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Radio 3,26 Mar 2022,28 mins

Jess Gillam with... Edgar Moreau

This Classical Life

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Jess Gillam and cellist Edgar Moreau share some of the music they love, with shimmering piano pieces by Debussy and Rachmaninov, and epic emotion from Serge Reggiani and Dusty Springfield. Abdullah Ibrahim is playing the soprano saxophone and Edgar takes us back to his very first orchestral experience with Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony. Playlist: Debussy - Suite bergamasque for piano: Clair de lune Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Offenbach - Harmonies des bois, Op. 76; No. 3 Les Larmes de Jacqueline Mischa Maisky (cello), Dania Hovora (piano) Abdullah Ibrahim - Ishmael Abdullah Ibrahim (soprano saxophone), Cecil McBee (double bass), Roy Brooks (drums) Serge Reggiani - Ma fille Bremer/McCoy - Ordet Rachmaninov - Suite No 1 op 5 Fantaisie Tableaux, Barcarolle Martha Argerich, Alexandre Rabinovitch (piano) Dusty Springfield – You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64; II. Andante cantabile… Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko

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