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A Joyous Exploration of music, guests and poetry: A guide to the cello

Cerys chats to cellist Christian-Pierre La Marca about the cello as they explore how the instrument is used in different genres. As well as hearing from Irish singer Lisa O'Neill.

Cerys chats to cellist Christian-Pierre La Marca about the history of the cello as they explore how the instrument is used in different genres. Christian-Pierre is an award-winning cello player who won the Gramophone Award for Best Concept Album for Cello 360, in 2022 his concert album Wonderful World was an ode to nature and this year he has released Legacy, a collection of cello pieces by Mozart, Hayden and Porpora.

Cerys also hears from Irish musician Lisa O'Neill about the inspirations behind some of the songs from her new album All Of This Is Chance. The album explores Lisa's love of nature and the relationship with modern society. Lisa covered Bob Dylan's All The Tired Horses for the finale of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ drama Peaky Blinders. As well as hearing from the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra's co-principle cello Miwa Rosa and experimental cellist Gaspar Claus.

As 9 February was St Telio's day, the Welsh patron saint of fruit trees, expect an eclectic mix of songs from a mix of genres related to trees and apples in amongst Cerys' favourite new records from around the world, including tracks from Baaba Maal, Kay Young and Jeembaa Groove.

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Sun 12 Feb 2023 10:00
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Music Played

  • PΓ©rez Prado

    Cherry Pink and Blossom White

    • Mambo Jambo.
    • Music Today Records.
    • 5.

  • Nick Drake

    Cello Song

    • Island.

  • Tony MacMahon & Noel Hill

    Port Na bPΓΊcai

    • I gCnoc Na GraΓ­.

  • Lisa O'Neill

    Old Note

    • Rough Trade Records.

  • Baaba Maal

    Bamba

    • Taara.
    • Virgin Music FR LAS (S&D).
    • 2.

  • Alton Ellis

    My Willow Tree

    • Be True to Yourself: The Godfather of Lover's Rock (Anthology 1965-1973).
    • Trojan Records.
    • 17.

  • The White Stripes

    Apple Blossom

    • The White Stripes Greatest Hits.
    • Legacy Recordings.
    • 18.

  • Dr. Lonnie Smith

    Up Jumped Spring

    • All In My Mind.
    • Blue Note (BLU).
    • 7.

  • Gaspar Claus

    Inside

  • Sheku Kanneh‐Mason

    Traditional: Blow The Wind Southerly (Arr. Kanneh-Mason)

    • Elgar.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Gabriel De Rosa

    Jasmim Parte 1

    • Jasmim Parte 1.
    • Stones Throw.

  • Altin Gun

    Rakiya Su Katamam

  • Louis Armstrong & The Mills Brothers

    In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree

    • The Best Of The Decca Years Volume One: The Singer.
    • Geffen*.
    • 8.

  • John Renbourn

    The Trees They Do Grow High

    • Sir John Alot of Merrie Englandes Musyk Thyng & Ye Grene Knyghte (Bonus Track Ed.
    • Sanctuary Records.
    • 2.

  • Emile Londonien

    Legacy

    • NaΓ―ve Records.

  • Kay Young

    The Way You Look At Me

    • Play It Again Sam.

  • Charlie Parker

    Scrapple From The Apple

    • Jazz Masters.
    • EMI Gold.
    • 1.

  • Lisa O'Neill

    If I Was a Painter

    • Rough Trade Records.

  • Peetie Wheatstraw

    Big Apple Blues

    • Peetie Wheatstraw Vol. 6 1938-1940.
    • Document Records.
    • 19.

  • Billy Strings

    Long Journey ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ

    • Me / And / Dad.
    • Rounder.
    • 1.

  • Biluka y Los CanΓ­bales

    Isinche Grande

    • Leaf-Playing in Quito, 1960-1965.
    • Honest Jon's Records.
    • 9.

  • Theodore Bikel

    Der Rebe Elimelech

    • Sings Jewish Folk Songs.
    • Rhino/Elektra.
    • 1.

  • Horace Andy

    Let's Live In Love

    • Dance Hall Style.
    • Wackies.
    • 6.

  • Amiel Moodie & The Dandemites

    Bend the Tree

    • Do the Reggae: Skinhead Reggae in the Spirit of '69.
    • Trojan Records.
    • 51.

  • Me and My Friends

    Border In Twighlight

    • Before I Saw The Sea.
    • Split Shift.
    • 9.

  • Kronos Quartet

    Perfidia (Perfidy)

    • Kronos Quartet: Nuevo.

  • Budapest Gypsy Orchestra

    Cello Solo

    • Fekete Ejszaka, Borulj a Vilagra.
    • 9.

  • Yo‐Yo Ma

    Shape of You

    • Sony Classical.

  • Christian-Pierre La Marca

    Suite in G Major: Les Sauvages, Les Indes Galantes

    • Cello 360.
    • Niave.

  • Christian-Pierre La Marca

    Cello Concerto no.2 in D Major

    • Legacy.
    • Naive.
    • 8.

  • Abel Selaocoe

    Lerato / Love

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Performer: Colin Alexander. Performer: Fred Thomas. Performer: Mamadou Sarr. Performer: Max Baillie. Performer: Sidiki DembΓ©lΓ©. Performer: Simmy Singh. Singer: Alan Keary.
    • Where is ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ / Hae ke Kae.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.

  • Blackwater Ceili Band

    Apples In Winter / The Green Fields Of Woodford/ James McMahon's (Jigs)

    • Music In The Valley.

  • Benny Goodman

    Stealin' Apples

    • The Essential Benny Goodman.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 20.

  • Maddox Brothers & Rose Maddox

    Milk Cow Blues

    • America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Band.
    • Arhoolie Records.
    • 7.

  • The New Stan Getz Quartet

    It Might As Well Be Spring (feat. Astrud Gilberto)

    • The Original Bossa Nova.
    • Universal Music (Thailand) Ltd..
    • 12.

  • Nozomi Myanishi

    Spring Yellow

    • Rhythms of Asia.
    • X5 Music Group.
    • 025.

  • Jembaa Groove

    Sweet My Ear . (feat. K.O.G)

    • Agogo Records.

  • Riley Baugus

    June Apple

    • Long Steel Rail.
    • Sugar Hill Records.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Sun 12 Feb 2023 10:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music