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Jess Gillam with... James Baillieu

Jess Gillam swaps music with pianist James Baillieu, including works by Mozart, Bach and Ella Fitzgerald.

Jess Gillam swaps music with pianist James Baillieu, including works by Mozart, Bach, and Ella Fitzgerald.

Pianist James Baillieu has worked with musicians including Lise Davidsen, Timothy Ridout and Pretty Yende, and has performed everywhere from Carnegie Hall to Vienna Musikverein. He is also Senior Professor of Ensemble Piano and a Fellow at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He鈥檚 brought Martha Argerich playing Schumann and a classic Bob Dylan song, while Jess's choices include Mahler and Goldfrapp.

PLAYLIST:
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 鈥 鈥淪ignori, di fuori鈥 (Le nozze de Figaro: Act 2, Scene 9) [Lorenzo Regazzo (bass), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Patrizia Ciofi (sop), V茅ronique Gens (sop), Concerto K枚ln, Ren茅 Jacobs (cond)]
JOHN ADAMS 鈥 Hallelujah Junction (1st mvt) [Nicolas Hodges (piano), Rolf Hind (piano)]
BOB DYLAN 鈥 Blowin鈥 in the Wind
GUSTAV MAHLER 鈥 Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor (4th mvt, Adagietto) [Sim贸n Bol铆var Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel (cond)]
JUAN TIZOL/DUKE ELLINGTON/IRVING MILLS 鈥 Caravan [Ella Fitzgerald (singer), Duke Ellington and his Orchestra]
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 鈥 Cello Suite No 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 (4th mvt, Sarabande) [Yo-Yo Ma (cello)]
ROBERT SCHUMANN - Von fremden L盲ndern und Menschen (Kinderszenen, Op 15: No 1) [Martha Argerich (piano)]
GOLDFRAPP 鈥 Lovely Head

Produced by Rachel Gill.

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27 minutes

Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche (Brasiliera)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Zeynep 脰zsuca.
    • Rise.
    • Decca Classics.
    • 4.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Violin Sonata in D major Wq 71 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Tamsin Waley-Cohen. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Signum Classics.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    "Signori, di fuori" (Marriage of Figaro, Act II)

    Singer: Lorenzo Regazzo. Singer: Simon Keenlyside. Singer: Patrizia Ciofi. Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Singer: Antonio Abete. Orchestra: Concerto K枚ln. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • John Adams

    Hallelujah Junction 1st movement

    Performer: Nicolas Hodges. Performer: Rolf Hind.
    • Adams: Road Movies.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 004.
  • Bob Dylan

    Blowin' In The Wind

    • Columbia.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington

    Caravan

    • Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book.
    • Verve.
    • 004.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 2 in D minor BWV 1008 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Robert Schumann

    Von fremden L盲ndern und Menschen (Kinderszenen, Op 15: No 1)

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Goldfrapp

    Lovely Head

    • Mute.

Broadcast

  • Sat 16 Mar 2024 12:30

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