Classical, blues and jazz for the weekend
Jools is joined by the actress Rachael Stirling.
Jools shares his lifelong passion for classical music and the beautiful connections with jazz and blues. With fascinating guests each week, who bring their own favourite music.
Today, Jools's choices include music by Nikolai Kapustin, Francesco Geminiani and Tiny Grimes, with performances by Nicola Benedetti, The Nash Ensemble and Slim Harpo. His guest is the actress Rachael Stirling who discusses her new memoir about her mother, Diana Rigg, and introduces some of the music she loved best, including Faure, Wolf-Ferrari, Vaughan Williams and Louis Armstrong.
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Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin
Pastoral, Op 40 No 6 (Eight Concert Etudes)
Performer: Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin.- OCTAVIA RECORDS.
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Samuel Coleridge鈥怲aylor
Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor, Op 10 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- Hyperion.
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Slim Harpo
I'm a King Bee
- EXCELLO.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Flight of the Bumblebee (The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Orchestra: Czech Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michaela R贸zsa R暖啪i膷kov谩.- Etymology Classics.
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Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso in D minor, H143, 'La Folia' (Theme and Variations 1-8)
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Ensemble: Benedetti Baroque Orchestra.- Baroque.
- Decca.
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Tiny Grimes
Annie Laurie
- Atlantic.
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Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari
The Jewels of the Madonna (Act 3, Intermezzo)
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Gabriel Faur茅
In Paradisum (Requiem, Op 48)
Choir: Tenebrae. Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble. Conductor: Nigel Short.- LSO LIVE.
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John Barry
We Have All the Time in the World
Singer: Louis Armstrong. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.- On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- United Artists Records.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- Vaughan Williams: Orchestral works.
- ONYX.
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Broadcast
- Sat 19 Sep 2026 12:00麻豆社 Radio 3