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Jess Gillam with... Simon Höfele

Jess Gillam swaps tracks with trumpeter Simon Hofele, from Mahler to Monk.

Jess Gillam swaps tracks with the trumpeter Simon Höfele, from the epic symphonies of Mahler and Shostakovich to reflective Beethoven and the repetitive rhythms of Meredith Monk.

Here's the music we played today...

Ades - Overture from Powder Her Face, suite for orchestra
Mahler - Symphony No.2 "Resurrection", final movement
Meredith Monk - Ellis Island
Zimmermann - Concerto for Trumpet “Nobody knows de trouble I see“
Parcels - Lightenup
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5, 4th movement
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.1, 2nd movement
Anna Meredith - Heal You

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30 minutes

Last on

Boxing Day 2020 12:30

Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Performer: Simon Höfele. Performer: Frank Dupree.
  • Luciano Berio

    Sequenza 10 for trumpet solo and piano resonance [1984]

    Performer: Simon Höfele. Performer: Kärt Ruubel.
  • André Jolivet

    Allegro (Heptade)

    Performer: Simon Höfele. Performer: Kai Strobel.
  • Miles Davis

    So What

  • Thomas Adès

    Powder Her Face - suite

    Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • Ades: Tevot, Violin Concerto, Three Studies.
    • EMI.
    • 8.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 2 in C minor, 'Resurrection' (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Singer: Magdalena Kožená. Singer: Kate Royal. Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Conductor: Simon Halsey.
  • Meredith Monk

    Ellis Island

    Performer: Ursula Oppens. Performer: Bruce Brubaker.
    • ECM.
  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann

    Trumpet Concerto 'Nobody Knows De Trouble I See'

    Performer: Reinhold Friedrich. Performer: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko.
  • Parcels

    Lighten Up

    Ensemble: Parcels.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No 5 in D minor, Op 47 (4th mvt)

    Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor, 2nd movement; Adagio

    Performer: Igor Levit.
  • Anna Meredith

    Heal You

    Ensemble: Juice Vocal Ensemble.
    • Nonclassical.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 23 Nov 2019 12:30
  • Boxing Day 2020 12:30

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