Jess Gillam with... Jordan Bak
Jess Gillam meets Jamaican-American violist Jordan Bak to share some of their favourite music, including Florence Price, Benjamin Britten and Radiohead.
Jess Gillam meets violist Jordan Bak to share some of their favourite music.
Jamaican-American violist Jordan Bak is a proud new music advocate β heβs performed world premieres of works by composers including Kaija Saariaho and Augusta Read Thomas. His debut album IMPULSE was released in 2022 and heβs performed with orchestras including London Mozart Players. His musical picks include works by Florence Price, reggae singer Koffee, and Benjamin Britten, whilst Jess has chosen a classic Radiohead track and Stokowskiβs take on Bach.
PLAYLIST:
FLORENCE PRICE β String Quartet No 2 in A minor (3rd mvt, Juba) [Catalyst Quartet]
FANNY MENDELSSOHN - Schluss [Heather Schmidt (piano)]
PALACE β Live Well
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, ARR LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI β Passacaglia And Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 [Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick NΓ©zet-SΓ©guin (conductor)]
KOFFEE β Toast
RADIOHEAD β House of Cards
BENJAMIN BRITTEN β Night Piece βNotturnoβ [Stephen Hough (piano)]
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Darius Milhaud
Scaramouche (Brasiliera)
Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Zeynep Γzsuca.- Rise.
- Decca Classics.
- 4.
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Leilehua Lanzilotti
koΚ»u inoa
Performer: Jordan Bak.- Bright Shiny Things.
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Florence Price
String Quartet No.2 in A minor (3rd mvt: Juba)
Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.- Azica Records.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Schluss
Performer: Heather Schmidt.- Naxos.
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Palace
Live Well
- So Long Forever.
- Fiction Records.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Passacaglia And Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick NΓ©zetβSΓ©guin.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Koffee
Toast
- Rapture.
- Columbia.
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Radiohead
House Of Cards
- In Rainbows.
- XL Recordings.
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Benjamin Britten
Night Piece 'Notturno'
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Warner Classics.
Broadcast
- Sat 17 Feb 2024 12:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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