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Jess Gillam with... Jakub Josef Orlinski

Jess Gillam and countertenor Jakub Josef Orlinski share some of the music they love, including music by John Harle, Andreas Scholl singing Handel and some Polish rap from O.S.T.R.

Jess Gillam and countertenor Jakub Josef Orlinski share some of the music they love, including saxophone music by John Harle, Andreas Scholl singing Handel, a slice of feelgood from Gregory Porter and some Polish rap from O.S.T.R.

Plus Jakub shares how he ended up becoming one of the world's biggest countertenors by drawing straws in his choir (and losing) and how his past as a skateboarder and breakdancer influenced the music he loves

Playlist:
Gregory Porter - Everything You Touch is Gold
John Harle - The Interpretation of Dreams [John Harle (sax), Doric Quartet, Sarah Leonard (voice)]
O.S.T.R. - O robieniu bit贸w
Aleksander Debicz - Recipe [Aleksander Debicz (piano), Lukasz Kuropaczewski (guitar)]
Air - Playground Love
Handel - Dove sei (from Rodelinda) [Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin]
Joy Crookes - When You Were Mine

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27 minutes

Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

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

    Dopo lungo penare

    Singer: Jakub J贸zef Orli艅ski. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • ERATO.
  • Justin Timberlake

    Can't Stop The Feeling!

    • RCA.
  • The Offspring

    Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)

    • Columbia.
  • Piano Novel

    Imaginary Traces

    Performer: Piano Novel.
    • SME France SAS.
  • Gregory Porter

    Everything You Touch is Gold

    • Decca.
  • John Harle

    The Interpretation of Dreams

    Singer: Sarah Leonard. Performer: John Harle. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Sospiro Noir.
  • O.S.T.R.

    O robieniu bit贸w

    • Asfalt.
  • Krzysztof Penderecki

    3 Pieces in Old Style: No. 1, Aria

    Orchestra: Orkiestra Kameralna Filharmonii Narodowej. Conductor: Antoni Wit.
    • Penderecki: Sinfoniettas; Oboe Capriccio.
    • Naxos.
    • 001.
  • Aleksander D臋bicz

    Recipe

    Performer: Aleksander D臋bicz. Performer: 艁ukasz Kuropaczewski.
    • Warner.
  • Air

    Playground Love

    • Virgin.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Dove sei, amato bene (Rodelinda)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music.
    • Handel: Ombra mai fu: Andreas Scholl/Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 16.
  • Joy Crookes

    When You Were Mine

    • Insanity Records.

Broadcast

  • Sat 9 Apr 2022 12:30

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