Jess Gillam is joined by Italian-American violinist Francesca Dego to swap some of their favourite music. Francesca has played everywhere from Wigmore Hall to Lincoln Centre New York, and her latest recording of Brahms and Busoni violin concertos with BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Dalia Stasevska is out now via Chandos.
Today Francesca has brought along music from neglected Finnish composer Helvi LeiviskƤ and a fiendish 12-tone work from Schoenberg, while Iāve chosen David Bowieās swansong.PLAYLIST:GIOACHINO ROSSINI ā āUna voce poco faā (Il barbiere di Siviglia: Act 1) [Teresa Berganza (mezzo soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Gibson (conductor)]
PETER MAXWELL DAVIES ā Farewell to Stromness [Richard Casey (piano)]
HELVI LEIVISKA ā Orchestral Suite No 2, Op 11 (2nd mvt, Humoresque) [Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Dalia Stasevska (conductor)]
DAVID BOWIE - Lazarus
JOHANNES BRAHMS ā Concerto for violin and cello in A minor, Op 102 (2nd mvt, Andante) [Salvatore Accardo (violinist), Heinrich Schiff (cello), Kurt Masur (conductor), Gewandhausorchester]
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG ā Phantasy for violin and piano [Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Joonas Ahonen (piano)]
LANKUM ā Wild RoverProduced by Rachel Gill.
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Jess Gillam with... Alessandro Fisher
Jess Gillam and tenor Alessandro Fisher share the music they love.Alessandro Fisher is a former member of the BBC New Generation Artist scheme, and a Kathleen Ferrier award winner: a versatile performer equally at home in baroque and romantic opera, or song. His choices today include barbershop quartet, brass band music, and the voice of Fritz Wunderlich. Jess has chosen music by Coleman Hawkins and multi-BRIT Award winner Raye.Playlist:
Schubert: An die Musik, D 547 - Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Hubert Gisen (piano)
Coleman Hawkins Quartet: Love Song from āApacheā
Fucik: Florentiner March - Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Schubert: Wandrerās Nachtlied, D 768 - Kian Soltani (cello), Aaron Pilsan (piano)
Crossroads Barbershop Quartet: That Lucky Old Sun (just rolls around heaven all day)
Paul Mealor: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal - Tenebrae, Nigel Short (conductor)
Alain Romans: Quel temps fait-il Ć Paris (M Hulotās Holiday)
Raye: Worth It
Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with pianist Keelan Carew, and between them they put together a boundary-pushing playlist with songs by Kurt Weill and Nat King Cole - pianistic fireworks by Busoni and Chopin, orchestral fireworks by Shostakovich and some classic Japanese jazz fusion by Casiopea.Playlist:
KURT WEILL: Der Abschiedsbrief [Teresa Stratus (sop), Kurt Weill (piano)]
SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture [Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy (cond)]
CASIOPEA: Swear [Album: Mint Jams]
MAURIZIO CAZZATI: Ciaccona [L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar]
CHOPIN: Ballade no.1 in G minor, op 23 [Vladimir Horowitz (piano)]
MEERNAA: Good Luck [Album: Strange Life]
BUSONI: Piano Concerto in C major, op.39 ā iv. All Italiana, Tarantella [Kirill Gerstein (piano), Boston Symphony Orchestra]
NAT KING COLE: When I Fall in Love