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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Music: Classical

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... Maya Youssef

Jess Gillam with... Maya Youssef

BBC Radio 3 - This Classical Life, Jess Gillam with... Maya Youssef

Jess Gillam is joined by qanun player Maya Youssef for a listening party.

Jess Gillam is joined by qanun player Maya Youssef for a listening party, including jazz funk by Toufic Farroukh, spine-tingling violin by Philip Glass and an earworm by Dvorak.

Jess Gillam is joined by Qanun player Maya Youssef for a listening party of some of the music they love the most. Jess brings some spine-tingling violin by Philip Glass and an absolute classic by Peter Gabriel, while Maya shares an earworm by Dvorak, and like all good parties it all ends with a little studio dance session to tracks by Toufic Farroukh and Hooverphonic

Playlist:
John Adams - Shaker Loops: i. Shaking and Trembling [Bournemouth SO/Marin Alsop (conductor)]
Toufic Farroukh - Elhob ?!
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
JS Bach - Fuga in G minor, BWV1000 [Yasunori Imamura (lute)]
Philip Glass - Violin Concerto, 2nd mvt [Gidon Kremer (violin), Vienna Philharmonic/Christoph von Dohnanyi (conductor)]
Hooverphonic - 2 Wicky
Dvorak - Symphony no.9 'From the New World' - 2nd mvt [Vienna Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan (conductor)]
Morten Schantz - Godspeed

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... Maya Youssef

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