Jess Gillam with... Eldbj酶rg Hemsing
Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with the Norwegian violinist Eldbj酶rg Hemsing, including tracks by Beethoven, John Tavener, and AURORA.
Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with the Norwegian violinist Eldbj酶rg Hemsing, who has performed everywhere from the Lincoln Center to Wigmore Hall. Her albums have earned multiple Norwegian Grammys and Opus Klassik Awards, and she is Artistic Director of the Oslo Chamber Music Festival, Co-Founder of the Hemsing Festival and the Artistic Director of SPIRE, an initiative for young artists. She has also featured on the soundtrack to Netflix鈥檚 Frankenstein and she appears as a featured soloist in the acclaimed series Bridgerton.
Eldbj酶rg's musical choices include David Oistrakh playing Shostakovich, a classic track from Ella Fitzgerald, and Norwegian pop superstar AURORA. Jess brings along VOCES8 performing John Tavener, a contemporary-sounding baroque piece from Carl Friedrich Abel, and music from mandolin virtuoso Sierra Hull.
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Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dance No 3, Op 64
Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.- Warner Classics.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach Partita Variation (After Violin Partita No 3 in E Major, BWV 100: I. Preludio
Performer: Eldbjorg Hemsing. Performer: Tim Allhoff. Performer: Christian Kjos. Ensemble: Norwegian String Quartet.- Sony Classical.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Melancholy Variation (After Concerto for Violin & Oboe in C Minor, BWV 1060R:III Allegro
Performer: Eldbjorg Hemsing. Performer: Martynas. Performer: Tim Allhoff. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Kl枚pfel. Ensemble: Norwegian String Quartet.- Sony.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Decca.
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Sierra Hull
Bombshell
Performer: Sierra Hull. Performer: Bryan Sutton. Performer: Stuart Duncan. Singer: Barry Bales.- Rounder Records.
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AURORA
Runaway
- Decca.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor, Op 99 (3rd mvt)
Performer: David Oistrakh. Orchestra: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yevgeny Mravinsky.- Monitor Records.
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Ludvig Irgens-Jensen
Bol's Song
Performer: Eldbj酶rg Hemsing. Performer: H氓vard Gimse.- Sony.
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John Tavener
Mother of God, here I stand
Performer: VOCES8.- Decca.
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Carl Friedrich Abel
Arpeggio in D minor, AbelWV A1:26
Performer: Anja Lechner.- ECM.
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Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong & Sy Oliver and His Orchestra
Dream a Little Dream of Me
- Decca.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major Op 83 (4th mvt)
Performer: Stephen Kovacevich. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.- Philips.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in A major Kk.208
Performer: Lavinia Meijer.- Sony.
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- Sat 27 Jun 2026 17:00麻豆社 Radio 3
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