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Jess Gillam and 大象传媒 NOW

The strings of the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales and principal conductor Ryan Bancroft play Tchaikovsky's Serenade. Jess Gillam joins them for Glazunov's Saxophone Concerto.

Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft directs the string section of the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales in a programme which takes us gradually back in time; starting with a performance of a piece written by Peet Morrison this year in response to the pandemic we are living through, and ending 140 years ago with Tchaikovsky's supremely elegant Serenade for Strings. Along the way we sample Jessie Montgomery's Source Code, her 2013 work heavily influenced by spirituals and the American civil rights movement, and visit two of Glazunov's most loved works, his 1934 Saxophone Concerto and turn of the century Chant du Menestrel, reworked here for saxophone rather than cello. Joining the orchestra as soloist is the award-winning young saxophonist Jess Gillam.

Recorded last month in 大象传媒 Hoddinott Hall and presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas.

7.30pm
Peet Morrison: Sweet Final Breath, Dare Thou Linger Eternal
Jessie Montgomery: Source Code
Glazunov: Saxophone Concerto, Op 109
Glazunov: Chant du Menestrel, Op 71

8.10pm Interval music

8.30pm
Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C major, Op 48

Jess Gillam (saxophone)
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft (conductor)

Followed by music off disc:

Joseph Haydn: Symphony No.82 in C major, 鈥楾he Bear鈥�
Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Tue 3 Nov 2020 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Peet Morrison

    Sweet final breathe, dare thou linger eternal for string orchestra

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.

  • Jessie Montgomery

    Source code

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Saxophone concerto in E flat major, Op 109

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Chant du menestrel, Op 71

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.

  • Max Richter

    On the nature of daylight

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • Time.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

  • Steve Reich

    New York counterpoint

    Ensemble: Rasch猫r Saxophone Quartet.
    • Cala.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade in C major, Op 48

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 82 in C major, 'The Bear'

    Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Claude Debussy

    Ariettes oubli茅es

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Katharina Konradi.

Broadcast

  • Tue 3 Nov 2020 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3