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Jools and friends share festive favourites

Jools is joined by actor and comedian Sally Phillips, singer Ruby Turner and saxophonist Phil Veacock for a festive special with live music and Christmas favourites.

Jools hosts a festive gathering of friends at his studio, with his long-time musical collaborators singer Ruby Turner and saxophonist Phil Veacock, and the actor, writer and comedian Sally Phillips.

Sally introduces festive favourites by Benjamin Britten and singer-songwriter Jake Thackray and reveals her own Christmas traditions from singing carols to building nativities out of marshmallows and spaghetti. Ruby Turner performs live in the studio and shares her love of the 鈥楩irst Lady Of Gospel鈥�, Mahalia Jackson, whose album of Christmas music is her soundtrack of the season. Plus, Phil Veacock brings along an eclectic mix of music, from Arcangelo Corelli and traditional carols, to a remarkable recording from 1962 by jazz musician Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

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59 minutes

Last on

Sat 21 Dec 2024 12:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata no.63 鈥楥hristen, atzet diesen Tag鈥� (Opening chorus)

    Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Duke Ellington

    Sugar Rum Cherry (Nutcracker Suite after Tchaikovsky)

    Orchestra: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.
    • Duke Ellington The Nutcracker Suite.
    • Columbia.
    • 4.

  • Benjamin Britten

    There is no rose (A Ceremony of carols Op.28)

    Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Andrew Lumsden.
    • Christmas from Winchester: Winchester Cathedral Choir.
    • Regent.
    • 9.

  • Franz Xaver Gruber

    Silent Night

    Singer: Ruby Turner. Performer: Jools Holland.
    • 大象传媒 recording.

  • Jake Thackray

    Remember Bethlehem

    • EMI.
    • 24.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in G minor Op.6`8 'Christmas night' (6th)

    Ensemble: The Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.

  • Trad.

    I'm on My Way

    Singer: Ruby Turner. Performer: Jools Holland.
    • 大象传媒 recording.

  • Trad.

    On Christmas Night [Sussex Carol]

    Music Arranger: Philip Ledger. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Performer: James O鈥橠onnell. Choir: The Alexander Choir. Choir: The Cantorum Choir. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Menuetto Classics.
    • 46.

  • Rahsaan Roland Kirk

    We Free Kings

    Performer: Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Performer: Hank Jones. Performer: Wendell Marshall. Performer: Charlie Persip.
    • Not Now Music.
    • 6.

  • George Frideric Handel

    For unto us a child is born (Messiah)

    Choir: Huddersfield Choral Society. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.
    • Dutton.
    • 7.

  • Gustav Holst

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • EMI.
    • 10.

  • Adolphe Adam

    O Holy Night

    Music Arranger: Marty Paich. Singer: Mahalia Jackson. Orchestra: Uncredited orchestra. Conductor: Marty Paich.
    • Christmas with Mahalia.
    • Columbia.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Sat 21 Dec 2024 12:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3