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... Cecilia De Maria

Jess Gillam with... Cecilia De Maria

BBC Radio 3 - This Classical Life, Jess Gillam with... Cecilia De Maria

Jess Gillam and harpist Cecilia De Maria share the music they love.

Jess Gillam and harpist Cecilia De Maria share music by Terry Riley, Grieg, Polar Bear, Dorothy Ashby and John Williams.

Jess Gillam and harpist Cecilia De Maria share the music they love, with Terry Riley's A Rainbow in Curved Air, Grieg's Holberg suite, new jazz sounds from Polar Bear, Dorothy Ashby's Soul Vibrations from Afro-Harping and classic film theme by John Williams.

Playlist:
Edvard Grieg - Holberg suite Op.40 vers. for string orchestra: Praeludium (Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi)
Pierne - Impromptu Caprice (Marisa Robles - harp)
Polar Bear - Peepers
Wagner - Siegfried's Funeral March (Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air 
Dorothy Ashby - Soul Vibrations from Afro-Harping
Allegri – Miserere (Tallis Scholars)
John Williams - Jurassic Park theme

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... Cecilia De Maria

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