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Radio 3,05 Feb 2022,27 mins

Jess Gillam with... Sebastian Plano

This Classical Life

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Jess Gillam talks to Argentinian composer Sebastian Plano about the music they love, including Villa-Lobos and an army of cellos taking on Bach, synth wizard Vangelis conjuring up the sound of Antarctica, the soulful voices of Mercedes Sosa and Lianne La Havas, plus a real tearjerker from Elgar. Playlist: Rossini - William Tell – Overture [Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan] Mercedes Sosa - Alfonsina y el mar Ryuichi Sakamoto - Amore Vangelis - Theme from Antarctica Jóhann Jóhannsson - Flight from the City Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No.1. Introduction Lianne La Havas - Bittersweet Elgar - Variations on an original theme, Op 36 “Enigma”: 9 Nimrod (Adagio) [BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein]

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