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Jess Gillam with... Pekka Kuusisto

Jess Gillam is joined by the Finnish violinist, conductor, and composer Pekka Kuusisto. They share thoughts on some favourite music, from a jazz arrangement of a Monteverdi madrigal to piano music by Ligeti, and from Bernstein's Wonderful Town to the Swedish singer Katarina Barruk.

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Sat 15 Jul 2023 12:30
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche (Brasiliera)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Zeynep 脰zsuca.
    • Rise.
    • Decca Classics.
    • 4.

  • Samuel Rinda-Nickola

    Polska II: Elia

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto.
    • Folk Trip.
    • Ondine.
    • 4.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons: Winter, RV297 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Ensemble: Virtuosi di Kuhmo.
    • ONDINE.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Bernstein: Wonderful Town.
    • LSO Live.
    • 1.

  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Piano Etudes (Book One), No.4 Fanfares

    Performer: Jeremy Denk.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Katarina Barruk

    惭颈盲谤谤补濒谩苍诲诲补

    Performer: Katarina Barruk.
    • Ruhttuo (Boreal Forest).
    • Bandcamp - Self Published.
    • 1.

  • Heinrich Biber

    Battalia 脿 10

    Ensemble: Il Giardino d'Amore. Director: Stefan Plewniak.
    • The Heart of Europe.
    • Evoe Music.
    • 7-9.

  • Steve Reich

    Pendulum Music (I)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Avantgarde.
    • WERGO.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin; II. Forlane

    Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: St茅phane Den猫ve.
    • Ravel: Complete Orchestral Works Vol. 1.
    • Hannsler.
    • 3.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Lamento della ninfa (Ottavo Libro dei Madrigali, 1638)

    Performer: Emanuele Cisi. Singer: Roberta Mameli. Ensemble: La Venexiana.
    • GLOSSA.

  • JPP

    Hale-Bopp

    Ensemble: JPP.
    • Rockadillo Records.

Broadcast

  • Sat 15 Jul 2023 12:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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