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Jess Gillam with... Le Gateau Chocolat

Jess Gillam shares music with baritone and cabaret star Le Gateau Chocolat, including music by Margaret Bonds, Tchaikovsky and Anonhi.

Jess Gillam’s guest this week is the baritone and cabaret star Le Gateau Chocolat, an artist who moves between multiple genres, from touring his production ICONS, to creating the children’s show Duckie, to appearing at the Bayreuth Festival in Wagner’s Tannhäuser. Gateau brings along his favourite tracks to share with Jess, including music by Margaret Bonds, Anonhi and Samara Joy. Jess has tracks by Charlie Parker and Tchaikovsky.

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Last on

Sat 1 Nov 202517:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche Suite)

    Music Arranger: John Harle. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in F major

    Performer: Alessio Bax.
    • East Props Music - OmiP.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Chorus: The many rend the skies with loud applause from Alexander's Feast

    Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Ensemble: Ensemble Zefiro. Director: Alfredo Bernardini.
    • Arcana.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Signore, ascolta! (Turandot, Act 1)

    Singer: Montserrat Caballé. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • Decca.

  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo

    Ibhubesi (The Lion Song)

    • Rhino/Warner.

  • Trad.

    There is a balm in Gilead

    Composer: Hale Smith. Singer: Kathleen Battle. Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: James Levine.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Margaret Bonds

    3 Dream Portraits, No 1: Minstrel Man

    Performer: Paul Sanchez. Lyricist: Langston Hughes. Singer: Will Liverman.
    • Cedille.

  • Charlie Parker

    Summertime from Porgy & Bess

    • Charlie Parker with Strings – April in Paris.
    • Verve.

  • Richard Wagner

    Isolde's Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Philips.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Lensky's Aria from Eugene Onegin, Act 2 Scene 2, arr. Leopold Auer

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano. Music Arranger: Leopold Auer.
    • Jansen / Pappano – 12 Stradivari.
    • Decca.

  • Trad.

    Lisa Laan

    Music Arranger: Orlando Gough. Singer: Le Gateau Chocolat. Choir: Commonwealth Choir.

  • ANOHNI and the Johnsons

    I fell in love with a dead boy (live version)

    • Cut the World.
    • Secretly Canadian.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello concerto in E minor, Op 85 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Decca.

  • Samara Joy

    Guess who I saw today

    • Linger Awhile.
    • Verve.

  • Daniel François Esprit Auber

    Overture to Vendome en Espagne

    Orchestra: Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava. Conductor: Dario Salvi.
    • Naxos.

  • Brandee Younger

    Reflection Eternal

    Performer: Brandee Younger.
    • Impulse.

Broadcast

  • Sat 1 Nov 202517:00
    BBC Radio 3

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