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Jess Gillam with... Charlotte Harding

Jess Gillam is joined by composer and fellow saxophonist Charlotte Harding to swap tracks and share the music they love.

Jess Gillam is joined by Ivor Novello award winning composer and fellow saxophonist Charlotte Harding to swap tracks, including two saxophone greats - Branford Marsalis and Ivy Benson, other worldly textures from John Luther Adams and Anders Hillborg, and two generations of Prokofievs.

Tracks we played today...

Gabriel Prokofiev 鈥 Saxophone Concerto: IV. Allegro Mechanico
Nadia Boulanger - 3 Pieces for Cello and Piano, no.1: Modere
Stravinsky - The Firebird Suite
John Luther Adams - The Wind in High Places: II. Maclaren Summit
Ivy Benson - Lover
Anders Hillborg - Sirens
Caoimh铆n 脫 Raghallaigh - What, What, What
Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No.1, 3rd movement

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29 minutes

Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

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

    EP

    Performer: Beth Higham-Edwards. Performer: Gabriella Swallow.
  • Gabriel Prokofiev

    Saxophone Concerto: IV. Allegro Mechanico

    Performer: Branford Marsalis. Conductor: Alexey Bogorad. Orchestra: Ural Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Nadia Boulanger

    3 Pieces

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: Jos茅 Gallardo.
    • French Cello Sonatas.
    • Naxos.
    • 2-4.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird - suite

    Performer: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
  • John Luther Adams

    The Wind in High Places

    Ensemble: JACK Quartet.
  • Ivy Benson and Her All Girls Band

    Lover

  • Anders Hillborg

    Sirens

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: Radiok枚ren. Choir: Eric Ericsons Kammark枚r. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
  • Caoimh铆n 脫 Raghallaigh

    What, What, What

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto No.1 in D major, Op.19; 3rd movement

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.

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  • Sat 4 Jan 2020 12:30
  • Sat 13 Feb 2021 12:30

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