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Jess Gillam with... Matthew Barley

Jess Gillam and cellist Matthew Barley swap the music they love. With tracks by Elza Soares, Marianna Martines, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Paul McCartney

Jess Gillam and cellist Matthew Barley sit down to listen together to the music they love.

Matthew's career as a cellist has seen him straddle any number of different genres and continents. He's just as at home in front of an orchestra as he is improvising in a nightclub, playing chamber music with his wife – the violinist Viktoria Mullova - or going solo and combining his cello with electronics.

Their playlist today is suitably eclectic - Matthew brings a taste of Brazil from the singer Elza Soares and legendary songwriter Jobim, a lament on the duduk and reminisces his first childhood experience of classical music via the music of Beethoven. Jess has Tchaikovsky ballet music bursting with tunes, some sunshine by Marianna Martines and mandolin player Avi Avital and a beautiful piece of Junk by Paul McCartney.

Playlist:
ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM: Agua de Beber [Gonzalo Rubalcaba (piano)]
TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake – Act 4 finale [London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn (conductor)]
ELZA SOARES: Flores Horizontais
MANUEL DE FALLA: No. 4 Jota from Canciones populares españolas [Avi Avital (mandolin)]
DJIVAN GASPARYAN: 7 December 1988 [Djivan Gasparyan (duduk/voice)]
MARIANNA MARTINES: Overture in C major – 1st mvt [La Floridiana]
PAUL MCARTNEY: Junk
BEETHOVEN: Symphony no 6 (Pastoral) – 1st mvt “Erwachen heiterer…” [Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Paavo Jarvi (conductor)]

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28 minutes

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Sat 21 Oct 2023 12:30
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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

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

  • Matthew Barley

    Blackfriars

    • Signum Classics.

  • AntĂ´nio Carlos Jobim

    Agua de Beber

    Performer: Gonzalo Rubalcaba. Performer: Harvey Mason. Performer: Alex Acuña. Singer: Ron Carter.
    • VERVE.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake: Act Four finale

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Warner.

  • Elza Soares

    Flores Horizontais

    • Maianga Discos.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Siete Canciones; 4. Jota (Arr. EfraĂ­n Oscher)

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Itamar Doari. Performer: Sarah Verrue. Performer: Klaus Stoll. Performer: Sacha Rattle. Performer: Zvi Plesser. Performer: EfraĂ­n Oscher. Performer: Ralf Benesch.
    • Between Worlds.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Djivan Gasparyan

    7 December 1988

    • Gyroscope.

  • Marianna Martines

    Overture [Symphony] in C major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: La Floridiana. Director: Nicoleta Paraschivescu.
    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Paul McCartney

    Junk

    • Apple.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No.6 (Pastoral) - 1st mvt "Erwachen heiterer..."

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • RCA.

Broadcast

  • Sat 21 Oct 2023 12:30
    ±«Óătv Radio 3

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    Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.