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Jess Gillam with... Love Ssega

Jess meets up with artist, songwriter and producer Love Ssega to swap some of their favourite music.

Jess meets up with Love Ssega to swap some of their favourite music. A founding songwriter and vocalist of Clean Bandit, Love Ssega is hugely in demand for his collaborative work across genres from pop to visual art. He is currently the Philharmonia's artist in residence.

Ssega came with some truly epic Elgar played by Sheku Kanneh Mason, a serious ear worm of an opera chorus by Verdi, and introduced Jess to the incredible voice of Alice Smith (she's been listening to her on loop since). Meanwhile Jess played Ssega Vivaldi arranged by Max Richter, some 12th century vocal music by Hildegard von Bingen, and an elegy to the environment by Marvin Gaye.

PLAYLIST:

MAX RICHTER/VIVALDI: Spring 1 – from the Four Seasons Recomposed [Daniel Hope (violin), Zurich Chamber Orchestra]
VERDI: Va pensiero – Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (from Nabucco) [Chorus and Orchestra of Royal Opera House, London, Bernard Haitink (cond)]
MARVIN GAYE: Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
ELGAR – Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85 – 1st mvt [Sheku Kanneh Mason (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle (cond)]
PETER GABRIEL: The Book of Love
WILLIAM MATHIAS: Zodiac Trio, op.70 – 1st mvt β€˜Pisces’ [Dallas Triptych Players]
HILDEGARD von BINGEN: Spiritus Sanctus Vivificans [Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks (dir)
ALICE SMITH: Wednesday’s Child

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28 minutes

Last on

Sat 3 Dec 2022 12:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

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

  • Clean Bandit & Love Ssega

    Mozart's House

    • Atlantic.

  • Love Ssega

    Capes for Blue Skies

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: William J Cole.
    • The Orchard Music.

  • ΅ώΒαΓΆ°ω°μ

    Mutual Core

    • Polydor.

  • Max Richter

    Spring 1 (The Four Seasons)

    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: ZΓΌrcher Kammerorchester.
    • Four Seasons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 15.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Va pensiero (Nabucco)

    Choir: Royal Opera House Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Robin Stapleton. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Famous Opera Choruses: Haitink.
    • EMI.
    • 4.

  • Marvin Gaye

    Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)

    • Motown.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Peter Gabriel

    The Book of Love

    • Real World Records.

  • William Mathias

    Zodiac Trio - Pisces

    Performer: Dallas Tryptych Players.
    • Klavier.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Spiritus Sanctus vivificans vita

    Singer: Anna SandstrΓΆm. Choir: Armonico Consort. Director: Christopher Monks.
    • Naked Byrd two: Armonico Consort.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 6.

  • Alice Smith

    Wednesday's Child

    • Roc Nation.

Broadcast

  • Sat 3 Dec 2022 12:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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