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Live and recorded concerts from all over the UK. Includes the Wigmore chamber music series

Live and recorded concerts from all over the United Kingdom. Also includes the flagship Wigmore chamber music series.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Sax Sensation

Sax Sensation

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Sax Sensation

From Wigmore Hall in London. Saxophonist Jess Gillam plays Poulenc, Milhaud and more.

From Wigmore Hall in London. Saxophonist Jess Gillam is joined by pianist Zeynep Özsuca in music by Iturralde, Marcello, Clyne, Poulenc, Ravel, Milhaud and more.

From Wigmore Hall in, London. Saxophonist Jess Gillam is joined by pianist Zeynep Özsuca piano in music by Iturralde, Marcello, Clyne, Poulenc, Ravel Milhaud and more.

Presented by Andrew McGregor.

Pedro Iturralde: Pequeña Czarda 
Benedetto Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D minor 
Anna Clyne: (Snake and Ladder) for saxophone and electronics 
Francis Poulenc: Sonata for oboe and piano 
Rudy Wiedoeft: Valse Vanité 
John Harle: RANT! 
Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche Op 165b 

Jess Gillam (saxophone)
Zeynep Özsuca (piano)

Winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year woodwind category in 2016 and already a familiar voice on Radio 3, in 2018 star saxophonist Jess Gillam received a Classic BRIT Award and appeared at the BBC Last Night of the Proms.

First broadcast on 7 October 2019.

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