This Classical Life - Live
Jess Gillam takes This Classical Life to London鈥檚 Southbank Centre for an exciting event featuring the 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra, conductor Hugh Brunt and special guests.
Jess Gillam takes her ARIA award-winning show This Classical Life to the concert hall with the 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra, conductor Hugh Brunt and special guests including composer Ollie Howell; soprano Soraya Mafi; singer Orlando Weeks (former frontman of The Maccabees) and songwriter, vocalist and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson for an exciting evening at Southbank Centre鈥檚 Royal Festival Hall.
Jess and her guests explore their musical influences, sharing and performing an eclectic range of music they love, including Caroline Shaw鈥檚 time-bending Entr鈥檃cte, George Walker鈥檚 Lyric for Strings, Arvo Part鈥檚 haunting Cantus in Memorium Benjamin Britten and Anna Meredith鈥檚 ebullient Bubble Gun. Soraya Mafi sings Gounod 鈥楯e veux vivre鈥� from Romeo et Juliette and Bernstein鈥檚 鈥楪litter and be Gay鈥� from Candide plus we get to hear the joyous overture. Ollie Howell introduces us to his work Something to Lose along and Quincy Jones鈥� The Separation, Orlando Weeks performs glittering electronic songs from his second solo album and Ayanna Witter-Johnson shares her arrangement of Erroll Garner鈥檚 classic 鈥楳isty鈥�, and all this is topped off with the glorious finale of Stravinsky鈥檚 Firebird Suite.
Darius Milhaud: Braziliera from Scaramouche
George Walker: Lyric for Strings
Charles Gounod: Je veux vivre from Romeo et Juliette
Leonard Bernstein: Candide Overture / Glitter and be Gay
Arvo Part: Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Anna Meredith arr. Jack Ross: Bubble Gun
Ollie Howell: Something to Lose
Quincy Jones arr. Jules Buckley: The Separation
Orlando Weeks arr. Amy Langley: Big Skies Silly Faces
Orlando Weeks arr. Amy Langley: Deep Down Way Out
Caroline Shaw: Entr鈥檃cte
Ayanna Witter-Johnson arr. Katie Chatburn: These Four Walls
Erroll Garner arr. Witter-Johnson/Chatburn: Misty
Igor Stravinsky: Firebird Suite 1919 (excerpt)
Jess Gillam (presenter, saxophone)
Soraya Mafi (soprano)
Orlando Weeks (vocals, electronics)
Ayanna Witter-Johnson (vocals, cello)
麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
Hugh Brunt (conductor)
Recorded on the 7th July 2021, at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
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Darius Milhaud
Scaramouche: I. Brazileira
Performer: Jess Gillam. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Tieppo鈥怋runt. -
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George Walker
Lyric for Strings
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Tieppo鈥怋runt. -
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Charles Gounod
Romeo et Juliette; Act 1, no.3; Ah! Je veux vivre
Singer: Soraya Mafi. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Tieppo鈥怋runt. -
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Leonard Bernstein
Candide; Overture
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Tieppo鈥怋runt. -
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Leonard Bernstein
Candide; Glitter and be Gay
Singer: Soraya Mafi. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Tieppo鈥怋runt. -
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Arvo P盲rt
Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Tieppo鈥怋runt. -
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Anna Meredith
Bubble Gun
Performer: Jess Gillam. Music Arranger: Jack Ross. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Tieppo鈥怋runt. -
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Ollie Howell
Something to Lose
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Tieppo鈥怋runt. -
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Quincy Jones
The Separation (arr. Jules Buckley)
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Tieppo鈥怋runt. -
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Orlando Weeks
Big Skies Silly Faces (arr. Amy Langley)
Music Arranger: Amy Langley. Singer: Orlando Weeks. Singer: Katy J Pearson. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Tieppo鈥怋runt. -
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Orlando Weeks
Deep Down Way Out (arr. Amy Langley)
Music Arranger: Amy Langley. Singer: Orlando Weeks. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Tieppo鈥怋runt. -
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Caroline Shaw
Entr'acte
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Tieppo鈥怋runt. -
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Ayanna Witter-Johnson
These Four Walls (arr. Katie Chatburn & Ayanna Witter-Johnson)
Music Arranger: Katie Chatburn. Singer: Ayanna Witter-Johnson. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Tieppo鈥怋runt. -
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Erroll Garner
Misty (arr. Katie Chatburn & Ayanna Witter-Johnson)
Music Arranger: Ayanna Witter-Johnson. Singer: Ayanna Witter-Johnson. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Tieppo鈥怋runt. -
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Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird - suite; Final hymn
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Tieppo鈥怋runt. -
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Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto in G major
Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Edward Elgar
Piano Quintet in A minor, Op 84
Performer: John Ogdon. Ensemble: Allegri String Quartet.- EMI.
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- Wed 14 Jul 2021 19:30麻豆社 Radio 3