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... Isata Kanneh-Mason

Jess Gillam with... Isata Kanneh-Mason

BBC Radio 3 - This Classical Life, Jess Gillam with... Isata Kanneh-Mason

Jess Gillam talks to pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, and they share some of their favourite tracks, including music by Bernstein, Bob Marley and Nina Simone.

Jess Gillam's guest this week is pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, the senior sibling in the prodigiously talented Kanneh-Mason family. Isata has a busy summer ahead, playing Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto at the first night of the BBC Proms, and releasing a new album of music by another set of famous siblings: Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn. 

Isata brings along some of her favourite tracks, including Leonard Bernstein, Philip Glass and Bob Marley. Jess has a vintage recording of Tchaikovsky's piano music, and a Nina Simone take on a Rodgers & Hart classic.

Plus there's more of the best music, new and old, to pave the way for Saturday evening.

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... Isata Kanneh-Mason

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