This Classical Life

By BBC Radio 3

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too. Music, eclectic playlists and chat, with a new guest every week.

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This Classical Life episodes:

March 21, 2020 Jess Gillam with... Rob Luft
Jess Gillam is joined by jazz guitarist Rob Luft to swap tracks and share the music they love, with music from Bach, James Blake and Billie Holiday.
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29min
March 14, 2020 Jess Gillam with... Dani Howard
Saxophonist Jess Gillam is joined by composer Dani Howard, and between them they swap music by Thomas Adès, Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Fats Waller.
Track we played today...
Thomas Ades - In Seven Days: iv. Stars - Sun - Moon
Nicolas Hodges (piano) London Sinfonietta, Thomas Ades
Toshio Hosokawa - Japanese folksongs: no.2; Itsuki no komori uta (Lullaby of Itsuki)
Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Christian Rivet (guitar)
Steve Reich – Variations for Vibes, Pianos and Strings: I. Fast
London Sinfonietta, Alan Pierson
Anna Thorvaldsdottir - In The Light of Air (Existence)
International Contemporary Ensemble
Robert Schumann - Fantasiestücke, Op. 73; III. Rasch und mit Feuer
Sol Gabetta (cello) Hélène Grimaud (piano)
Fats Waller – Two Sleepy People
Rae Morris - Do it (Acoustic Version)
Satie - 3 Gymnopedies for piano, no.1 in D major;
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
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29min
March 07, 2020 Jess Gillam with... Grace-Evangeline Mason
Saxophonist Jess Gillam is joined by composer Grace-Evangeline Mason to share music by Mica Levi, Kaija Saariaho and Joni Mitchell.
Today we listened to...
Bach - Cello suite no 1 BWV 1007 - Yo-yo Ma
Hans Abrahamsen - Let Me Tell You, Pt.III: I Will Go Out Now - Barbara Hannigan, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Andris Nelsons
The Beatles - A day in the life
Clément Janequin - Toutes les nuictz
Mica Levi – Love (from Under the Skin)
Kaija Saariaho - Cloud Trio: I. Calmo, Meditato
Joni Mitchell - A Case of You
Rimsky-Korsakov - Sheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Barque: Largo and Maestoso
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25min
February 29, 2020 Jess Gillam with... Flora Curzon
Saxophonist Jess Gillam is joined by violinist Flora Curzon. They share music by Vivaldi, film music by Jonny Greenwood and Shostakovich and a traditional Romanian doina and hora.
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25min
February 15, 2020 Jess Gillam with... Timothy Ridout
Saxophonist Jess Gillam is joined by viola player Timothy Ridout to share music from Bach to The Beatles via Michael Kiwanuka, Haydn and Bartok.
Tracks we played today...
David Popper - Dance of the Elves, Op. 39 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Alexander Dedyukhin (piano)
Joseph Haydn – String Quartet in C major Op 20 No 2; 2nd Movement Capriccio - The London Haydn Quartet
Max Richter - On The Nature Of Daylight
The Beatles - In My Life
Bela Bartok - 3 Hungarian folksongs from the Csik district - Tom Poster (piano)
Stéphane Grappelli – How High The Moon
Michael Kiwanuka - Hard to Say Goodbye
Johann Sebastian Bach - Matthauspassion (BWV.244), Part 1; no.1; Kommt, ihr Tochter [chorus] - Monteverdi Choir, London Oratory Junior Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
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24min
February 08, 2020 Jess Gillam with... Elisabeth Brauss
Jess Gillam is joined by pianist Elisabeth Brauss to swap tracks and share the music they love. With music from Benjamin Britten to Oscar Peterson.
Tracks we played today...
Johann Strauss II – Die Fledermaus; Overture (Carlos Kleiber, Vienna Philharmonic)
John Cage - Dream
Britten/Pears - Down by the Salley Gardens
Julia Wolfe - Fire in My mouth: ii. Factory
Jacob Collier - Fascinating Rhythm
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz - Violin Concerto in A Major Op. 8; Finale: Vivace assai
Molly Drake - I Remember
Oscar Peterson – The Bach Suite: Allegro (live)
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27min
January 31, 2020 Jess Gillam with... Leif Kaner-Lidstrom
Jess Gillam is joined by pianist Leif Kaner-Lidstrom to swap tracks and share the music they love. With music from Richard Strauss to The Comet Is Coming.
Tracks we played today...
Richard Strauss - Ein Heldenleben, op.40
The Comet is Coming – The Universe Wakes Up
Antonio Bazzini – La ronde des lutins (Scherzo fantastique), Op. 25
Ilse Weber – Wiegala
Judd Greenstein – Clearing, Dawn , Dance
Schubert – Minuet in C-Sharp Minor, D. 600
Otis Redding - Cigarettes and Coffee
Walton – Then Sing Aloud to God, pt. 2
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28min
January 18, 2020 Jess Gillam with... Rakhi Singh
Jess Gillam is joined by violinist Rakhi Singh to swap tracks and share the music they love, with music from Bach to Portishead, and we squeeze bees with Ivor Cutler.
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24min
January 04, 2020 Jess Gillam with... Charlotte Harding
Jess Gillam is joined by Ivor Novello award winning composer and fellow saxophonist Charlotte Harding to swap tracks, including two saxophone greats - Branford Marsalis and Ivy Benson, other worldly textures from John Luther Adams and Anders Hillborg, and two generations of Prokofievs.
Tracks we played today...
Gabriel Prokofiev – Saxophone Concerto: IV. Allegro Mechanico
Nadia Boulanger - 3 Pieces for Cello and Piano, no.1: Modere
Stravinsky - The Firebird Suite
John Luther Adams - The Wind in High Places: II. Maclaren Summit
Ivy Benson - Lover
Anders Hillborg - Sirens
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh - What, What, What
Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No.1, 3rd movement
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29min
December 28, 2019 Jess Gillam with... Evelyn, George and Emma
In a special edition of the show with BBC Ten Pieces, Jess is joined in the studio by young musicians Evelyn, George and Emma to listen to music by Brahms, Grieg, Clean Bandit and a number from the hit musical Hamilton.
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29min

FAQs about This Classical Life:

How many episodes does This Classical Life have?

The podcast currently has 177 episodes available.