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Jess Gillam with... Sebastian Plano

Jess Gillam talks to Argentinian composer Sebastian Plano about the music they love, including music by Villa-Lobos, Vangelis, Mercedes Sosa, Lianne La Havas and Elgar.

Jess Gillam talks to Argentinian composer Sebastian Plano about the music they love, including Villa-Lobos and an army of cellos taking on Bach, synth wizard Vangelis conjuring up the sound of Antarctica, the soulful voices of Mercedes Sosa and Lianne La Havas, plus a real tearjerker from Elgar.

Playlist:
Rossini - William Tell – Overture [Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan]
Mercedes Sosa - Alfonsina y el mar
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Amore
Vangelis - Theme from Antarctica
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Flight from the City
Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No.1. Introduction
Lianne La Havas - Bittersweet
Elgar - Variations on an original theme, Op 36 “Enigma”: 9 Nimrod (Adagio) [BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein]

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27 minutes

Last on

Sat 5 Feb 202212:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Performer: Zeynep Özsuca. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Decca Classics.

  • Sebastian Plano

    Save Me Not

    • Save Me Not.
    • Mercury KX.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell - Overture; finale

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Mercedes Sosa

    Alfonsina y el mar

    • En Argentina.
    • Philips.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Amore

    • Playing The Piano.
    • Decca.

  • Vangelis

    Theme From Antartica

    • Antarctica.
    • Polydor.

  • Jóhann Jóhannsson

    Flight from the City

    Performer: Jóhann Jóhannsson. Performer: Clarice Jensen. Performer: Ben Russell. Performer: Tarn Travers. Performer: Yuki Numata Resnick.
    • Orphée.
    • DG.

  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Bachianas Brasileiras No.1. Introduction (Embolada)

    Performer: David Shamban. Performer: Aldo Parisot. Performer: Claudio Jaffé. Ensemble: Yale Cellos.
    • Delos.

  • Lianne La Havas

    Bittersweet

    • Lianne La Havas.
    • Warner Records.

  • Edward Elgar

    Variations on an original theme, Op 36 "Enigma": 9 Nimrod (Adagio)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

Broadcast

  • Sat 5 Feb 202212:30
    BBC Radio 3

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