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Jools and guests share their musical favourites

Jools is joined by designer Jasper Conran, with music by Telemann, Chopin and Ray Charles.

Jools shares his lifelong passion for classical music and the beautiful connections with jazz and blues. With fascinating guests each week, who bring their own favourite music and occasionally perform live in Jools's studio.

Today, Jools's choices include music by Georg Philipp Telemann, John Ireland and Bessie Smith, with performances by the Black Dyke Band, violinist Isabelle Faust and vibraphonist Milt Jackson. His guest is the designer Jasper Conran who introduces music he loves by Chopin, Bach, Stravinsky and Handel.

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BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Violin Concerto in A Major, TWV 51:A4 "Die Relinge": I. Allegro

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Conductor: Bernhard Forck. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • John Ireland

    A Downland Suite (3rd mvt: Minuet)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • John Ireland: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Ray Charles & Milt Jackson

    Hallelujah, I Love Her So

    • Atlantic Jazz.

  • Terry Riley

    G Song arr. for marimba and vibraphone

    Performer: Kasia Kadlubowska. Performer: Dominik Bukowski.
    • DUX.

  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity (The Planets Op.32)

    Music Arranger: Stephen Roberts. Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • NAXOS.

  • Bessie Smith

    Gimme a Pigfoot

    • Columbia.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz in C sharp minor, Op.64 No.2

    Performer: Arthur Rubinstein.
    • RCA VICTOR RED SEAL.

  • Trad.

    Blow the wind southerly

    Singer: Kathleen Ferrier. Performer: Phyllis Spurr.
    • Kathleen Ferrier - Vol.8: Blow the Wind Southerly.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Hyperion.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Rite of Spring, arr. for piano four-hands

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov. Performer: Samson Tsoy.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the priest HWV.258

    Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Performer: Simon Preston. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Handel: Coronation Anthems: Choir of Westminster Abbey/English Concert/Pinnock/P.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Last Saturday12:00
    BBC Radio 3