This Classical Life

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BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too. Music, eclectic playlists and chat, with a new guest every week.

This Classical Life: Jess Gillam with... Oliver Zeffman

Jess Gillam with... Oliver Zeffman

BBC Radio 3 - This Classical Life, Jess Gillam with... Oliver Zeffman

Jess Gillam is joined by conductor Oliver Zeffman to share music by Tchaikovsky, Abdullah Ibrahim, Pauline Oliveros, Mahler and Lizzo.

Jess Gillam is joined by the conductor Oliver Zeffman to share some of the music they love. Including a rare and beautiful song by Tchaikovsky, a banging tune by Lizzo, plus possibly THE greatest ending in all of music with Mahler’s 8th Symphony.


Playlist:
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21, in C Major, K. 467; II. Andante [Mitsuko Uchida (piano), English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate]
Alex Baranowski - Constellations
Lizzo - Good as Hell
Pauline Oliveros – The Beauty of Sorrow [extract]
Jordan Rakei - Brace
Tchaikovsky - None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, TH 93, No. 6 [Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Ivari Ilja (piano)]
Abdullah Ibrahim - Maraba Blue
Mahler - Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major – ‘Symphony of a Thousand’ Part 2: Finale [Leonard Bernstein, The London Symphony Orchestra, Leeds Festival Chorus]

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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Jess Gillam with... Oliver Zeffman

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