This Classical Life

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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... Hazel Askew

Jess Gillam with... Hazel Askew

BBC Radio 3 - This Classical Life, Jess Gillam with... Hazel Askew

Jess Gillam and singer/multi-instrumentalist Hazel Askew swap their favourite music.

Jess meets folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Hazel Askew to swap some of their favourite music, including music by Dvorak, Warsaw Village Band, M Ward and Leonard Bernstein.

Jess's meets folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Hazel Askew to swap some of their favourite music. Hazel is a fixture in the UK folk music scene known for her bands Lady Maisery and the Askew Sisters, as well as numerous collaborative projects across different musical genres.

Today they sit down to listen to a full-blooded folk waltz by Warsaw Village Band, a symphony with all the tunes by Dvorak, Stevie Wishart channelling Hildegard of Bingen and a surprisingly emotional David Bowie cover by M Ward.


Playlist:
WARSAW VILLAGE BAND – At My Mother’s
ERIK SATIE – Gnossienne No.1 [Alexandre Tharaud (piano)]
LEONARD BERNSTEIN – Chichester Psalms 1st mvt. Psalm 108 vs 2, Psalm 100 [Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop (conductor)]
M WARD – Let’s Dance
ANTONIN DVORAK – Symphony no 9 – 4th mvt [Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor)]
STEVIE WISHART – Azeruz
ELIZA CARTHY & MARTIN GREEN – Fen
LITTLE SIMZ & MICHAEL KIWANUKA – Flowers

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... Hazel Askew

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