EPISODE · Aug 11, 2021 · 28 MIN
Jess Gillam with... Courtenay Cleary
from This Classical Life · host BBC Radio 3
Jess Gillam joins up with the Australian violinist Courtenay Cleary to share some of their favourite music, including an iconic work by Richard Strauss, a highly charged Janacek String Quartet, a spellbinding farewell from David Bowie, kaleidoscopic Australian jazz-funk and a special gift from the Aurora Orchestra.Playlist: R. Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic) Janacek - String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters" (Emersen String Quartet) David Bowie - Lazarus Arvo Part - Fratres (Ursula Schoch, Marcel Worms) Marcello - Oboe Concerto in D Minor (Heinz Holliger, I Musici) Hiatus Kaiyote - Nakamarra Scriabin - Piano Sonata No.5 in F Sharp Major (Vladimir Ashkenazy) Barber - Sure On This Shining Night (Allan Clayton with Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon)
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Jess Gillam joins up with the Australian violinist Courtenay Cleary to share some of their favourite music, including an iconic work by Richard Strauss, a highly charged Janacek String Quartet, a spellbinding farewell from David Bowie, kaleidoscopic Australian jazz-funk and a special gift from the Aurora Orchestra.Playlist: R. Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic) Janacek - String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters" (Emersen String Quartet) David Bowie - Lazarus Arvo Part - Fratres (Ursula Schoch, Marcel Worms) Marcello - Oboe Concerto in D Minor (Heinz Holliger, I Musici) Hiatus Kaiyote - Nakamarra Scriabin - Piano Sonata No.5 in F Sharp Major (Vladimir Ashkenazy) Barber - Sure On This Shining Night (Allan Clayton with Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon)
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