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Jess Gillam with... Daniel Elms

Jess Gillam and composer Daniel Elms swap the tracks they love, including music by Adès, My Bloody Valentine, Prokofiev, Sibelius and Lorraine Ellison.

Jess Gillam and composer Daniel Elms swap the tracks they love.
Daniel's choices include a string quartet by Thomas Adès, a song by My Bloody Valentine, and the crazy cabaret of HK Gruber; Jess brings lush orchestral scores by Prokofiev and Sibelius, and a souful song from Lorraine Ellison.

Playlist:

DANIEL ELMS: Consolations in travel [BBC Concert Orchestra/Robert Ames]
THOMAS ADES: Arcadiana - VI: "O Albion" [Endellion String Quartet]
PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet: Act 3, XLVII: Juliet alone [Oslo Philharmonic/Vassily Petrenko]
MY BLOODY VALENTINE: Sometimes
DONNY McASLIN: Body blow
HK GRUBER: Frankenstein!! - Rat song and Crusoe song [BBC Philharmonic/HK Gruber]
SIBELIUS: The Bard [Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Jarvi]
KITAMURA MASASHI & PHONOGENIX: 'Variation III'
LORRAINE ELLISON: Stay with me, baby

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27 minutes

Last on

Sat 5 Nov 2022 12:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche (Brasiliera)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Zeynep Özsuca.
    • Rise.
    • Decca Classics.
    • 4.

  • Daniel Elms

    Consolations in travel

    Performer: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ames.
    • Hot Salvation Records.

  • Thomas Adès

    Arcadiana (6th movement, O Albion)

    Performer: Endellion Quartet.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo & Juliet: Act 3, XLVII: Juliet alone

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Lawo Classics.

  • My Bloody Valentine

    Sometimes

    • Creation Records.

  • HK Gruber

    Frankenstein!! - Rat song and Crusoe song

    Performer: HK Gruber. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Bard

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • BIS.

  • 北村昌士

    Variation III

    • Light In The Attic.

  • Lorraine Ellison

    Stay with me, baby

    • Kent Records.

  • Donny McAslin

    Body blow

    • Edition Records.

Broadcast

  • Sat 5 Nov 2022 12:30
    BBC Radio 3

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