EPISODE · Mar 28, 2022 · 27 MIN
Jess Gillam with... Esther Abrami
from This Classical Life · host BBC Radio 3
Jess Gillam and violinist Esther Abrami swap playlists, including a French-inspired movie score by Rachel Portman, Paris meets Beirut in jazz form by trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf, a gorgeous Motown tribute to Otis Redding, and a classic French chanson reimagined by the one and only Jarvis Cocker.Playlist:Jonny Greenwood - House of Woodcock (from the Phantom Threads OST)Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64 - 2nd mvt [Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz (conductor)]Jarvis Cocker - AlineFaure - Chanson d'amour, op.27 no.1 [Barbara Bonney (soprano), Warren Jones (piano)]William Bell - Tribute to a KingRachel Portman - Main title from 'Chocolat'Christian Sinding - Rustle of Spring, op.32 no.3 [Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)]Ibrahim Maalouf - Lily will Soon Be a Woman (live)
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Jess Gillam and violinist Esther Abrami swap playlists, including a French-inspired movie score by Rachel Portman, Paris meets Beirut in jazz form by trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf, a gorgeous Motown tribute to Otis Redding, and a classic French chanson reimagined by the one and only Jarvis Cocker.Playlist:Jonny Greenwood - House of Woodcock (from the Phantom Threads OST)Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64 - 2nd mvt [Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz (conductor)]Jarvis Cocker - AlineFaure - Chanson d'amour, op.27 no.1 [Barbara Bonney (soprano), Warren Jones (piano)]William Bell - Tribute to a KingRachel Portman - Main title from 'Chocolat'Christian Sinding - Rustle of Spring, op.32 no.3 [Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)]Ibrahim Maalouf - Lily will Soon Be a Woman (live)
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