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Jess Gillam with... Vivi Vassileva

Jess meets percussionist Vivi Vassileva to swap some of their favourite music, with tracks by Jesus Molina, Anna Clyne, Alison Russell, Tchaikovsky and CPE Bach.

Jess meets percussionist Vivi Vassileva to swap some of their favourite music...

Vivi is sharing the crazy time signatures of young jazz piano wizard Jesus Molina, traditional Bulgarian music and a Tchaikovsky waltz in 5/4! Jess is offering up the raw emotion of Anna Clyne, Alison Russell and Vikingur Olaffson playing Kaldalóns's Ave Maria on an upright piano.

Playlist:
Anna Clyne – Shorthand [The Knights]
Eva Quartet - Kalina Moma
Sigvaldi Kaldalóns - Ave Maria (arr. Olaffson) [Vikingur Olaffson - piano]
Jesus Molina - Night in Tunisia
CPE Bach - Symphony in D Major [The English Concert, Andrew Manze]
Alison Russell - Nightflyer
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 (Pathétique); II. Allegro con grazia [Kirill Petrenko, Berlin Philharmonic]

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29 minutes

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Sat 26 Nov 2022 12:30

Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche (Brasiliera)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Zeynep Özsuca.
    • Rise.
    • Decca Classics.
    • 4.
  • Grigoras Dinicu

    Hora Staccato

    Performer: Vivi Vassileva. Performer: Lucas Campara Diniz.
    • Singin' Rhythm.
    • Alpha.
  • Joby Talbot

    Suite from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; The Mad-Hatter's Tea Party

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Austin.
    • Signum.
  • Anna Clyne

    Shorthand

    Ensemble: The Knights.
    • Avie.
  • Trad.

    Kalina Moma

    Ensemble: Eva Quartet.
    • Bulgarian Folklore Gifts.
    • Orpheus Music.
  • Sigvaldi Kaldalóns

    Ave Maria

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Music Arranger: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Jesús Molina

    Night in Tunisia

    • Departing.
    • Re:Wax.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in D major, Wq. 183 / 1; I. Allegro di molto

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Alison Russell

    Nightflyer

    • Outside Child.
    • Fantasy.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 (Pathétique); II. Allegro con grazia

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker.

Broadcast

  • Sat 26 Nov 2022 12:30

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