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Jess Gillam with... Ed Lyon

Jess Gillam and tenor Ed Lyon share the music they love, including music by Mozart, Monteverdi and Regina Spektor.

This week Jess Gillam is joined by the singer Ed Lyon, a versatile tenor, celebrated for his interpretation of baroque repertoire. Ed plays Jess some tracks which mean a lot to him, including vocal works by Mozart and Monteverdi, and a something from the Russian American singer songwriter Regina Spektor. Jess brings along some musical discoveries too, including Shostakovich, and the contemporary Serbian composer Isidora Žebeljan.

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Music Played

  • Percy Grainger

    Handel in the Strand

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Nicholas Lanier

    Love's constancy (no more shall meads)

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Performer: Siobhán Armstrong. Singer: Ed Lyon. Ensemble: Theatre of the Ayre.
    • Delphian.
  • Étienne Moulinié

    O stelle homicide

    Singer: Ed Lyon. Ensemble: Theatre of the Ayre.
    • Delphian.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    'Se viver non degg'io' from Mitridate, re di Ponto, Act II

    Singer: Sophie Bevan. Singer: Miah Persson. Ensemble: The Mozartists. Conductor: Ian Page.
    • Signum.
  • Isidora Žebeljan

    Dark Velvet

    Ensemble: Arethusa Quartet.
    • Three Curious Loves - Daniel Rowland plays the music of Isidora Zebeljan.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 1.
  • Regina Spektor

    è-Ǿ

    • Begin to Hope.
    • Sire.
    • 1.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No 8 in C minor, Op 65 (3rd movement)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker.
  • André Grétry

    Du moment qu'on aime from L'Amant jaloux

    Singer: Ed Lyon. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Antipodes. Conductor: Erin Helyard.
    • Pinchgut opera.
  • Hoagy Carmichael

    Heart and Soul

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Singer: Lisa Fischer. Singer: Gregory Porter. Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble.
    • Sing Me ѿý.
    • Sony Masterworks.
    • 1.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Cosi sol d'una chiara fonte

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Kishi Bashi

    Manchester

    • Joyful Noise Recordings.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning from Peer Gynt Suite No 1

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev.
    • Summer Night Concert 2025.
    • Sony.
    • 7.
  • Christine Tassan

    Bruissement

    Performer: Marie-Véronique Bourque. Performer: Christine Tassan. Performer: Olivier Bussières. Singer: David Meunier Roy.
    • Les Productions Marie-Veronique Bourque.

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  • Sat 18 Oct 2025 17:00

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