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Jess Gillam with... PlΓ­nio Fernandes

Jess is joined in the studio by Brazilian guitarist PlΓ­nio Fernandes to share the music they love.

Jess is joined in the studio by Brazilian guitarist PlΓ­nio Fernandes to share the music they love. PlΓ­nio shares his Latin roots with Villa-Lobos, AlbΓ©niz and a beautiful duet by Elis Regina and Tom Jobim, and Jess offers up Bartok inspired Jazz from Stan Getz and Eddie Sauter, a fiendishly difficult concerto by John Adams and Scott Walker is lamenting the weather.

Playlist:
Heitor Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4, W.424; IV. Danza [Michael Tilson Thomas, New World Symphony]
Eddie Sauter / Stan Getz - I’m Late, I’m Late
Beethoven - Bagatelles, Op. 33: V. Allegro, ma non troppo [Cristian Budu]
Scott Walker - It’s Raining Today
Isaac Albeniz - Suite espanola no. 1, Op.47; III. Sevilla [Julian Bream]
John Adams - Saxophone Concerto; II. Molto vivo: a hard, driving pulse [Timothy McAllister (sax), St Louis Symphony, David Robertson]
Elis Regina & Antônio Carlos Jobim - Águas de março
Johann Sebastian Bach – O Jesu Christ, mein’s Lebens Licht Motet, BWV 118 [English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner]

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29 minutes

Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

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

    Assanhado

    Performer: PlΓ­nio Fernandes.
    • Saudade.
    • Decca.
  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4, W.424; IV. Danza

    Orchestra: New World Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • RCA Red Seal.
  • Eddie Sauter

    I'm Late, I'm Late

    • Focus.
    • Verve.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelles, Op. 33: V. Allegro, ma non troppo

    Performer: Cristian Budu.
    • Claves Records.
  • Scott Walker

    It's Raining Today

    • Scott 3.
    • Philips.
  • Isaac AlbΓ©niz

    Suite espanola no. 1, Op.47; III. Sevilla

    Performer: Julian Bream.
    • RCA.
  • John Adams

    Saxophone Concerto (II. Molto vivo: a hard driving pulse)

    Performer: Timothy McAllister. Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Robertson.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Elis Regina & AntΓ΄nio Carlos Jobim

    Águas de março

    • Elis & Tom.
    • Universal Music.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    O Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht Motet, BWV 118

    Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Choir: Monteverdi Choir.
    • DG.

Broadcast

  • Sat 11 Jun 2022 12:30

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