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Jess Gillam with... Enyi Okpara

Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with conductor Enyi Okpara, from a brass band classic, to Vaughan Williams' Fifth Symphony, plus music by Anna Meredith and Cecile McLorin Salvant

1 hour

Music Played

  • Padre Antonio Soler

    Keyboard Sonata no.90 in F sharp minor

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's Spanish Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no 4 in A major, op.90 - 4th mvt

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Enyi Okpara.
  • Armas Järnefelt

    Praeludium

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • EMI.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Grand March (Aida)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • CBS.
  • Anna Meredith

    Nautilus

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Platoon.
  • Sting

    Until

    Singer: Cécile McLorin Salvant.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony no.5 in D major - iii Romanza

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kees Bakels.
    • Naxos.
  • Trad.

    Rolig Pers Polska

    Music Arranger: Hans Ek. Performer: Martin Fröst. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Sony.
  • Peter Graham

    Shine as the Light

    Performer: Brass Band Wilebroek.
    • World Wind Music.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Gloria - iii Domine Deus

    Performer: Kathleen Battle. Performer: Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • DG.
  • Ric Hassani

    My Only Baby

    Performer: Ric Hassani.
    • Not on Label.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello Concerto in A major, Wq 172 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Park Jiha

    First Buds

    Performer: Park Jiha.
    • Tak:till.

Broadcast

  • Sat 24 May 2025 17:00

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