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Jess Gillam with... Caroline Pether

Jess Gillam and violinist Caroline Pether share the music they love, including a moving meditation on life in lockdown by Brad Meldhau, Jacqueline du Pre’s stunning take on Dvorak, a musical sunrise from Alice Zawadzki. Caroline also attempts to convert Jess to the joys of Brahms.

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29 minutes

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Sat 20 Aug 2022 12:30

Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Performer: Zeynep Ozsuca-Rattle. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Decca Classics.
  • Johannes Brahms

    String Quintet No. 2 in G Op.111, I. Allegro non troppo ma con brio

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
  • William Grant Still

    Summerland (3 Visions)

    Performer: Bruce Levingston.
    • Citizen.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 201.
  • Alice Zawadzki

    Low sun; lovely pink light

    Performer: Alice Zawadzki.
  • Courtney Pine

    Miss Interpret

  • George Frideric Handel

    Giulio Cesare in Egitto - opera: Act 1; Va tacito

    Performer: Christian-Friedrich Dallman. Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Berlin Academy for Early Music.
  • Brad Mehldau

    Suite April 2020, V. Remembering before all this

  • Richard Strauss

    Lieder op. 27 TrV 170 4. Morgen

    Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau.
  • AntonĂ­n Dvoƙák

    Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104; III. Finale

    Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
  • Nicholas Simpson

    String Quartet in G Minor

    Ensemble: Zelkova Quartet.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 5 Sep 2020 12:30
  • Sat 20 Aug 2022 12:30

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