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Jess Gillam with... Isata Kanneh-Mason

Jess Gillam talks to pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, and they share some of their favourite tracks, including music by Bernstein, Bob Marley and Nina Simone.

Jess Gillam's guest this week is pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, the senior sibling in the prodigiously talented Kanneh-Mason family. Isata has a busy summer ahead, playing Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto at the first night of the 大象传媒 Proms, and releasing a new album of music by another set of famous siblings: Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn.

Isata brings along some of her favourite tracks, including Leonard Bernstein, Philip Glass and Bob Marley. Jess has a vintage recording of Tchaikovsky's piano music, and a Nina Simone take on a Rodgers & Hart classic.

Plus there's more of the best music, new and old, to pave the way for Saturday evening.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 13 Jul 2024 17:00

Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Dance, Op 35 No 3

    Orchestrator: Hans Sitt. Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Petri Sakari.
    • Chandos.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Konya Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Ayla Sahin. Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: Alasdair Malloy.
    • Carnival of the Animals.
    • Decca.
    • 15.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Notturno in G minor

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Decca.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano concerto in A minor, Op 7 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Holly Mathieson.
    • Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Chichester Psalms: Psalm 23

    Singer: Malakai. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Maestro.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 19.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor, Op 23 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Decca.
  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Concrete Jungle

    • Catch a Fire.
    • Island Records.
    • 1.
  • Isabella Leonarda

    Violin sonata in D minor, Op 16 No 2

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Marcin 艢wi膮tkiewicz.
    • Perla Barocca 鈥 Early Italian Masterpieces.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 8.
  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Variations on a nursery song - finale (fugato)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Childhood Tales.
    • Decca.
    • 27.
  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Variations on a nursery song - Introduction (maestoso)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Childhood Tales.
    • Decca.
    • 14.
  • Nina Simone

    Little Girl Blue

    • Jazz as played in an exclusive side street club.
    • Bethlehem Jazz.
    • 4.
  • Philip Glass

    Etude No 6

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • The Vienna Recital.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 15.
  • Lianne La Havas

    Sour Flower

    • Lianne La Havas.
    • Warner Records.
    • 11.
  • Frank Martin

    Gigue (from Trio on popular Irish tunes)

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • Rooted.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.
  • ANOHNI

    Why did you separate me from the earth (improvisation)

    Composer: Ross Birchard. Music Arranger: Echo Vocal Ensemble. Choir: Echo Vocal Ensemble.
    • Innocence.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 20.

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  • Sat 13 Jul 2024 17:00

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