This Classical Life
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This Classical Life
Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too. Music, eclectic playlists and chat, with a new guest every week.
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Jess Gillam with... Francesca Dego
Jess Gillam is joined by Italian-American violinist Francesca Dego to swap some of their favourite music. Francesca has played everywhere from Wigmore...
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,...
Jess Gillam with... James Baillieu
Jess Gillam swaps music with pianist James Baillieu, including works by Mozart, Bach, and Ella Fitzgerald.
Pianist James Baillieu has worked wit...
Jess Gillam with...Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha
Jess Gillam and soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha share their favourite tracks.
South African soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha was the wi...
Jess Gillam with... Keelan Carew
Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with pianist Keelan Carew, and between them they put together a boundary-pushing playlist with songs by Kurt Weill a...
Jess Gillam with... Jordan Bak
Jess Gillam meets violist Jordan Bak to share some of their favourite music.
Jamaican-American violist Jordan Bak is a proud new music advocate...
Jess Gillam with... Kate Whitley
Jess's guest this week is the composer Kate Whitley.
Kate is an award-winning composer and pianist, who also runs the Multi-Story Orchestra. The...
Jess Gillam with... Johan Dalene
Jess Gillam meets Swedish-Norwegian violinist Johan Dalene to swap some of their favourite music.
At 23 years old, Swedish-Norwegian violinist J...
Jess Gillam with... Robert Ames
Jess Gillam and conductor Robert Ames share some of the tunes they love, with music by Philip Glass, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Makaya McCraven, Pauline Oliv...
Jess Gillam with... Fleur Barron
Jess Gillam meets mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron to swap some of their favourite music.
Singaporean-British mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron sings everyth...
Jess Gillam with... Laura Cannell
Jess Gillam shares music with composer Laura Cannell, including a sublime Biber Requiem, new music by Kenya Grace, traditional Norwegian fiddle music...
Jess Gillam with... Lise Davidsen (This Classical Christmas)
Jess Gillam is joined by Norwegian soprano and Last Night of the Proms star Lise Davidsen for a very Christmassy edition of This Classical Life. They...
Jess Gillam with... Guylaine Eckersley
Jess Gillam and bassoonist Guylaine Eckersley share their favourite tracks, with music by Abel Selaocoe, Pergolesi, Vivaldi, Laura Misch and a guilty...
Jess Gillam with... Daniel Shao
Jess Gillam and flautist Daniel Shao play each other their current favourite music. Daniel is a versatile musician, at home in the classical repertory...
Jess Gillam with... Cécile McLorin Salvant
Jess Gillam meets jazz singer Cécile McLorin Salvant to swap some of their favourite music.
Cécile is a 3 time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer...
Jess Gillam with... Matthew Barley
Jess Gillam and cellist Matthew Barley sit down to listen together to the music they love.
Matthew's career as a cellist has seen him straddle a...
Jess Gillam with... Ema Nikolovska
Jess Gillam and mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska share the music they love, including a traditional Macedonian folk song, Janelle Monáe’s sci-fi concept a...
Jess Gillam with... Nicholas Collon
Jess Gillam meets with the conductor Nicholas Collon to share some of the music they love. Today their musical journey takes in the harmonic genius of...
Jess Gillam with... Sumina Studer
Jess Gillam and violinist Sumina Studer swap some of their favourite music. As well as picking up prizes for her playing in the Berliner International...
Jess Gillam with... Lucy Humphris
Jess Gillam and trumpeter Lucy Humphris share their favourite music. Their musical adventure today includes scary Prokofiev, dreamy Debussy, wide open...
Jess Gillam with... Karim Kamar
Jess Gillam and pianist Karim Kamar share some of their favourite music. Karim has an amazing musical story - after loving playing as a kid but never...
Jess Gillam with... Delia Stevens
Jess Gillam is joined by percussionist Delia Stevens to share the music they love and make some new discoveries, including tracks by Tessa Lark, Avner...
Jess Gillam with... Braimah Kanneh-Mason
Jess Gillam and violinist Braimah Kanneh-Mason swap some of their favourite tracks and chat about their lives in music. Braimah comes armed with a cla...
Jess Gillam with... James Newby
Jess Gillam and baritone James Newby swap some of their favourite tracks and chat about their lives in music. James - who was one of Radio 3's New Gen...
Jess Gillam with... Anne Sofie von Otter
Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with the mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter
Anne Sofie is one of classical music's most celebrated singers wit...
Jess Gillam with... Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux
Jess Gillam and violinist Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux share their favourite music with each other, including the sublime voices of Dhafer Youssef and th...
Jess Gillam with... Pekka Kuusisto
Jess Gillam is joined by the Finnish violinist, conductor, and composer Pekka Kuusisto. They share thoughts on some favourite music, from a jazz arran...
Jess Gillam with... Sehyogue Aulakh
Jess Gillam and percussionist Sehyogue Aulakh share some of the music that they love, from Aretha Franklin to Dmitri Shostakovich, JS Bach and Seckou...
Jess Gillam with... Tessa Lark
Jess Gillam meets violinist Tessa Lark to swap some of their favourite music. Tessa is an in-demand classical concert violinist but growing up in Kent...
Jess Gillam with... Zubin Kanga
Jess Gillam is joined by composer, pianist and technologist Zubin Kanga, with music from Gesualdo to Ravel via Laurie Spiegel and Jaco Pastorius.
Jess Gillam with... Jasdeep Singh Degun
Jess Gillam is joined by sitarist and composer Jasdeep Singh Degun to share and talk about the music that they both love, with tracks from Philip Glas...
Jess Gillam with... Missy Mazzoli
Jess Gillam's guest is pianist and composer Missy Mazzoli. They share some of the music that they love, including Ellen Reid, JS Bach, Julian Lage an...
Jess Gillam with... Hazel Askew
Jess's meets folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Hazel Askew to swap some of their favourite music. Hazel is a fixture in the UK folk music scene kn...
Jess Gillam with... Gabriella Teychenné
Jess Gillam's guest this week is conductor Gabriella Teychenné. Her musical life bounces between conducting brand new music, collaborating with sympho...
Jess Gillam with... Soweto Kinch
Jess Gillam is joined by a fellow saxophonist the Award-winning composer, poet, MC and producer Soweto Kinch to chat and share the music they love.
Jess Gillam with... Tine Thing Helseth
Jess Gillam is joined by acclaimed Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth to chat and share the music they love.
Playlist:
Stravinsky - Ri...
Jess Gillam with... Jack Bazalgette
Jess Gillam chats to conductor Jack Bazalgette, co-founder of ‘through the noise’ which aims to innovate and revolutionise live classical music. Their...
Jess Gillam with... Laura van der Heijden
Jess is joined by the cellist Laura van der Heijden to share some of their favourite musical discoveries, including JS Bach interpreted by the Lodesta...
Jess Gillam with... Peter Gregson
Cellist and composer Peter Gregson joins Jess from LA. They share some of their favourite tracks and new discoveries, including Steve Reich's Differen...
Jess Gillam with... Laura Misch
Jess Gillam and fellow saxophonist Laura Misch share the music they love, including tracks by Bjork, Hildegard von Bingen and Bob Marley.
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