Jess Gillam with... Anna Clyne
Jess Gillam is joined by composer Anna Clyne to share some of their favourite tracks, including music from Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Stravinsky, and Simon & Garfunkel.
Jess's guest this week is the GRAMMY-nominated composer Anna Clyne, who the New York Times has described as a 'composer of uncommon gifts and unusual methods'. Anna's work has been performed at The Barbican, Carnegie Hall, and the Last Night of The Proms, and she has collaborated with artists such as Pekka Kuusisto and Yo-Yo Ma, as well as San Francisco Ballet and Royal Ballet. Her new piece 'The Gorgeous Nothings', which sets poetry by Emily Dickinson, will be premiered by 大象传媒 Philharmonic and The Swingles at Prom 15 on 30th July 2024. She and Jess discuss physicality in music, as well as the power of simplicity.
Anna and Jess load up the This Classical Life jukebox with the music they love, including an Incan-influenced track from Simon & Garfunkel, music for Italian clowns from Leoncavallo, and a song of resilience and hope from American roots musician Rhiannon Giddens.
Plus Jess plays some of the best music to take you into Saturday evening.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No 2 in G minor: Summer, Op 8 No 2 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Henning Kraggerud. Orchestra: Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra.- SIMAX Classics.
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Anna Clyne
DANCE: III. in the middle of the fighting
Performer: Inbal Segev. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Avie Records.
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Anna Clyne
The Violin: October Rose
Performer: Amy Kauffman. Performer: Cornelius Dufallo.- VisionIntoArt.
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Simon & Garfunkel
El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
- Bridge Over Troubled Water.
- CBS.
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Ruggero Leoncavallo
Pagliacci: Intermezzo
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.- Onyx.
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Ben Webster
When I Fall In Love
- The Soul of Ben Webster.
- HMV.
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Anna Thorvaldsdottir
ARCHORA
Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eva Ollikainen.- ARCHORA / AI艑N.
- Sono Luminus.
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Anna Clyne
The Violin: Ship of Stars
Performer: Amy Kauffman. Performer: Cornelius Dufallo.- VisionIntoArt.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Arioso (after Harpsichord Concerto No 5 in F minor, BWV 105)
Performer: Dong-Hyek Lim. Music Arranger: Alfred Cortot.- Warner Classics.
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Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring: Part One - The Augurs of Spring...Spring Rounds (1921)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- Sony.
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Rhiannon Giddens
Build a House
Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Francesco Turrisi. Singer: Rhiannon Giddens.- Nonesuch.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Quartet No 1 in D major K 285 (3rd mvt, Rondeau)
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Christoph Poppen. Performer: Hariolf Schlichtig. Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras.- Warner Classics.
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Death and the Lady
Performer: Ruth Clinton. Music Arranger: Landless. Ensemble: Landless.- 尝煤颈谤别补肠丑.
- Glitterbeat.
Broadcast
- Sat 6 Jul 2024 17:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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