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Jess Gillam with... James Baillieu

Jess Gillam swaps music with pianist James Baillieu, including works by Mozart, Bach and Ella Fitzgerald.

Jess Gillam swaps music with pianist James Baillieu, including works by Mozart, Bach, and Ella Fitzgerald.

Pianist James Baillieu has worked with musicians including Lise Davidsen, Timothy Ridout and Pretty Yende, and has performed everywhere from Carnegie Hall to Vienna Musikverein. He is also Senior Professor of Ensemble Piano and a Fellow at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He’s brought Martha Argerich playing Schumann and a classic Bob Dylan song, while Jess's choices include Mahler and Goldfrapp.

PLAYLIST:
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART – β€œSignori, di fuori” (Le nozze de Figaro: Act 2, Scene 9) [Lorenzo Regazzo (bass), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Patrizia Ciofi (sop), VΓ©ronique Gens (sop), Concerto KΓΆln, RenΓ© Jacobs (cond)]
JOHN ADAMS – Hallelujah Junction (1st mvt) [Nicolas Hodges (piano), Rolf Hind (piano)]
BOB DYLAN – Blowin’ in the Wind
GUSTAV MAHLER – Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor (4th mvt, Adagietto) [SimΓ³n BolΓ­var Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel (cond)]
JUAN TIZOL/DUKE ELLINGTON/IRVING MILLS – Caravan [Ella Fitzgerald (singer), Duke Ellington and his Orchestra]
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH – Cello Suite No 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 (4th mvt, Sarabande) [Yo-Yo Ma (cello)]
ROBERT SCHUMANN - Von fremden LΓ€ndern und Menschen (Kinderszenen, Op 15: No 1) [Martha Argerich (piano)]
GOLDFRAPP – Lovely Head

Produced by Rachel Gill.

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Sat 16 Mar 2024 12:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche (Brasiliera)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Zeynep Γ–zsuca.
    • Rise.
    • Decca Classics.
    • 4.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Violin Sonata in D major Wq 71 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Tamsin Waley-Cohen. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Signum Classics.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    "Signori, di fuori" (Marriage of Figaro, Act II)

    Singer: Lorenzo Regazzo. Singer: Simon Keenlyside. Singer: Patrizia Ciofi. Singer: VΓ©ronique Gens. Singer: Antonio Abete. Orchestra: Concerto KΓΆln. Conductor: RenΓ© Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • John Adams

    Hallelujah Junction 1st movement

    Performer: Nicolas Hodges. Performer: Rolf Hind.
    • Adams: Road Movies.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 004.

  • Bob Dylan

    Blowin' In The Wind

    • Columbia.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: SimΓ³n BolΓ­var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington

    Caravan

    • Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book.
    • Verve.
    • 004.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 2 in D minor BWV 1008 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Robert Schumann

    Von fremden LΓ€ndern und Menschen (Kinderszenen, Op 15: No 1)

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Goldfrapp

    Lovely Head

    • Mute.

Broadcast

  • Sat 16 Mar 2024 12:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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