Jess Gillam with... Adam Szabo
Jess and Adam share music by Shostakovich and Debussy, 16th century music for recorder and David Bowie.
Jess Gillam is joined by Adam Szabo, Co-Founder and Managing Director of the innovative Manchester Collective. Their musical choices include a Shostakovich waltz, joyful 鈥榮unshine鈥� recorder music by 16th century Spanish composer Diego Ortiz, piano music by Debussy, Gore莽ki鈥檚 Symphony of Sorrowful Songs and their shared love, David Bowie.
From musical beginnings in a carnival band, to being the first ever saxophone finalist in 成人快手 Young Musician, and appearances at the Last Night of the Proms in 2018 and at this year鈥檚 BAFTA awards, Jess is one of today鈥檚 most engaging and charismatic classical performers. Each week on This Classical Life, Jess will be joined by young musicians to swap tracks and share musical discoveries across a wide range of styles, revealing how music shapes their everyday lives.
This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on 成人快手 Sounds.
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Darius Milhaud
Scaramouche
Performer: Jess Gillam. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. -
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Suite for jazz band (Waltz 2)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
- Decca.
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Diego Ortiz
Recercada Segunda
Performer: Genevieve Lacey. Performer: James Crabb.- Heard This and Thought of You.
- ABC Classics.
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Claude Debussy
搁锚惫别谤颈别
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Richard Strauss
Im Abendrot (Four Last Songs)
Singer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: George Szell.- EMI.
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Michael Nyman
Time Lapse
Orchestra: Michael Nyman Band. Conductor: Michael Nyman.- Nyman / Greenaway Revisited.
- MN Records.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68: II. Andante sostenuto
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Decca.
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Henryk Miko艂aj G贸recki
Symphony No 3, Op 36 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' (2nd mvt)
Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: David Zinman.- Gorecki: Symphony No. 3: Dawn Upshaw.
- Elektra Nonesuch.
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David Bowie
Life On Mars?
- Glastonbury 2000.
- Parlophone.
Broadcasts
- Sat 18 May 2019 12:30成人快手 Radio 3
- Sat 9 May 2020 12:30成人快手 Radio 3
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This Classical Life
Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.
