

    If I Were a Bell

    Performer: Miles Davis Quintet.
    • Giant Steps.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphonic Dances, op.45 - no.1

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick NΓ©zet‐SΓ©guin.
    • DG.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Histoire du Tango: Night Club 1960

    Ensemble: Astoria.
    • Fuga Libera.

  • Queen

    Love Of My Life

    • EMI.

  • Nina Simone

    Stars (live at Montreux)

    Composer: Janis Ian. Performer: Nina Simone.
    • Lakeshore Records.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird (Final section)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Stravinsky: The Firebird.
    • EMI.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Sat 4 Jun 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.