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Jess Gillam with... Braimah Kanneh-Mason

Jess Gillam and violinist Braimah Kanneh-Mason share music they love, including a classic Beethoven recording by violinist Itzhak Perlman and music by Etta James and Rachmaninov.

Jess Gillam and violinist Braimah Kanneh-Mason swap some of their favourite tracks and chat about their lives in music. Braimah comes armed with a classic Beethoven recording by violinist Itzhak Perlman, a feel good tune by The Melodians and a Haydn quartet. Meanwhile Jess spins Rachmaninov at his most romantic, Monteverdi by the ensemble l'Arpeggiata and a soaring performance by Etta James.

Playlist:

HAYDN – String Quartet, op.33 no 2 ‘The Joke’ 1st mvt Allegro Moderato [London Haydn Players]
ETTA JAMES – At Last
RACHMANINOV – Symphony no 2 – 3rd mvt ‘Adagio’ [London Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle (cond)]
JOSEPH ACHRON – Hebrew Melody, op.33 [Josef Hassid (violin), Gerald Moore (piano)]
MONTEVERDI, arr. Pluhar – Zefiro Torna, SV251 [Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Nuria Rial (soprano), l’Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (director)]
THE MELODIANS: Rivers of Babylon
TRAD: Ku-Isa Tama Laug [David Darling (cello), The Wulu Bunun]
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D, op.61 – 3rd mvt [Itzhak Perlman (violin), Berlin Philharmonic/Daniel Barenboim (conductor)]

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28 minutes

Last on

Sat 3 Aug 202417:00
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.

  • Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco

    Sea Murmurs

    Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.
    • DECCA.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major, D 667, 'Trout' (4th mvt)

    Performer: Thomas Adès. Performer: Corina Belcea. Performer: Krzysztof Chorzelski. Performer: Alasdair Tait. Performer: Corin Long.
    • Ades: Piano Quintet & Schubert: Piano Quintet.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.

  • 50 Cent

    In Da Club

    • Shady Records.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet, op.33 no 2 'The Joke' - 1st mvt Allegro Moderato

    Ensemble: London Haydn Quartet.
    • Hyperion.

  • Mack Gordon

    At Last

    Performer: Etta James.
    • RCA Records.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 (III. Adagio)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • LSO LIVE.

  • Joseph Achron

    Hebrew Melody, Op. 33

    Performer: Josef Hassid. Performer: Gerald Moore.
    • TESTAMENT.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Zefiro torna

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Singer: Núria Rial. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • ERATO.

  • The Melodians

    Rivers of Babylon

    • Island.

  • The Wulu Bunun & David Darling

    Ku-Isa Tama Laug

    • Riverboat Records.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61 (1st mvt: Allegro)

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 5 Aug 202312:30
    BBC Radio 3
  • Sat 3 Aug 202417:00
    BBC Radio 3

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