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Jess Gillam with... Ema Nikolovska

Jess Gillam and mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska share the music they love, including Janelle Monáe, Sean Shibe playing Bach and voices of Mara Carlyle and Odetta.

Jess Gillam and mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska share the music they love, including a traditional Macedonian folk song, Janelle Monáe’s sci-fi concept album The Arch Android, a sublime Bach partita in the hands of guitarist Sean Shibe and the beautiful voices of Mara Carlyle and Odetta.

Playlist:
Janacek - Prelude to The Cunning Little Vixen [Vienna Philharmonic, Sir Charles Mackerras]
Odetta - Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Tose Proeski - Zajdi, Zajdi
Telemann - Concerto in G Major, TWV 51:G2; I. Andante [Andrius Puskunigis, St Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Donatas Katkus]
Janelle Monáe - Neon Valley Street
Bartok - Divertimento for Strings; III. Allegro assai [Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe]
Mara Carlyle – Pianni
J.S Bach - Partita in C minor, BWV 997; III. Sarabande [Sean Shibe]

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26 minutes

Last on

Sat 28 Oct 202312:30
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.

  • Henry Purcell

    Sweeter than roses (Pausanias Z.585)

    Performer: Samuele Telari. Music Arranger: Samuele Telari. Singer: Ema Nikolovska.

  • Leos Janáček

    Prelude to 'The Cunning Little Vixen'

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Decca.

  • Odetta

    Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

    • Odetta At Carnegie Hall.
    • Vanguard.

  • Тоше Проески

    Zajdi, zajdi

    • Hitovi (Live in Sarajevo 2008).
    • Hi-Fi Centar.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in G Major, TWV 51:G2; I. Andante

    Performer: Andrius Puskunigis. Conductor: Donatas Katkus. Orchestra: Šv. Kristoforo kamerinis orkestras.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Janelle Monáe

    Neon Valley Street

    • The Arch Android.
    • Wondaland.

  • Béla Bartók

    Divertimento for Strings; III. Allegro assai

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • RCA.

  • Mara Carlyle

    Pianni

    • The Lovely.
    • Accidental.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita in C minor, BWV 997; III. Sarabande

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Delphian Records.

Broadcast

  • Sat 28 Oct 202312:30
    BBC Radio 3

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