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Al Ryan introduces a highlight from this summer's Ryedale Festival in North Yorkshire featuring the always totally infectous Jess Gillam Ensemble with a suitably eclectic mix of music drawn from over several centuries and from across the world, arranged for, and performed by, saxophonist Jess Gillam and her hand-picked ensemble. The concert was given in the rural setting of St Peter's Church in Norton, in July. PART ONE Pedro Itturalde Pequeña Czarda (arr. John Harle) CPE Bach (arr. Poxon and Parkin) Allegro assai from Flute Concerto in A Minor Wq.166 Nadia Boulanger (arr. Alistair Vennart) Cantique David Bowie (arr. Alistair Vennart) 3’47 Life on Mars Ruairà Dall Ó Catháin Tabhair dom do Lámh Sidney Bechet (transcr. Lolo Garcia/arr. Sam Becker) Petite Fleur Barbara Thompson A Tribute to Bechet Trad/Corelli Variations on La Folia (arr. Poxon and Parkin) INTERVAL From CD A selection of variants by various composers on La Folia performed by Jordi Savall and his ensemble PARTTWO Barbara Strozzi (arr. Alistair Vennart) Che si può fare John Harle Flare Ólafur Arnalds (arr. Geoff Lawson) saman James Blake (arr. Benjamin Rimmer) Retrograde Claude Debussy (arr. Simon Parkin/Jess Gillam Ensemble) Clair de Lune Duke Ellington and Juan Tizol (arr. Harry Baker/Jess Gillam Ensemble) Caravan Michael Nyman (arr. Peter Riley) Chasing Sheep Is Best Left To Shepherds Rune Sørensen (arr. Simon Parkin/Jess Gillam Ensemble) Shine You No More Jess Gillam Band: Jess Gillam (saxophone) Ellie Consta (violin) Michael Jones (violin) Eoin Schmidt-Martin (viola) Gabriella Swallow (cello) Elsa Bradley (percussion) Sam Becker (bass) Leif Kaner-Lidstrom (piano)
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- TrackArtist
- 1.Pequeña CzardaPequeña CzardaPedro Iturralde
- 2.Flute Concerto in A Minor Wq.166 i) Allegro assaiFlute Concerto in A Minor Wq.166 i) Allegro assaiCarl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- 3.CantiqueCantiqueNadia Boulanger