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Jess Gillam with... CĂ©cile McLorin Salvant

Jess Gillam meets jazz singer CĂ©cile McLorin Salvant to swap favourite music, including Aretha Franklin, Caroline Shaw, Maria Callas singing Puccini and Cameron De La Isla

Jess Gillam meets jazz singer CĂ©cile McLorin Salvant to swap some of their favourite music.
CĂ©cile is a 3 time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer and her music shows off her passion for storytelling and finding the connections between vaudeville, blues, jazz, baroque and folkloric music. She spoke to Jess ahead of her show at London Jazz Festival 2023 and picked some of her favourite voices from Maria Callas singing Puccini to flamenco star CamarĂłn de la Isla and an air de cour by Gabriel Bataille.

Jess brought along a string quartet by Caroline Shaw, a Hollywood inflected Concerto by Korngold and the most beautiful of songs by Aretha Franklin

PLAYLIST:

GABRIEL BATAILLE: Sortés soupirs témoins de mon mártire [Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Annie Dufresne (soprano)]
CAROLINE SHAW: Plan & Elevation – v. The Beech Tree [Attacca Quartet]
WANDA JACKSON: Funnel of Love
KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto, op.35 – 1st mvt [James Ehnes (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (cond)]
ARETHA FRANKLIN: Ain’t No Way
PUCCINI: La bohème, Act 4 “Sono andati” [Maria Callas (soprano), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), La Scala Milan Chorus & Orchestra, Antonino Votto (cond)]
POULENC: Stabat Mater – i. Stabat Mater dolorosa [Cappella Amsterdam, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Estonian National SO, Daniel Reuss (cond)]
CAMARON DE LA ISLA: Yo vivo enamorao (Tangos) [Camaron De La Isla (singer), Paco De LucĂ­a (guitar)]

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Last on

Sat 11 Nov 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.

  • CĂ©cile McLorin Salvant

    Il M'a Vue Nue

    • Nonesuch.

  • Caroline Shaw

    The Beech Tree (Plan & Elevation)

    Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.
    • NONESUCH.

  • Wanda Jackson

    Funnel Of Love

    • One Day Music.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto (1st movement)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • ONYX : 4016.
    • ONYX.
    • 1.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Ain't No Way

    • Atlantic.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    La bohème, Act 4 "Sono andati"

    Singer: Maria Callas. Singer: Giuseppe Di Stefano. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Antonino Votto. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan.
    • EMI.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Stabat Mater - i. Stabat Mater Dolorosa

    Choir: Cappella Amsterdam. Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Reuss.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • CamarĂłn de la Isla & Paco de LucĂ­a

    Yo vivo enamorao (Tangos)

    • Universal.

Broadcast

  • Sat 11 Nov 2023 12:30
    ±«Óătv Radio 3

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