EPISODE · Oct 12, 2019 · 22 MIN
Jess Gillam with... Alexia Sloane
from This Classical Life · host BBC Radio 3
Jess Gillam is joined by composer and poet Alexia Sloane to swap music including John Luther Adams immersive Become Ocean, the sublime vocal harmonies of Kraja, Steve Reich's Music for 18 musicians, Smetana and a soul classic by Aretha Franklin.Here's the music we played today...Bedrich Smetana - Ma vlast, Vltava [Moldau] Kraja- Polska Till Rut Francis Poulenc - Sonata for Oboe FP, 185; 1. Allegro John Luther Adams - Become Ocean Aretha Franklin - I Say a Little Prayer Hildegard Von Bingen - Digiti Viriditas Dei Steve Reich - Music for 18 musicians John Tavener - The Protecting Veil
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Jess Gillam is joined by composer and poet Alexia Sloane to swap music including John Luther Adams immersive Become Ocean, the sublime vocal harmonies of Kraja, Steve Reich's Music for 18 musicians, Smetana and a soul classic by Aretha Franklin.Here's the music we played today...Bedrich Smetana - Ma vlast, Vltava [Moldau] Kraja- Polska Till Rut Francis Poulenc - Sonata for Oboe FP, 185; 1. Allegro John Luther Adams - Become Ocean Aretha Franklin - I Say a Little Prayer Hildegard Von Bingen - Digiti Viriditas Dei Steve Reich - Music for 18 musicians John Tavener - The Protecting Veil
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