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Jess Gillam with... Jay Capperauld

Jess Gillam meets Scottish composer Jay Capperauld to share the music they love, including tracks by Vivaldi, Gordon McPherson and Kate Bush.

Jess Gillam is joined by the Scottish composer Jay Capperauld, who is currently the associate composer of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and has worked with a massive range of ensemble from the BBC Philharmonic to the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. In 2023 he was commissioned by King Charles III to write a piece for the Honours of Scotland celebrations in St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh, and his accordion concerto, Galvanic Dances, won the European Composition Award 2025 presented by the Young Euro Classic festival at the Konzerthaus in Berlin.

Jay chooses music from Gordon McPherson, Kate Bush, and Ozzy Osbourne, while Jess's picks include pieces by Vivaldi, Purcell and Biluka y los Canibales.

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Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Wedding March from Midsummer Night's Dream Incidental Music

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Jay Capperauld

    The Origin of Colour (excerpt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Augurs of Spring from The Rite of Spring

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
    • Decca.

  • Gordon McPherson

    Western Darlings

    Orchestra: Orkest de Volharding. Conductor: Jurjen Hempel.
    • Western Darlings.
    • Baseline Jazz.
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 Violins in D major, RV 511: III Allegro

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova. Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • Archiv.

  • Kate Bush

    And Dream of Sheep

    • Hounds of Love.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Jay Capperauld

    Our Gilded Veins

    Performer: Katherine Bryan. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Rory Macdonald.
    • Linn.

  • Henry Purcell

    March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral: March and Canzona

    Ensemble: Equale Brass Ensemble. Orchestra: Monteverdi Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Apex.

  • Biluka y Los Caníbales

    Huashca De Corales

    • Leaf Playing in Quito 1960 - 1965.
    • Honest Jons Records.
    • 1.

  • Ozzy Osbourne

    Goodbye to Romance

    • Blizzard of Ozz.
    • Epic Records.
    • 1.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    12 Etudes Op.10 No. 12 in C minor "Revolutionary"

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Decca.

  • Anna Clyne

    Color Field: III. Orange

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Naxos.

Broadcast

  • Saturday17:00
    BBC Radio 3

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