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Jess Gillam meets Swedish-Norwegian violinist Johan Dalene to swap some of their favourite music. At 23 years old, Swedish-Norwegian violinist Johan Dalene is already the winner of several awards, including the prestigious Carl Nielsen Competition in 2019, the Gramophone Young Artist of the Year Award in 2022, and a Swedish Grammy in 2023. His music choices include a squelchy bassline from Thundercat, a Swedish Eurovision classic, and a virtuosic violin concerto that鈥檚 close to his heart. Jess's choices include Bernstein conducting a favourite Mozart symphony, and music from the saxophonist Branford Marsalis. PLAYLIST: LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 鈥 Sonata for Violin and Piano No 8 in G major, Op 30 No 3 (3rd mvt) [Gidon Kremer, Martha Argerich] BRANFORD MARSALIS 鈥 A Thousand Autumns [Branford Marsalis Quartet] TOMMY K脰RBERG - Stad i ljus (City in Light) WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 鈥 Symphony No 40 in G minor, K 550 (1st mvt) [Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein] THUNDERCAT 鈥 Them Changes CARL NIELSEN 鈥 Violin Concerto Op 33 (IIb 鈥 Rondo: Allegretto Scherzando) [Arve Tellefsen, Yehudi Menuhin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra] YEAH YEAH YEAHS FT. PERFUME GENIUS 鈥 Spitting Off the Edge of the World PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY 鈥 The Nutcracker, Op 71: Miniature Overture [Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra]
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