Jess Gillam's guest this week is conductor Gabriella Teychenné. Her musical life bounces between conducting brand new music, collaborating with symphony orchestras and she's the founder of Sinfonia Humanitas, a new ensemble whose concert programmes fuse early and contemporary music.
Gabriella and Jess settle in for a listening party of the music they love, including a slice of Italian sunshine from Mendelssohn, a collaboration between folk artist Sam Lee and singer Elizabeth Fraser, a Schumann romance and a classic by Nick Drake.
Playlist:
LUTOSLAWSKI – Variations on a Theme by Paganini [BBC SO/Edward Gardner (conductor)] TRAD – The Moon Shines Bright [Sam Lee, Elizabeth Fraser] SCHUMANN – Symphony no 4 – 2nd mvt Romanza [London Symphony Orchestra/John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)] NICHOLAS BRITELL - Agape MENDELSSOHN – Symphony no 4 ‘Italian’ – 1st mvt [Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Yannick Nezet-Seguin (conductor)] JAMES BLAKE – Life Round Here RESPIGHI – Ancient Dances and Airs – Siciliana [Filarmonica della Scala/ Riccardo Chailly (conductor)] NICK DRAKE – River Man