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Jess Gillam with... Clare Hammond

Jess Gillam shares a listening playlist with the pianist Clare Hammond including music by JS Bach, David Bowie, Dora Pejacevic and Lauryn Hill.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too. This week, Jess meets the pianist Clare Hammond who brings music varying from Johann Sebastian Bach to Mari Boine to Lauryn Hill. There is also Dvorak, Coleman Hawkins and David Bowie. Jess and Clare share early experiences of learning to play their instruments, the differences in recording classical and pop and how to share new repertoire with audiences.

And Jess looks forward to the First Night of the Proms with music by Arvo Pärt.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 12 Jul 2025 17:00

Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto/Octet: James Ehnes.
    • Onyx.
    • 3.
  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Piano Étude No. 38 in A Minor

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • Hélène de Montgeroult: Études.
    • BIS.
    • 7.
  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Étude no.41 in E flat major

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • Hélène de Montgeroult: Études.
    • BIS.
    • 8.
  • TLC

    No Scrubs

    • Fanmail.
    • Arista/LaFace Records.
    • 5.
  • Dora Pejačević

    Symphony in F sharp minor Op.41 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.
  • David Bowie

    Dollar Days

    • Blackstar.
    • Columbia.
    • 6.
  • Mari Boine

    Gula Gula

    Lyricist: Mari Boine.
    • Gula Gula.
    • Universal Music AS.
    • 1.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No.9 In E Minor, Op.95 'From The New World' - 2nd mvt Largo

    Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Dvorák: Symphony No.9 , Op.95, B. 178 "From the New World" / Smetana: The Molda.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Josef Myslivecek

    Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major: III. Rondo. Allegro

    Performer: Clare Hammond. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan. Ensemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mysliveček: Complete Music for Keyboard.
    • BIS.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21: Sinfonia

    Lyricist: Salomon Franck. Lyricist: Georg Neumark. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 6 - Bwv 21, 31.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Minuet in G major: Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach

    • BACH: The Art of Life (Encore Edition).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 32.
  • David Raksin

    Love Song From "Apache"

    Composer: Johnny Mercer.
    • Today And Now.
    • Impulse!.
    • 4.
  • Lauryn Hill

    Lost Ones

    • The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
    • Ruffhouse/Columbia.
    • 2.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    La Poule (Concert en sextuor no.6 in G minor)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire: Musiciens du Louvre/Minkowski.
    • Archiv.
    • 11.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Solfeggio

    Conductor: Tõnu Kaljuste. Choir: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.
    • The Sound of Arvo Pärt.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 44.

Broadcast

  • Sat 12 Jul 2025 17:00

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