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Jools's musical selection for a Saturday lunchtime

Jools is joined by folk musician Eliza Carthy with music by Purcell, Holst, Shostakovich and Sister Ernestine Washington.

In a new show for Saturday lunchtimes, Jools shares his lifelong passion for classical music, and the beautiful connections with jazz and blues. With fascinating guests each week, who bring their own favourite music and occasionally perform live in Jools's studio.

Today, Jools's choices include music by Holst, Shostakovich and Lully, with performances by Sister Ernestine Washington and soprano Bidu Sayao. His guest is the folk singer and fiddler Eliza Carthy who shares music she loves by Purcell, Handel and Rimsky-Korsakov, and talks about starting out on the fiddle and why dancing the hornpipe should be wild and rhythmic as opposed to dainty and delicate.

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Saturday 12:00
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Music Played

  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Le Divertissement Royal de Versailles: Danse de Neptune

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto no.2 in F major Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Dmitri Maximovich Shostakovich. Orchestra: I Musici de MontrΓ©al. Conductor: Maxim Dmitrievich Shostakovich.
    • Shostakovich: Piano concerto no. 2: I Musici de MontrΓ©al.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Sister Ernestine Washington

    The Lord will make a way somehow

    • Sharp Edge Records.

  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets, Op 32)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Holst: The Planets: Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 4.

  • Alicia Ann Spottiswoode

    Think on Me

    Singer: Bidu SayΓ£o.
    • CEMBAL D’AMOUR.

  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen, Z629: Prelude

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Henry Purcell

    Suite From Abdelzar: V. Hornpipe

    Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Jeanne Lamon.
    • ANALEKTA.

  • Eliza Carthy

    Love Lane

    Ensemble: Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band.
    • Topic Records.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Samson, HWV 57, Act III: Let the bright seraphim (Aria)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: David Hill.
    • BIS.

  • Louis Armstrong

    St James Infirmary

    • Audio Fidelity.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Tsar Dodon in his Palace [The Golden Cockerel Suite]

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme JΓ€rvi.
    • CHANDOS.

Broadcast

  • Saturday 12:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3