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Jess Gillam with... James Newby

Jess Gillam and baritone James Newby swap some of their favourite tracks, including the incredible voices of Bryn Terfel and Sarah Vaughan and music by Celeste and John Adams.

Jess Gillam and baritone James Newby swap some of their favourite tracks and chat about their lives in music. James - who was one of Radio 3's New Generation Artists - is one of the country's most exciting young baritones and performs all around Europe in everything from contemporary opera to intimate song recitals. His music picks include a choral piece by Howells that changed the direction of his life and catapulted him into a music career and the stunning voices of Celeste and Bryn Terfel. Meanwhile Jess picks a stunner of a voice of her own in Sarah Vaughan, alongside the energy of John Adams and a tender ballad for violin and piano by Donald Grant.

Playlist:

MOZART: Marriage of Figaro – Overture [Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nezet Seguin (conductor)]
DONALD GRANT: Bha lΓ‘ eile ann [Elena Urioste (violin), Tom Poster (piano)]
HERBERT HOWELLS: Nunc Dimittis (from Collegium Regale) [Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury]
CELESTE: Strange
JOHN ADAMS: Short Ride in a Fast Machine [City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle (conductor)]
DILYS ELWYN EDWARDS: The Cloths of Heaven (Gwiseg Nefoedd) [Bryn Terfel (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)]
CORELLI: Follia [Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall]
SARAH VAUGHAN: Be My Love

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28 minutes

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Sat 7 Sep 2024 17:00
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.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Let Us Garlands Bring: V. It was a lover and his lass

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: James Newby.
    • Fallen to Dust - English Song Recital.
    • BIS.
    • 801.

  • Arctic Monkeys

    Mardy Bum

    • Domino.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick NΓ©zet‐SΓ©guin.
    • DG.

  • Donald Grant

    Bha lΓ  eile ann (There was a different day)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • The Jukebox Album.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 1601.

  • Herbert Howells

    Nunc dimittis (Collegium Regale)

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Singer: Simon Williams. Performer: Peter Barley. Director: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Herbet Howell, A Celebration of: King's College Choir, Stephen Cleobury.
    • ARGO.
    • 14.

  • Celeste

    Strange

  • John Adams

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Adams: Harmonielehre etc: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • Dilys Elwyn-Edwards

    The cloths of heaven

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • Bryn Terfel: Silent Noon - English Songs.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    La Follia

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Sarah Vaughan

    Be My Love

    • EMI.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 29 Jul 2023 12:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
  • Sat 7 Sep 2024 17:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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