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Jess Gillam live at Wigmore Hall

Saxophonist Jess Gillam performs live from Wigmore Hall, and Classical Live begins a week of recent performances from the Hay-on-Wye festival, plus Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony.

Saxophonist Jess Gillam performs live from Wigmore Hall with friends, Sam Becker on double-bass and Zeynep Özsuca on piano. And Linton Stephens introduces a week of specially recorded performances from the recent Hay-on-Wye festival. Also on Classical Live this week, concertos for wind instruments. We have a late 18th century flute concerto by CPE Bach recorded by Il Pomo d'Oro in Madrid. And also, Tchaikovsky's triumphant 5th Symphony performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Tabita Bergland

LIVE FROM WIGMORE HALL
Introduced for Classical Live by Hannah French

Jess Gillam (saxophone)
Sam Becker (double bass)
Zeynep Özsuca (piano)

Arcangelo Corelli (arranged by Simon Parkin and Andy Poxon)
Violin Sonata in D minor Op. 5 No. 12 'La Follia'

Nadia Boulanger
Cantique

Barbara Thompson
The Unseen Way

Graham Fitkin
Gate

Ruaidhrí Dall Ó Catháin
Tabhair dom do Lámh

Luis Bacavo arr. Kristina Arakelyan
Theme from Il Postino

Jeremy Wall
Elegy for Trane

Grigoras Dinicu arr. Alistair Vennart
Hora Martisorului

Phil Woods
Sonata for alto saxophone and piano, I. Allegro

Sidney Bechet
Petite Fleur

George Gershwin
Songbook:
Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) (arranged by Alfred J. Gallodoro)

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c14:00 with Linton Stephens

Samuel Barber
Summer Music, Op. 31
Les Vents Français:
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
Paul Meyer (clarinet)
François Leleux (oboe)
Gilbert Audin (bassoon)
Radovan Vlatkovic (horn)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Tabita Bergland (conductor)

HAY-ON-WYE FESTIVAL
Edvard Grieg (transc. Ullman)
Peer Gynt Suite
Alexander Ullman (piano)

Hildegard of Bingen
Hymn: Ave generosa
BBC Singers
Sofi Jeannin (conductor)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Flute Concerto in D major, Wq. 13
Eleonora Bišćević (flûte)
Il Pomo d’Oro
Francesco Corti (director)

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Music Played

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    La Folia

    Music Arranger: Poxon/Parkin. Ensemble: Jess Gillam.
  • Nadia Boulanger

    Cantique

    Ensemble: Jess Gillam.
  • Barbara Thompson

    The Unseen Way

    Ensemble: Jess Gillam.
  • Gate

    Graham Fitkin

    Ensemble: Jess Gillam.
  • Ruaidhri Dall O Cathain

    Tabhair Dom Do Lamh

    Ensemble: Jess Gillam.
  • Luis Bacavo

    Theme from 'Il Postino'

    Ensemble: Jess Gillam.
  • Jeremy Wall

    Elegy for Trane

    Ensemble: Jess Gillam.
  • Dinicu

    Hora Martisorului

    Music Arranger: Mike Vennart. Ensemble: Jess Gillam.
  • Phil Woods

    Sonata, 1st movt

    Performer: Jess Gillam.
  • Sidney Bechet

    Petite Fleur

    Ensemble: Jess Gillam.
  • Gershwin

    Liza

    Music Arranger: Gallodoro.
  • Pedro Itturalde

    Pequena Czarda

    Ensemble: Jess Gillam.
  • Samuel Barber

    Summer Music, Op. 31

    • Les Vents Français - Music for Wind Ensemble.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 28.
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Tabita Berglund.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite, No 1, Op. 46

    Performer: Alexander Ullman.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Ave, generosa gloriosa

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Sonata in C major for flute and piano

    Performer: Elizaveta Ivanova. Performer: Sanja Bizjak.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Flute Concerto in D, Wq. 13

    Performer: Eleonora Bišćević. Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro. Director: Francesco Corti.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Ecossaise in G, Op.72 No.4

    Performer: Nikita Magaloff.
    • Chopin: The Complete Piano Music.
    • Philips.
    • 16.

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