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Jess Gillam with... Eldbjørg Hemsing

Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with the Norwegian violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing, including tracks by Beethoven, John Tavener, and AURORA.

Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with the Norwegian violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing, who has performed everywhere from the Lincoln Center to Wigmore Hall. Her albums have earned multiple Norwegian Grammys and Opus Klassik Awards, and she is Artistic Director of the Oslo Chamber Music Festival, Co-Founder of the Hemsing Festival and the Artistic Director of SPIRE, an initiative for young artists. She has also featured on the soundtrack to Netflix’s Frankenstein and she appears as a featured soloist in the acclaimed series Bridgerton.

Eldbjørg's musical choices include David Oistrakh playing Shostakovich, a classic track from Ella Fitzgerald, and Norwegian pop superstar AURORA. Jess brings along VOCES8 performing John Tavener, a contemporary-sounding baroque piece from Carl Friedrich Abel, and music from mandolin virtuoso Sierra Hull.

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Sat 27 Jun 202617:00
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Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic Dance No 3, Op 64

    Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Partita Variation (After Violin Partita No 3 in E Major, BWV 100: I. Preludio

    Performer: Eldbjorg Hemsing. Performer: Tim Allhoff. Performer: Christian Kjos. Ensemble: Norwegian String Quartet.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Melancholy Variation (After Concerto for Violin & Oboe in C Minor, BWV 1060R:III Allegro

    Performer: Eldbjorg Hemsing. Performer: Martynas. Performer: Tim Allhoff. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Ensemble: Norwegian String Quartet.
    • Sony.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.

  • Sierra Hull

    Bombshell

    Performer: Sierra Hull. Performer: Bryan Sutton. Performer: Stuart Duncan. Singer: Barry Bales.
    • Rounder Records.

  • AURORA

    Runaway

    • Decca.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor, Op 99 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: David Oistrakh. Orchestra: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yevgeny Mravinsky.
    • Monitor Records.

  • Ludvig Irgens-Jensen

    Bol's Song

    Performer: Eldbjørg Hemsing. Performer: Håvard Gimse.
    • Sony.

  • John Tavener

    Mother of God, here I stand

    Performer: VOCES8.
    • Decca.

  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    Arpeggio in D minor, AbelWV A1:26

    Performer: Anja Lechner.
    • ECM.

  • Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong & Sy Oliver and His Orchestra

    Dream a Little Dream of Me

    • Decca.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major Op 83 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Philips.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in A major Kk.208

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Sony.

Broadcast

  • Sat 27 Jun 202617:00
    BBC Radio 3

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