Jess Gillam is joined by the conductor Oliver Zeffman to share some of the music they love. Including a rare and beautiful song by Tchaikovsky, a banging tune by Lizzo, plus possibly THE greatest ending in all of music with Mahler’s 8th Symphony.
Playlist:
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21, in C Major, K. 467; II. Andante [Mitsuko Uchida (piano), English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate]
Alex Baranowski - Constellations
Lizzo - Good as Hell
Pauline Oliveros – The Beauty of Sorrow [extract]
Jordan Rakei - Brace
Tchaikovsky - None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, TH 93, No. 6 [Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Ivari Ilja (piano)]
Abdullah Ibrahim - Maraba Blue
Mahler - Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major – ‘Symphony of a Thousand’ Part 2: Finale [Leonard Bernstein, The London Symphony Orchestra, Leeds Festival Chorus]
