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Radio 3,04 Feb 2023,28 mins

Jess Gillam with... Bishi

This Classical Life

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Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with singer, rock sitarist and composer Bishi. Together they journey through evocations of space from Meredith Monk, Holst and Roger Webb back home to different shades of the human voice in music - from sacred vocal music from the 15th century, via a Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass collaboration, the unique voice of Beverly Glenn-Copeland and singer Cosmo Sheldrake's wake-up call from the cuckoo. Playlist: RAVI SHANKAR/PHILIP GLASS: Prashanti TOMAS LUIS de VICTORIA: O Magnum Mysterium [Voces8] STRAVINSKY – Petrushka – Tableau 1 Fete Populaire de la semaine grasse [Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (cond)] ROGER WEBB: Moonbird (Heaven and Hell) MEREDITH MONK: Atlas Part 3 – Invisible Light: Earth Seen from Above HOLST: The Planets – Mars [London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (cond)] BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND: La Vita COSMO SHELDRAKE: Cuckoo Song

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