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Jess Gillam with... Nil Venditti

Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with the Italian-Turkish conductor Nil Venditti, including tracks by Puccini, Giovanni Sollima, Lankum and Melody Gardot.

Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with the Italian-Turkish conductor Nil Venditti, who is currently the Principal Guest Conductor of Royal Northen Sinfonia and the Chief conductor of the Cemal Reşit Rey Orchestra in Turkey. Nil's picks include tracks by Dvořák, Puccini and Melody Gardot, whilst Jess chooses music from Bach, Giovanni Sollima and Lankum.

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Sat 22 Nov 202517:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Helvi Leiviskä

    Orchestral Suite No 2, Op 11: 2nd Movement, Humoreski

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • BIS.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    The Shepherd

    Choir: BBC Singers. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nil Venditti.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes: Dawn

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nil Venditti.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 'From the New World': 4th movement

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Philips.

  • Lankum

    The Wild Rover

    • The Livelong Day.
    • Rough Trade Records.
    • 1.

  • Melody Gardot

    If The Stars Were Mine

    • My One and Only Thrill.
    • Universal.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Come, Sweet Death, BWv 478 (arranged for 5 cellos)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Hannah Roberts. Performer: Ben Davies. Performer: Desmond Neysmith. Performer: Max Ruisi.
    • Decca.

  • Fazil Say

    Concerto for flute and orchestra, Op 76: II. Nostalghia

    Performer: Bülent Evcil. Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg. Conductor: Nil Venditti.
    • ACM Productions.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    "Orsu, Tosca, parlate" - " Mario, consenti ch'io parli?" from Tosca

    Singer: Giorgio Zancanaro. Singer: Orazio Mori. Singer: Carol Vaness. Singer: Giuseppe Giacomini. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Philips Classics.

  • Giovanni Sollima

    Concerto for Violin, Strings, Lute and Percussion "TYCHE", 2nd Movement

    Performer: Jonian Ilias Kadesha.
    • LINN.

  • Nat King Cole, Bobby Bryant, Ralph Carmichael & Studio Musicians

    L-O-V-E

    • Capitol Records.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.104 in D major 'London' - 4th Movement

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Philips.

  • Cerys Hafana, Ursula Harrison, Amie Huckstep & Lisa Martin

    Helynt Ryfeddol

    • Glitterbeat Records.

Broadcast

  • Sat 22 Nov 202517:00
    BBC Radio 3

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