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Jess Gillam with... Jordan Bak

Jess Gillam meets Jamaican-American violist Jordan Bak to share some of their favourite music, including Florence Price, Benjamin Britten and Radiohead.

Jess Gillam meets violist Jordan Bak to share some of their favourite music.

Jamaican-American violist Jordan Bak is a proud new music advocate – he’s performed world premieres of works by composers including Kaija Saariaho and Augusta Read Thomas. His debut album IMPULSE was released in 2022 and he’s performed with orchestras including London Mozart Players. His musical picks include works by Florence Price, reggae singer Koffee, and Benjamin Britten, whilst Jess has chosen a classic Radiohead track and Stokowski’s take on Bach.

PLAYLIST:

FLORENCE PRICE – String Quartet No 2 in A minor (3rd mvt, Juba) [Catalyst Quartet]
FANNY MENDELSSOHN - Schluss [Heather Schmidt (piano)]
PALACE – Live Well
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, ARR LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI – Passacaglia And Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 [Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor)]
KOFFEE – Toast
RADIOHEAD – House of Cards
BENJAMIN BRITTEN – Night Piece “Notturno” [Stephen Hough (piano)]

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Last on

Sat 17 Feb 202412:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche (Brasiliera)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Zeynep Özsuca.
    • Rise.
    • Decca Classics.
    • 4.

  • Leilehua Lanzilotti

    koʻu inoa

    Performer: Jordan Bak.
    • Bright Shiny Things.

  • Florence Price

    String Quartet No.2 in A minor (3rd mvt: Juba)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Schluss

    Performer: Heather Schmidt.
    • Naxos.

  • Palace

    Live Well

    • So Long Forever.
    • Fiction Records.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Passacaglia And Fugue in C minor, BWV 582

    Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Original Koffee

    Toast

    • Rapture.
    • Columbia.

  • Radiohead

    House Of Cards

    • In Rainbows.
    • XL Recordings.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Night Piece 'Notturno'

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Warner Classics.

Broadcast

  • Sat 17 Feb 202412:30
    BBC Radio 3

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