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Jess Gillam with... Bryce Dessner

Jess and composer/guitarist Bryce Dessner swap favourite music, including Stravinsky's glittering Firebird, Vikingur Olafsson in Bach and a haunting cover of Song of the Siren

Jess's guest this week is composer and guitarist Bryce Dessner. Bryce straddles numerous musical worlds, whether as a guitarist and songwriter for The National, as part of a piano quartet with the Labeque sisters, as a film composer or a composer of concert works who studied with Steve Reich and collaborates with soloists from Alice Sara Ott to Pekka Kuusisto. Bryce and Jess talk about how this spirit of collaboration is key for both of them when making music.

Plus they settle in for a listening party of the music they love, including a vibrant overture by Thomas Ades, Floating Points and Pharoah Saunders joining forces, Stravinsky's glittering Firebird, Vikingur Olafsson in Bach and a haunting This Mortal Coil cover of Song of the Siren

Plus Jess plays some of the best music to take you into Saturday evening.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 4 May 2024 17:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.3 in C minor (Juba)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick NΓ©zet‐SΓ©guin.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • Bryce Dessner

    Lullaby pour Jacques et Brun

    Performer: Katia Labèque.
    • DG.

  • Bryce Dessner

    Marees

    • Milan.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations (Aria)

    Performer: VΓ­kingur Γ“lafsson.
    • DG.

  • Donny Hathaway

    Jealous Guy

    • Atlantic.

  • The Beatles

    Child of Nature

    • Apple.

  • Pharoah Sanders, Floating Points & London Symphony Orchestra

    Promises (Movement 2)

    • Promises.
    • Luaka Bop.
    • 2.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird (conclusion)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Performer: Klaus MΓ€kelΓ€.
    • DECCA.

  • Bryce Dessner

    Haven

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque. Performer: David Chalmin. Performer: Bryce Dessner.

  • This Mortal Coil

    Song To The Siren

    • 4AD.

  • Thomas AdΓ¨s

    Hotel Suite from 'Powder Her Face' (I. Overture)

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • ONDINE.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • Wonderland.
    • DG.
    • 2.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.3 in D major D.200 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.

  • Shovel Dance Collective

    Joe Bane's (Press Play and Peckham Studio, London)

    • Self release.

Broadcast

  • Sat 4 May 2024 17:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

Why are more young people listening to classical music?

Why are more young people listening to classical music?

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