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Jess Gillam with... Anna Meredith

Jess sits down with composer Anna Meredith to share some of their favourite tracks by female artists - from Bjork to Hildur Guðnadóttir via FKA Twigs and the Shirelles.

In a special show for International Women's Day, Jess sits down with composer Anna Meredith to share some of their favourite tracks by female artists - from lush strings by Bjork and Hildur Guðnadóttir via heartbreakers from FKA Twigs and the Shirelles, to a brand new banger by composer/producer Carmel Smickersgill

Playlist

Bjork: Stonemilker
Meredith Monk: Ellis Island
FKA Twigs: cellophane
Hildur Guðnadóttir: Folk faer andlit
Carmel Smickersgill: Thinking
Louise Farrenc: Nonet, op.38 - 3rd mvt (Consortium Classicum)
Emily Hall: Eternity (Olivia Chaney)
The Shirelles: Will you Still Love me Tomorrow

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28 minutes

Last on

Sat 10 Aug 202417:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche: I. Brazileira

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Tieppo‐Brunt.

  • Anna Meredith

    The Vapours

    Performer: Anna Meredith.
    • Varmints.
    • Moshi Moshi Records.

  • Queen

    Somebody To Love

    • EMI.

  • Destiny’s Child

    Independent Women pt 1

    • Columbia.

  • Björk

    Big Time Sensuality

    • One Little Indian.

  • Björk

    Stonemilker

    • Vulnicura.
    • One Little Indian.

  • Meredith Monk

    Ellis Island

    Performer: Ursula Oppens. Performer: Bruce Brubaker.
    • ECM.

  • FKA twigs

    cellophane

    • Young Turks.

  • Hildur Guðnadóttir

    Folk Faer Andlit

    Performer: Hildur Guðnadóttir.

  • Carmel Smickersgill

    Thinking

    • We Get what We Get and We Don't Get Upset.
    • Moshi Moshi.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major, Op 38 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ambache Chamber Ensemble.
    • Farrenc Chamber Music.
    • Carlton Classics.
    • 6.

  • Emily Hall

    Eternity

    Performer: Olivia Chaney.
    • Winter.
    • Bigo & Twigetti.
    • 1.

  • Carole King

    Will You Love Me Tomorrow

    • Sony.

  • The Shirelles

    Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?

Broadcasts

  • Sat 5 Mar 202212:30
    BBC Radio 3
  • Sat 10 Aug 202417:00
    BBC Radio 3

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