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Jess Gillam with... Gavin Higgins

Jess Gillam and composer Gavin Higgins share the tracks they love, with music by Schumann, Sibelius, Holst and Rebecca Dale, plus perfect pop by Loreen and David Bowie.

Jess Gillam and composer Gavin Higgins share the tracks they love, with music by Schumann, Sibelius, Holst and Rebecca Dale plus perfect pop by Loreen and David Bowie. Gavin tells us about his brass band background and writing his Horn Concerto, plus Jess plays some music to ease you into Saturday evening, including new sounds from Anna Meredith and Manchester Collective.

1 hour

On radio

Sat 7 Dec 2024 17:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Overture to Candide

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • SONY.

  • Gavin Higgins

    Fanfare and Love Songs: Bold and to the Fore

    Performer: Tredegar Band.
    • Dark Arteries.
    • Tredegar Town Band.

  • Gavin Higgins

    Cruelty Has a Human Heart

    Choir: The Bach Choir. Conductor: David Hill. Orchestra: Faust Chamber Orchestra.
    • Bach Inspired.
    • Stone Records.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244; No. 32, How Falsely Doth the World Accuse!

    Choir: The Bach Choir. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Bach Inspired.
    • Stone Records.

  • Grimethorpe Colliery Band

    Sweet Georgia Brown

    • Classic Brass.
    • Music For Pleasure.

  • Robert Schumann

    Konzertst眉ck Op. 86 for 4 Horns; I. Lebhaft

    Performer: Roger Montgomery. Performer: Robert Maskell. Performer: Susan Dent. Performer: Gavin Edwards. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique.
    • DG Archiv.

  • Rebecca Dale

    There Will Come

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Philharmonia.
    • Night Seasons.
    • Signum.

  • Loreen

    Euphoria

    • Heal.
    • Warner.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32 - 1. Mars, the Bringer of War

    Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic.
    • Decca.

  • Gavin Higgins

    Concerto for horn and orchestra; III [EXTRACT]

    Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Conductor: Jaime Mart铆n. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales.

  • Grimethorpe Colliery Band

    McArthur Park

    • Classic Brass.
    • Music For Pleasure.

  • David Bowie

    Life On Mars?

    • Hunky Dory.
    • Ryko Distribution.
    • 4.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 7 [extract]

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Warner.

  • George Walker

    Lyric for Strings

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • Cedille Records.

  • John Dowland

    Two Dowland Laments; Go Crystal Tears

    Music Arranger: David Bruce. Orchestra: Manchester Collective. Singer: Ruby Hughes.
    • End of My Days.
    • BIS.

  • Anna Meredith

    Waterfall

    • The End We Start From OST.
    • Mercury Classics.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 20 Apr 2024 17:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3
  • Sat 7 Dec 2024 17:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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