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Jess Gillam with... Fiachra Garvey

Jess Gillam is joined by pianist Fiachra Garvey to swap Bernstein and Brahms, crafted nostalgia by Nils Frahm and Holst's joyful Jupiter.

Jess and pianist Fiachra Garvey swap the music they love, including Bernstein that makes them both want to dance, Holst's joyful Jupiter from The Planets and Fiachra embraces his Irish roots with Thin Lizzy's Whiskey in the Jar.

Here's what we played this episode...

Leonard Bernstein - Mambo from West Side Story
Johannes Brahms - Piano Quintet in F minor (Scherzo)
Nils Frahm - Ambre from Wintermusik
Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar
Gustav Holst - The Planets - suite Op.32: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Fryderyk Chopin - Polonaise op 53 "Heroic"
Kate Bush 鈥� This Woman鈥檚 Work
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 7 (last movement)

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Sat 18 Jul 2020 12:30
91热爆 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Performer: Zeynep Ozsuca-Rattle. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Decca Classics.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Mambo (West Side Story)

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Bernstein: West Side Story: Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Bernstein.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quintet in F minor Op.34, 3rd Mvt, Scherzo

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Hyperion.

  • Nils Frahm

    Wintermusik: Ambre

    Performer: Nils Frahm.

  • Thin Lizzy

    Whiskey In The Jar

  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Rhythm and Colours.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Polonaise in A flat major, Op 53

    Performer: Arthur Rubinstein.
    • RCA.

  • Kate Bush

    This Woman's Work

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.7 in A major Op.92 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.

  • Samuel Barber

    Nocturne Op.33

    Performer: Fiachra Garvey.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 21 Sep 2019 12:30
    91热爆 Radio 3
  • Sat 18 Jul 2020 12:30
    91热爆 Radio 3

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