
Jools and guests share their musical favourites
Jools is joined by artist Brian Clarke, with music by Berlioz, Stravinsky and Handel.
Jools shares his lifelong passion for classical music and the beautiful connections with jazz and blues. With fascinating guests each week, who bring their own favourite music and occasionally perform live in Jools's studio.
Today, Jools's choices include music by Joseph Haydn, Steve Reich and Big Maceo, with performances by Nina Simone, Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective and Antal Dorati. His guest is the artist Brian Clarke, known for his large-scale stained glass and mosaic projects, who introduces music he loves by Berlioz, Stravinsky, Walton and Handel.
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Joseph Haydn
The heavens are telling (The Creation)
Singer: Lucia Popp. Singer: Werner Hollweg. Singer: Kurt Moll. Choir: Brighton Festival Chorus. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.- Decca.
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Luise Adolpha Le Beau
Piano Quartet in F minor, Op 28 (2nd mvt, Adagio)
Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.- Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 1.
- Chandos.
- 6.
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Big Maceo
Texas Stomp
- RCA VICTOR.
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Steve Reich
The Four Sections (Full Orchestra)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- The Four Sections.
- Nonesuch.
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Nina Simone
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
- Colpix.
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Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique (March to the Scaffold)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique: Jansons.
- EMI.
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Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring (Augurs of Spring...Spring Rounds)
Conductor: Antal Doráti. Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra.- Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps: Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Dorati.
- Decca.
- 17.
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William Walton
Façade: An Entertainment; 20. Fox-Trot Old Sir Faulk
Singer: Edith Sitwell. Ensemble: English Opera Group. Conductor: Anthony Collins.- Naxos.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Che faro senza Euridice (Orfeo ed Euridice)
Singer: Kathleen Ferrier. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.- Kathleen Ferrier: Bach, Gluck, Handel.
- Decca.
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George Frideric Handel
The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, arr.for piano duet
Performer: Louis van Dijk. Performer: Hans Oudenaarden. Music Arranger: Brian Easdale.- CHANNEL.
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Paul McCartney
Let it be
- Parlophone.
Broadcast
- Sat 10 May 2025 12:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3