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Jess Gillam with... Sumina Studer

Jess Gillam and violinist Sumina Studer swap some of their favourite music. With tracks by Joe Hisaishi, Bela Fleck, Copland, Bacewicz and Millie Jackson.

Jess Gillam and violinist Sumina Studer swap some of their favourite music. As well as picking up prizes for her playing in the Berliner International Music Competition and the Verbier Festival amongst others, and performing with various orchestras across the world, Sumina still finds the time to make hugely popular videos for social media where she demystifies the violin to try and bring classical music to the biggest possible audience.

She brought along to the studio the incredible voice of Millie Jackson, one of Ravel's most beautiful pieces for piano and something nostalgic from the soundtrack to the anime Kiki's Delivery Service. Meanwhile Jess chose some banjo virtuosity by Bela Fleck, a homage to Piazzolla by violinist Gidon Kremer and an elegy by Yoshimatsu.

Playlist:

JOE HISAISHI: A Town with an Ocean View
PIAZZOLLA: Soledad [Gidon Kremer (violin)]
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G – 2nd mvt Adagio [Martha Argerich (piano), Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado (conductor)]
MILLIE JACKSON: If You’re Not Back in Love by Monday
BELA FLECK/EDGAR MEYER: The B Tune [BΓ©la Fleck (banjo), Zakir Hussain (table), Edgar Meyer (double bass)]
TAKASHI YOSHIMATSU: And Birds are Still…. Op.72 [Manchester Camerata, Sachio Fujioka (conductor)]
COPLAND: Symphony No. 3 – 4th mvt [San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)]

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28 minutes

Last on

Sat 23 Sep 2023 12:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Concerto for piano and orchestra in G major; 3. Presto

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lahav Shani.
    • AVANTI CLASSIC.

  • Millie Jackson

    (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right

    • Global Television.

  • Little Simz

    Woman

    • Age 101 Music.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    A Town with a View - from Kiki's Delivery Service

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Soledad

    Performer: Gidon Kremer.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major: Argerich, Berliner Phil, Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Millie Jackson

    If You're Not Back in Love by Monday

    • Southbound.

  • BΓ©la Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain & Rakesh Chaurasia

    The B Tune

    • Bela Fleck.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    And birds are still... Op.72

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • Chandos.

  • Aaron Copland

    Symphony No. 3 - Molto deliberato

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • SFA MEDIA.

Broadcast

  • Sat 23 Sep 2023 12:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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