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Jess Gillam with... Dani Howard

Jess Gillam shares favourite music with composer Dani Howard, including tracks by Bach, Fanny Mendelssohn, Roo Panes and Kirk Franklin.

Jess Gillam shares favourite music with composer Dani Howard.

British composer Dani Howard’s distinctive music has been commissioned and performed by the likes of London Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. As well as working with orchestras, she collaborates across disciplines, incorporating dance, architecture, film and visual art into her work. She brings this curiosity and open-mindedness to her musical tastes, and has music by composer Mason Bates, singer-songwriter Roo Panes, and gospel musician Kirk Franklin to play to Jess. Jess, in turn, has music by Bach, Fanny Mendelssohn and jazz musician Joe Henderson.

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    This Classical Life theme - Brazileira (Scaramouche)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Music Arranger: John Harle. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin for piano, no.4: Rigaudon

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • MDG.

  • Dani Howard

    Trombone concerto - 3rd mvt (Illumination)

    Performer: Peter Moore. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Dani Howard

    Trombone Concerto (1st mvt. Realisation)

    Performer: Peter Moore. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Dani Howard

    Ellipsis

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Urbina.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Judd Greenstein

    Four On The Floor

    Ensemble: Jasper String Quartet.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Schluss

    Performer: Heather Schmidt.
    • Naxos.

  • Roo Panes

    Tiger Striped Sky

    • Little Giant.
    • CRC Records.

  • Joe Henderson

    The Elements: Earth

    Performer: Joe Henderson. Performer: Alice Coltrane. Performer: Michael White. Performer: Leon Ndugu Chancler. Performer: Kenneth Nash. Performer: Baba Duru Oshun. Singer: Charlie Haden.
    • The Elements.
    • Milestone.
    • 4.

  • Dani Howard

    Argentum

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Dani Howard

    Arches

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Urbina.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Kirk Franklin

    Love Theory

    • Long Live Love.
    • Fo Yo Soul Recordings/RCA Records.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: Prelude

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • Sony.

  • Mason Bates

    Anthology of Fantastic Zoology: Nymphs

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Rubicon.

  • Mason Bates

    Anthology of Fantastic Zoology (extract)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Rubicon.

  • Steve Reich

    Nagoya Marimbas

    Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton.
    • Striking A Balance: Contemporary Percussion Music.
    • EMI.

  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    Violin concerto in G major Op 8 No 2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Ensemble: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
    • Warner.

Broadcast

  • Saturday 17:00
    BBC Radio 3

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