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Jess Gillam with... Colin Currie

Jess Gillam is joined by Scottish percussionist Colin Currie for a listening party, with tracks from Steve Martland, Joy Division, and H K Gruber.

Jess Gillam is joined by Scottish percussionist and conductor Colin Currie for a listening party, sharing some of their favourite pieces of music.

Perhaps best known for championing the work of Steve Reich, Colin brings along tracks by some of his other musical heroes - including Steve Martland, Joy Division, and H K Gruber. In exchange, Jess shares music by two virtuoso performer composers - Polish violinist Grażyna Bacewicz and the Austrian-Italian lutenist Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger.

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in G minor Op.6`6: 3rd mvt; Musette (Larghetto)

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Decca.

  • Steve Reich

    Mallet Quartet for 2 vibraphones and 2 marimbas: Fast

    Performer: Colin Currie. Ensemble: Colin Currie Group.
    • Collin Currie Records.

  • Steve Reich

    Pulses II (Music for 18 Musicians)

    Ensemble: Colin Currie Group. Ensemble: Synergy Vocals.
    • COLIN CURRIE RECORDS.

  • HK Gruber

    Short Stories from the Vienna Woods: V. Chorale Variations on "For the Lord disciplines the one he loves" & Epilogue

    Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: HK Gruber.
    • Cappriccio.

  • Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger

    Libro primo d'intavolatura di chitarone: Toccata seconda arpeggiate

    Performer: Rolf Lislevand.
    • ECM.

  • Joy Division

    Disorder

    • London Records.

  • Grażyna Bacewicz

    Violin Concerto No. 3: III. Vivo

    Performer: Joanna Kurkowicz. Orchestra: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Steve Reich

    Traveler's Prayer (excerpt)

    Choir: Synergy Vocals. Ensemble: Colin Currie Group. Conductor: Colin Currie.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Everything Everything

    Pizza Boy

    • Infinity Industries LLP.

  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Decca.

  • Steve Martland Band

    Beat the Retreat

    • Black Box.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric pieces - book 8 Op.65 for piano: no.6

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.

  • Antoine Brumel

    Tous les regretz

    Choir: Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcast

  • Saturday17:00
    BBC Radio 3

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