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Jess Gillam with... Isobel Waller-Bridge

Jess Gillam is joined by composer Isobel Waller-Bridge for a listening party, including music by Sibelius, Ravel and Hinako Omori.

Jess's guest this week is composer Isobel Waller-Bridge. Best known for her work in TV and film, Isobel has scored The Split, Fleabag, Emma, Vita & Virginia and many more, but she's also a prolific composer for the theatre and is known for her evocative contemporary classical and electronic music for the concert hall.

Jess and Isobel sit down for a listening party of the music they love the most - Isobel offers some stunning moments of calm by Hinako Omori and a tuba jam by Sons of Kemet, while Jess interrupts the peace with an intimate song by Noah Yorke and possibly the funkiest string quartet ever written by Ravel.

Playlist:

HINAKO OMORI: Yearning
RAVEL: String Quartet - 2nd mvt 'Assez vif' [Quator Ebène]
SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS: Open Your Eyes
CHOPIN: Nocturne no.8 in D flat major, op.27 no.2 [Maurizio Pollini (piano)]
NOAH YORKE: Trying too Hard (Lullaby)
SONS OF KEMET: To Never Forget the Source

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28 minutes

Last on

Sat 27 Aug 2022 12:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Performer: Zeynep Γ–zsuca. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Decca Classics.

  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    Bloom

    Performer: Unknown.
    • Records DK.

  • Queen

    I want to break free

    Ensemble: Queen.
    • Parlophone.

  • Hinako Omori

    Yearning

    • A Journey.
    • Houndstooth.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F (II. Assez vif, très rythmé)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • VIRGIN.

  • School of Seven Bells

    Open Your Eyes

    • SV11B.
    • Full Time Hobby.

  • Noah Yorke

    Trying too Hard (Lullaby)

    • sly-tone.

  • Sons of Kemet

    To Never Forget The Source

Broadcast

  • Sat 27 Aug 2022 12:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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