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Jess Gillam with... Maya Youssef

Jess Gillam is joined by qanun player Maya Youssef for a listening party, including jazz funk by Toufic Farroukh, spine-tingling violin by Philip Glass and an earworm by Dvorak.

Jess Gillam is joined by Qanun player Maya Youssef for a listening party of some of the music they love the most. Jess brings some spine-tingling violin by Philip Glass and an absolute classic by Peter Gabriel, while Maya shares an earworm by Dvorak, and like all good parties it all ends with a little studio dance session to tracks by Toufic Farroukh and Hooverphonic

Playlist:
John Adams - Shaker Loops: i. Shaking and Trembling [Bournemouth SO/Marin Alsop (conductor)]
Toufic Farroukh - Elhob ?!
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
JS Bach - Fuga in G minor, BWV1000 [Yasunori Imamura (lute)]
Philip Glass - Violin Concerto, 2nd mvt [Gidon Kremer (violin), Vienna Philharmonic/Christoph von Dohnanyi (conductor)]
Hooverphonic - 2 Wicky
Dvorak - Symphony no.9 'From the New World' - 2nd mvt [Vienna Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan (conductor)]
Morten Schantz - Godspeed

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27 minutes

Last on

Sat 18 Jun 2022 12:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.

  • Maya Youssef

    Samai of Trees

    Performer: Maya Youssef.
    • Not on Label.

  • Jan Garbarek

    Allting finns

    Performer: Jan Garbarek. Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • Officium Novum: Hilliard Ensemble/Jan Garbarek.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 3.

  • John Adams

    Shaker Loops (Shaking and Trembling)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • NAXOS.

  • Toufic Farroukh

    Elhob ?!

    Performer: Toufic Farroukh.
    • O+ Music.

  • Peter Gabriel

    Sledgehammer

    • So.
    • Real World Records.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue in G Minor, BWV 1000

    Performer: Yasunori Imamura.
    • Bach: Complete Works for Lute.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Philip Glass

    Violin Concerto no.1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christoph von DohnΓ΅nyi.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Hooverphonic

    2 Wicky

    • Sony.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ΅k

    Symphony No.9 In E Minor, Op.95 'From The New World' - 2nd mvt Largo

    Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • DvorΓ΅k: Symphony No.9 , Op.95, B. 178 "From the New World" / Smetana: The Molda.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Morten Schantz

    Godspeed (feat. Marius Neset & Anton Eger)

    • Edition Records.

Broadcast

  • Sat 18 Jun 2022 12:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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