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Jess Gillam with... Roberts Balanas

Jess Gillam and Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas share the music they love, including Anna Clyne, Kamasi Washington, and Jessye Norman singing Poulenc.

Jess Gillam and Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas share the music love, including Anna Clyne, Kamasi Washington and Jessye Norman singing Poulenc.

This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sounds.

Here's what we listened to today...

Hindemith – Ludus Tonalis (Alena Cherny)
Elton John – Bennie and the Jets
Anna Clyne – Night Ferry (Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ricardo Muti)
Poulenc- Les Chemins de l’amour FP 106 (Jessye Norman, Dalton Balwdwin)
Paganini – 24 Caprices Op.1 No. 2 in B minor (Itzhak Perlman)
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110: Allegro molto (Borodin Quartet )
JS Bach – Prelude and Fugue in A Major BWV 864 from the Well-Tempered Clavier (Trevor Pinnock)
Kamasi Washington – Final Thought

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29 minutes

Last on

Sat 27 May 2023 12:30

Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
  • Paul Hindemith

    Ludus Tonalis : I. Praeludium

    Performer: Alena Cherny.
  • Elton John

    Bennie and the Jets

  • Anna Clyne

    Night Ferry

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Les chemins de l'amour

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Performer: Dalton Baldwin.
  • Niccolò Paganini

    24 Caprices Op.1: No. 2 in B minor

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    String Quartet No.8 in C minor, Op.110: 2. Allegro molto

    Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue no.19 in A major BWV 864 (Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1)

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock.
  • Kamasi Washington

    Final Thought

    Performer: Kamasi Washington.

    Composer: Kamasi Washington

  • Roberts Balanas

    Killer Queen

Broadcasts

  • Sat 15 Aug 2020 12:30
  • Sat 27 May 2023 12:30

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