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Blake Mills

Guest presenter Jules Buckley stands in for Clemmie Burton-Hill and tries out a classical playlist on LA guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer Blake Mills.

Guest presenter Jules Buckley stands in for Clemmie Burton-Hill in a new series of Classical Fix, mixing bespoke classical playlists for music-loving guests. This week, Jules is joined by LA-based guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer, Blake Mills.

Blake's playlist:

Maurice Ravel - Trois poemes de Stephane Mallarme: no.1 Soupir
Charles Ives - The Unanswered Question
Hildegard von Bingen - Vos flores rosarum
Jonny Greenwood - Tree Strings
Felix Mendelssohn - Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor (2nd movement)
Richard Ayres - No. 37b (4th movement 'Exit')

Classical Fix is a podcast aimed at opening up the world of classical music to anyone who fancies giving it a go. Jules Buckley is a Grammy-winning conductor, arranger and composer who pushes the boundaries of almost all musical genres by placing them in an orchestral context, and has earned himself a reputation as a 'pioneering genre alchemist' and' agitator of musical convention'. He leads two of the world’s most versatile and in-demand orchestras - the Heritage Orchestra and the Metropole Orkest - and over the past nine years he has been responsible for some of the most groundbreaking 91Èȱ¬ Proms, including the Ibiza Prom, 1Xtra's Grime Symphony, The Songs of Scott Walker, Jacob Collier and Friends, and tributes to Quincy Jones, Nina Simone and Charles Mingus. In 2019, Jules joined the 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra as Creative Artist in Association.

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30 minutes

Last on

Mon 22 Feb 2021 00:00

Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Trois poemes de Stephane Mallarmé - i Soupir

    Performer: Robert Rinehart. Performer: Sarah Clarke. Performer: Thomas Hill. Performer: Randall Hodgkinson. Performer: Laura Gilbert. Performer: Carmit Zori. Performer: Eric Bartlett. Performer: Fenwick Smith. Performer: Mitchell Weiss. Singer: Dawn Upshaw.
  • Charles Ives

    The Unanswered Question (2 Contemplations)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • DG.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Vos Flores Rosarum

    Choir: Voices of Ascension. Director: Dennis Keene.
  • Jonny Greenwood

    Tree Strings

    Performer: Jonny Greenwood.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 - ii Andante con moto tranquillo

    Ensemble: Trio Dali.
  • Richard Ayres

    No.37b - IV Exit

    Conductor: Roland Kluttig. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra.

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  • Mon 31 Aug 2020 00:00
  • Mon 22 Feb 2021 00:00

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