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Jess Gillam with... Anna Clyne

Jess Gillam is joined by composer Anna Clyne to share some of their favourite tracks, including music from Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Stravinsky, and Simon & Garfunkel.

Jess's guest this week is the GRAMMY-nominated composer Anna Clyne, who the New York Times has described as a 'composer of uncommon gifts and unusual methods'. Anna's work has been performed at The Barbican, Carnegie Hall, and the Last Night of The Proms, and she has collaborated with artists such as Pekka Kuusisto and Yo-Yo Ma, as well as San Francisco Ballet and Royal Ballet. Her new piece 'The Gorgeous Nothings', which sets poetry by Emily Dickinson, will be premiered by ±«Óătv Philharmonic and The Swingles at Prom 15 on 30th July 2024. She and Jess discuss physicality in music, as well as the power of simplicity.

Anna and Jess load up the This Classical Life jukebox with the music they love, including an Incan-influenced track from Simon & Garfunkel, music for Italian clowns from Leoncavallo, and a song of resilience and hope from American roots musician Rhiannon Giddens.

Plus Jess plays some of the best music to take you into Saturday evening.

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Sat 6 Jul 2024 17:00
±«Óătv Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto No 2 in G minor: Summer, Op 8 No 2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Henning Kraggerud. Orchestra: Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra.
    • SIMAX Classics.

  • Anna Clyne

    DANCE: III. in the middle of the fighting

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Avie Records.

  • Anna Clyne

    The Violin: October Rose

    Performer: Amy Kauffman. Performer: Cornelius Dufallo.
    • VisionIntoArt.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    El Condor Pasa (If I Could)

    • Bridge Over Troubled Water.
    • CBS.

  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Pagliacci: Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Onyx.

  • Ben Webster

    When I Fall In Love

    • The Soul of Ben Webster.
    • HMV.

  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    ARCHORA

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eva Ollikainen.
    • ARCHORA / AIƌN.
    • Sono Luminus.

  • Anna Clyne

    The Violin: Ship of Stars

    Performer: Amy Kauffman. Performer: Cornelius Dufallo.
    • VisionIntoArt.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Arioso (after Harpsichord Concerto No 5 in F minor, BWV 105)

    Performer: Dong-Hyek Lim. Music Arranger: Alfred Cortot.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Rite of Spring: Part One - The Augurs of Spring...Spring Rounds (1921)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Sony.

  • Rhiannon Giddens

    Build a House

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Francesco Turrisi. Singer: Rhiannon Giddens.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Quartet No 1 in D major K 285 (3rd mvt, Rondeau)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Christoph Poppen. Performer: Hariolf Schlichtig. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Trad.

    Death and the Lady

    Performer: Ruth Clinton. Music Arranger: Landless. Ensemble: Landless.
    • łąĂșŸ±°ù±đČ賊łó.
    • Glitterbeat.

Broadcast

  • Sat 6 Jul 2024 17:00
    ±«Óătv Radio 3

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