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Jess Gillam with... Sam Amidon

Jess is joined by folk singer and musician Sam Amidon for a listening party of music they love, with tracks by Ornette Coleman, Ennio Morricone, Janacek and Dusty Springfield.

Jess's guest this week is folk artist Sam Amidon. His songs reimagine and breathe new life into old songs and ballads, but his musical life also encompasses any number of collaborations with classical composers, experimental producers as well as the jazz world which he finds so inspiring.

Sam and Jess settle in for a listening party of the music they love, including Ornette Coleman and friends having a street party, Ennio Morricone in full blown cinematic mode, Sam shares a revelatory recording by the Georgian voices in The Rustavi Choir and Jess continues her bid to be reincarnated in the 1960s with a Dusty Springfield classic.

Playlist:

TRAD GEORGIAN: Shen Khar venakhi – Kartli Kakhetia (The Rustavi Choir)
MORRICONE: Cinema Paradiso – Theme
ORNETTE COLEMAN: Friends and Neighbours (Vocal version) [Live]
PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet – Dance of the Knights (Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor))
SAILEOG NÍ CHEANNABHÁIN: Bean a’ Leanna
EDMUND ANDERSON/TED GROUYA: Flamingo (Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (piano))
JANACEK: Kreutzer Sonata arr. for Strings – 1st mvt Adagio (Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti (violin/director))
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD: Anyone Who Had a Heart

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28 minutes

Last on

Sat 13 Aug 2022 12:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche: Braziliera

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Bloxham.

  • Craig Wiseman

    My Old Friend

    Composer: Steve McEwan. Music Arranger: Sam Amidon. Singer: Sam Amidon.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Miles Davis

    Blue In Green

  • Trad.

    Shen khar venakhi [You are the vine]

    Choir: Rustavi Choir. Conductor: Anzor Erkamaishvilli.
    • Rustavi Choir: Ancient Georgian Chorales.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Ennio Morricone

    Cinema Paradiso

    Performer: Ennio Morricone.
    • Mercury.

  • Ornette Coleman

    Friends and Neighbours (Vocal version) [Live]

    Performer: Ornette Coleman Quartet.
    • BGP.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • DECCA.

  • Saileog NΓ­ CheannabhΓ‘in

    Bean a' Leanna

    Singer: Saileog NΓ­ CheannabhΓ‘in.
    • Έι΄ΗΎ±³Ω³σ±τ±πΓ‘²Τ.
    • Realach.

  • Edmund Anderson

    Flamingo

    Composer: Ted Grouya. Performer: Duke Ellington. Performer: Billy Strayhorn. Music Arranger: Duke Ellington.
    • Riverside Records.

  • Leos JanÑček

    Kreutzer Sonata for Strings: I. Adagio

    Music Arranger: Richard Tognetti. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Tognetti.
    • Janacek: Kreutzer Sonata for Strings / Barber: Adagio for Strings / Walton: Sona.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Dusty Springfield

    Anyone Who Had a Heart

    • Philips.

Broadcast

  • Sat 13 Aug 2022 12:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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