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Jess Gillam with... Ellie Consta

Jess Gillam is joined by violinist Ellie Consta to share some of the music they love the most.

Jess Gillam is joined by violinist Ellie Consta to share some of the music they love the most. Ellie is the founder of Her Ensemble which champions the work of female composers and strives to present classical music in new diverse ways, and her music choices reflect that - from Florence Price's dreamy Clouds to Little Simz Mercury-winning homage to women everywhere, Woman.

Jess brings along the majesty of Mozart's Requiem, some lunar insanity on the theremin and a cracker of a song by Bettye Swann.

Playlist:
FLORENCE PRICE: Clouds [Lara Downes (piano)]
HARRY REVEL: Lunar Rhapsody (from Music Out of the Moon) [Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman (theremin), Vocal Group and Orchestra/Les Baxter (bandleader)]
TIGRAN HAMASYAN: The Dream Voyager
MOZART: Requiem in D minor – Sequentia…Lachrimosa [Swedish Radio Choir, Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado]
LILI BOULANGER: Nocturne [Janine Jansen (violin), Itamar Golan (piano)]
BETTYE SWANN: Tell it Like it Is
GEORGE ANTHEIL: Over the Plains [±«Óătv Philharmonic/John Storgards]
LITTLE SIMZ: Woman

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28 minutes

Last on

Sat 7 Jan 2023 12:30
±«Óătv Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Performer: Zeynep Ă–zsuca. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Decca Classics.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Bright Star

    Performer: Her Ensemble.
    • Her Ensemble.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Think

    • Atlantic.

  • David Bowie

    Life On Mars?

    • Hunky Dory.
    • Ryko Distribution.
    • 4.

  • Ivy Benson and Her All Girls Band

    How Sweet You Are

    • Harlequin.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Nunc aperuit nobis

    Ensemble: Ensemble for Medieval Music.
    • deutsche harmonia mundi.

  • Madison Cunningham

    Sunshine over the Counter

    • Verve Forecast.

  • Florence Price

    Clouds

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Flipside Music.

  • Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman & Les Baxter

    Lunar Rhapsody from "Music out of the Moon"

    • Music Out Of The Moon: Music Unusual Featuring The Theremin.
    • Capitol.
    • 1.

  • Tigran Hamasyan

    The Dream Voyager

    • Nonesuch.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor K.626 (Lacrimosa)

    Choir: Radiokören. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • Beau Soir: Janine Jansen/Itamar Golan.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Bettye Swann

    Tell it Like it Is

    • Capitol.

  • George Antheil

    Over the Plains

    Orchestra: ±«Óătv Philharmonic. Conductor: John StorgĂĄrds.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Little Simz

    Woman

    • Age 101 Music.

Broadcast

  • Sat 7 Jan 2023 12:30
    ±«Óătv Radio 3

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