Jess's guest this week is the cellist Max Ruisi, artistic director of the 12 Ensemble, a "revolutionary string orchestra". They meet in the TCL studio for a listening party including a beautiful lament by Monteverdi, a bird-themed string quartet by Haydn, mesmerising music for solo oboe by Britten, and tracks from Cosmo Sheldrake and Herbie Hancock.
Playlist:
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3; 1st mvt (Martha Argerich, Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado)
Monteverdi - Lamento della Ninfa (Anna Prohaska, Arcangelo)
Bartok - 6 Romanian Dances (Avi Avital, Pottsdam Chamber Academy)
Elena Tonra (arr. Josephine Stephenson) - The Dazzler (Ex:Re, Josephine Stephenson, 12 Ensemble)
Haydn - String Quartet in C major Op.33 No.3 “The Bird”; 3rd mvt (London Haydn Quartet)
Cosmo Sheldrake - Come Along (from The Much Much How How and I)
Britten - 6 Metamorphoses after Ovid (Francois Leleux, oboe)
Herbie Hancock - Dolphin Dance (from Dedication)
