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Radio 3,27 Jun 2020,27 mins

Jess Gillam with... Ben Goldscheider

This Classical Life

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Jess Gillam and horn player Ben Goldscheider share the music they love. Today we have some big, bold and brassy music, in the form of Janacek’s Sinfonietta and Haydn’s ‘Hornsignal’ symphony, the calm and space of Jóhann Jóhannsson’s ‘Good morning Midnight’, and then we are taken up to space by Elton John then to the bottom of the Sea by Elgar. Playlist: Janacek - Sinfonietta, first movement (Simon Rattle, Philharmonia Orchestra) Pink Floyd - The Great gig in the Sky Beethoven - Violin Concerto, 2nd movement (Isabelle Faust (violin) Prague Philharmonia) Miles Davis - Generique Haydn - Symphony no. 31 in D Major, first movement (Academy of Ancient Music) Jóhann Jóhannsson - Good Morning Midnight (Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra, Anthony Weeden, Jóhann Jóhannsson) Elton John – Rocket Man Elgar – Sea Pictures, Op. 37 IV. Where Corals Lie (Janet Baker)

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