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... Tessa Lark

Jess Gillam with... Tessa Lark

BBC Radio 3 - This Classical Life, Jess Gillam with... Tessa Lark

Jess Gillam and violinist Tessa Lark swap some of their favourite tracks.

Jess Gillam and violinist Tessa Lark swap some of their favourite tracks, including music by the Martin Hayes Quartet, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Beethoven and soul duo Saun and Starr.

Jess Gillam meets violinist Tessa Lark to swap some of their favourite music. Tessa is an in-demand classical concert violinist but growing up in Kentucky, she’s equally inspired by bluegrass music and American folk styles and so blends the two influences in a lot of her work. Traditional music features prominently in her music choices as the Martin Hayes Quartet and Swedish duo Vasen rub shoulders with a Beethoven Symphony. Meanwhile Jess brings along an orchestral tearjerker by Pietro Mascagni, a track by cellist Yo-Yo Ma and some retro soul vibes by Saun and Starr.

Playlist:

VASEN: Silverschottis
GIOVANNI SOLIMA: Il bell’Antonio – tema II [Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano)]
MICHAEL THURBER & THE HUNTERTONES: Gigantic Energy
SAMUEL COLERIDGE TAYLOR: Violin Concerto in G minor, op.80 – 2nd mvt [Elena Urioste (violin), Chineke! Orchestra, Kevin John Edusei (conductor)]
MARTIN HAYES QUARTET: The Boy In the Gap
JEAN LENOIR: Parlez moi d’amour [Lucienne Boyer (singer)]
BEETHOVEN: Symphony no 2 in D major, op.36 4th mvt ‘Allegro molto’ [Vienna Philharmonic, Simon Rattle (conductor)
SAUN & STARR: In the Night

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Jess Gillam with... Tessa Lark

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