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Jess Gillam with... Callum Smart

Violinist Callum Smart plays Jess some classic Michael Brecker, and Jess introduces Callum to piano music by Missy Mazzoli, plus Punch Brothers playing Bach and vintage Jascha Heifetz playing Richard Strauss.

This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on 大象传媒 Sounds.

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30 minutes

Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Sonata no. 2 in G major Op.13 for violin and piano, 3rd movement

    Performer: Callum Smart. Performer: Gordon Back.
  • Europe

    The Final Countdown

    Performer: Europe.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • TELARC DIGITAL.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35; III. Finale: Allegro vivacissimo

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.
    • DG.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin concerto In D Major, Op.35, 3rd movement (arr. for accordion)

    Performer: Alexander Hrustevich.
  • Michael Brecker

    Angles of Repose

    Performer: Michael Brecker Quindectet.
  • Michael Torke

    December

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Torke.
  • Richard Wagner

    Siegfried Idyll

    Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • BIS.
  • Missy Mazzoli

    Heartbreaker

    Performer: Michael Mizrahi.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No.3, 3rd movement Allegro

    Performer: Punch Brothers.
  • Richard Strauss

    An einsamer Quelle, Op 9 No 2

    Performer: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Brooks Smith.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella Suite: Vivo, Minuetto & Finale

    Performer: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 31 Aug 2019 12:30
  • Sat 11 Jan 2020 12:30

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