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Jess Gillam with... William Marsey

Jess Gillam sits down for a winter listening party with the composer, William Marsey, including music by Sibelius, Bela Fleck, Tallis and Brahms.

Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with the composer William Marsey. William鈥檚 music is regularly heard across the globe in concerts by orchestras including the LA Philharmonic, the Halle, and Royal Northern Sinfonia. As well as composing, William also runs Listenpony - a London-based concert series, commissioning body and record label - with Freya Waley Cohen and Josephine Stephenson.

Williams chooses music by Sibelius, Anja Garbarek, Tallis and Cocteau Twins, while Jess picks tracks by Bela Fleck, CPE Bach and Brahms.

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio - Cantata No. 2 (Sinfonia)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Linn Records.

  • William Marsey

    Man with Limp Wrist: VI. The Reader

    Orchestra: Hall茅.
    • Thomas Ad猫s; William Marsey; Oliver Leith: Orchestral Works.
    • Halle.
    • 1.

  • Jean Sibelius

    String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 'Voces Intimae': V. Allegro

    Ensemble: Guarneri Quartet.
    • Philips.

  • B茅la Fleck

    Conundrum

    Performer: B茅la Fleck. Performer: Edgar Meyer. Performer: Rakesh Chaurasia. Performer: Zakir Hussain.
    • As we Speak.
    • Bela Fleck.
    • 1.

  • Anja Garbarek

    I Won't Hurt You

    • Smiling and Waving.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Flute Concerto in D minor: 3rd Mvt 'Allegro di molto'

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Warner Classics.

  • William Marsey

    Belmont Chill

    Performer: Joseph Havlat.
    • William Marsey.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Dum transisset Sabbatum

    Choir: Alamire. Director: David Skinner.
    • Obsidian Records.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108: 2nd Mvt 'Adagio'

    Performer: David Oistrakh. Performer: Vladimir Yampolsky.
    • Artemisia.

  • Cocteau Twins

    Pandora (for Cindy)

    • Treasure.
    • 4AD.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: no. 4 Rigaudon

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Joanna Marsh

    In Winter's House

    Choir: Tenebrae.
    • Signum.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday 17:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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