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Valerie June

Jules Buckley mixes a classical playlist for singer-songwriter Valerie June.

Jules Buckley mixes classical playlists for music-loving guests. If you fancy giving classical music a go, start here. This week, Jules is joined by American singer-songwriter Valerie June.

Classical Fix is a podcast aimed at opening up the world of classical music to anyone who fancies giving it a go. Jules Buckley is a Grammy-winning conductor, arranger and composer who pushes the boundaries of almost all musical genres by placing them in an orchestral context, and has earned himself a reputation as a 'pioneering genre alchemist' and 'agitator of musical convention'. He leads two of the world’s most versatile and in-demand orchestras - the Heritage Orchestra and the Metropole Orkest - and over the past nine years he has been responsible for some of the most groundbreaking ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Proms, including the Ibiza Prom, 1Xtra's Grime Symphony, The Songs of Scott Walker, Jacob Collier and Friends, and tributes to Quincy Jones, Nina Simone and Charles Mingus. In 2019, Jules joined the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra as Creative Artist in Association.

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30 minutes

Last on

Mon 17 Oct 2022 00:00

Music Played

  • Valerie June

    Smile

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Gibet (Gaspard de la nuit)

    Composer: Marius Constant. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Zapateado (Spanish Dances Op.23)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Eduard Laurel.
    • Wieniawski, Sarasate: James Ehnes, Eduard Laurel.
    • CBC Records.
    • 11.
  • Masayoshi Fujita

    Cloud

  • Barbara Strozzi

    Dal pianto degli amanti

    Ensemble: Orlando di Lasso Ensemble.
  • Steven Snowden

    Appalachian polaroids

    Ensemble: Aeolus Quartet.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus (Overture)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.

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  • Mon 12 Apr 2021 00:00
  • Mon 17 Oct 2022 00:00

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