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Jess Gillam with... Will Gregory

Jess Gillam and composer/producer Will Gregory share their favourite music, including Berlioz, Ennio Morricone, The Shangri-Las and Charlie Parker.

Jess Gillam鈥檚 guest this week is the musician and record producer Will Gregory, known as one half of the electronic duo Goldfrapp, and more recently for his work with the Will Gregory Moog Ensemble.

Originally a saxophonist, Will played with the likes of Tears for Fears, Peter Gabriel and The Cure, before teaming up with Alison Goldfrapp in 1999 to form their acclaimed electronic duo. He has also composed for television, theatre and the opera stage.

Jess talks to Will about his life as a musician, and they share some of their favourite music, including the soundtrack work of Ennio Morricone, the orchestral pyrotechnics of Berlioz, a song by The Shangri-Las, and, naturally, saxophone, courtesy of Charlie Parker.

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Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Kije's Wedding (Lieutenant Kije suite)

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Telarc.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Fantasie in G major

    Performer: Mari Kodama.
    • Pentatone.
  • Goldfrapp

    Ooh La La

    • Mute.
  • Goldfrapp

    Lovely Head

    • Mute.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano concerto No 21 in C major, K 467 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie Fantastique - opening movement ('reveries, passions')

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • LSO Live.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano concerto in G major, 2nd movement (Adagio assai)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Ennio Morricone

    A Fistful of Dynamite

    Conductor: Ennio Morricone. Singer: Edda Dell鈥橭rso.
    • Bacci Bros Records.
  • The Shangri鈥怢as

    Sophisticated Boom Boom

    • Spectrum Music.
  • Will Gregory

    Young Archimedes

    Ensemble: Will Gregory Moog Ensemble. Orchestra: 91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Mute.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia to Cantata No 29

    Performer: Wendy Carlos. Music Arranger: Wendy Carlos.
    • Switched on Bach.
    • CBS.
    • 1.
  • Will Gregory

    Circles, Spirals and Pi

    Ensemble: Will Gregory Moog Ensemble. Orchestra: 91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Mute.
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen

    Gesange der Junglinge

    Performer: Karlheinz Stockhausen.
    • LTM Recordings.
  • Johannes Ockeghem

    Kyrie from Requiem

    Choir: Musica Ficta. Conductor: Bo Holten.
    • Naxos.
  • Charlie Parker

    My Old Flame

    • Stardust Records.
  • Anton Zimmermann

    Symphony in E minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: L'Arte del mundo. Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
  • Yasmin Williams

    Harvest

    Performer: Yasmin Williams. Performer: Darian Thomas.
    • Acadia.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Sat 19 Oct 2024 17:00

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