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Jess Gillam with... Laura van der Heijden

Jess is joined by the cellist Laura van der Heijden to share some of their favourite musical discoveries, including JS Bach interpreted by the Lodestar Trio, music from Philip Glass’s Book of Longing, a track from the trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf and Elena Urioste playing Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

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29 minutes

Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche (Brasiliera)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Zeynep Özsuca.
    • Rise.
    • Decca Classics.
    • 4.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Carl Douglas

    Kung Fu Fighting

    Performer: CeeLo Green. Performer: Jack Black.
    • INTERSCOPE.
  • Johann Christian Bach

    Symphony in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 6 (1st movement)

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Antônio Carlos Jobim

    Aguas del Marco

    Performer: Antônio Carlos Jobim.
    • EmArcy Records.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 80 (2nd movement)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • DECCA.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Max Bruch

    VIolin Concerto in G minor (3rd movement)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Orchestra: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Daniel Blendulf.
    • Tchaikovsky; Barber: Violin Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 03.
  • Philip Glass

    The Book of Longing: Prologue, I can't make the hills

    Narrator: Leonard Cohen. Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble. Conductor: Michael Riesman.
    • ORANGE MOUNTAIN MUSIC.
  • Sampa the Great

    Final Form

    Performer: Sampa the Great.
    • The Return.
    • Ninja Tune.
  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    5 Preludes, W419; No.3

    Performer: Plínio Fernandes.
    • Saudade.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • Max Baillie

    Rolling to Røros

    Ensemble: Lodestar Trio.
    • Arc Music.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bourrée (From "Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006") [Arr. Lodestar Trio]

    Music Arranger: Erik Rydvall. Music Arranger: Max Baillie. Music Arranger: Olav Luksengård Mjelva. Ensemble: Lodestar Trio.
    • Bach to Folk.
    • Naxos World Music.
    • 112.
  • Arthur Caget

    Speechless

    Performer: Ibrahim Maalouf.
    • MISTER IBE.

Broadcast

  • Sat 18 Mar 2023 12:30

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