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Jess Gillam with... Guylaine Eckersley

Jess Gillam and bassoonist Guylaine Eckersley share their favourite tracks, with music by Abel Selaocoe, Pergolesi, Vivaldi, Laura Misch and a guilty pleasure from Frozen 2.

Jess Gillam and bassoonist Guylaine Eckersley share their favourite tracks, with music by Abel Selaocoe, Pergolesi, Vivaldi, Laura Misch and a guilty pleasure from Frozen 2.

Playlist:
Abel Selaocoe - Ka Bohaleng / On the Sharp Side
Pergolesi - Stabat Mater [Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Julia Lezhneva (soprano), I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis]
Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez - Into the Unknown [from Frozen 2]
Rachmaninov - Symphony no 3 [Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nezet Seguin]
Vivaldi - Bassoon Concerto in A minor, rv498 [Sergio Azzolini (bassoon), L’Onda Armonica]
Laura Misch - Glass Shards
Grażyna Bacewicz - Concerto for String Orchestra [Amadeus Chamber Orchestra]
Vaughan Williams - Silent Noon (from the House of Life) [Roderick Williams (baritone) , Iain Burnside (piano)]

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27 minutes

Last on

Sat 16 Dec 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.

  • George Gershwin

    Gershwin Songs arr. Tom Poster

    Music Arranger: Tom Poster. Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • BBC Proms 2023.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Peter and the Wolf (Grandfather Came Out)

    Narrator: Peter Ustinov. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 4 in A major, Op 90, 'Italian' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DECCA.

  • Abel Selaocoe

    Ka Bohaleng (On the Sharp Side)

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Performer: Rakhi Singh. Performer: Simmy Singh. Performer: Ruth Gibson. Performer: Sidiki Dembélé. Performer: Mamadou Sarr. Performer: Fred Thomas. Singer: Alice Zawadzki. Singer: Alan Keary.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Stabat mater dolorosa (Stabat mater in F minor)

    Singer: Julia Lezhneva. Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Orchestra: I Barocchisti. Conductor: Diego Fasolis.
    • ERATO.

  • Idina Menzel & AURORA

    Into The Unknown [from Frozen 2]

    • Frozen II (soundtrack).
    • Walt Disney Records.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44; I. Lento - Allegro moderato

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto, RV 498 in A minor; II. Larghetto

    Performer: Sergio Azzolini. Ensemble: L’Onda Armonica.
    • Naive.

  • Laura Misch

    Glass Shards

    • Lonely City.
    • Self Release.

  • Grażyna Bacewicz

    Concerto for String Orchestra (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Polish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.
    • Olympia.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Silent Noon (The House of Life)

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • NAXOS.

Broadcast

  • Sat 16 Dec 202312:30
    BBC Radio 3

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