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Jess Gillam with... Sterling Elliott

Jess Gillam swaps music choices with cellist Sterling Elliott.

Jess Gillam swaps music choices with the American cellist Sterling Elliott, who is a BBC New Generation Artist and performs regularly with the Sphinx Organisation, as well as with orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Sterling's picks include Claude Debussy's Prelude from Suite Bergamasque, a lesser-known Piano Quartet from Guillaume Lekeu, Be(Intro) by US rapper Common, and Stevie Wonder's iconic Sir Duke. Jess chose music from Prokofiev's 5th Symphony, a captivating track by Johan Lindvall, and folk music from Gjermund Haugen played by the Danish String Quartet.

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Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D major RV.211 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Benedetti Baroque Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Amy Beach

    Romance, Op 23

    Performer: Sterling Elliott. Performer: Richard Uttley.

  • William Grant Still

    Mother and Child (Suite for violin and piano)

    Performer: Sterling Elliott. Performer: Gabriele Strata.

  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude (Suite bergamasque)

    Performer: Elliot Wuu.
    • Onward - Debussy, Bach, Schumann, Schubert.
    • Steinway & Sons.
    • 1.

  • Gjermund Haugen

    Tjønneblomen (Arr. For String Quartet)

    Music Arranger: Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen. Music Arranger: Frederik Øland. Music Arranger: Asbjørn Nørgaard. Music Arranger: Fredrik Sjölin.
    • Last Leaf.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 4.

  • Common

    Be (intro)

    • Be.
    • Geffen.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 5 (2nd mvt, Allegro marcato)

    Conductor: Thomas Søndergård. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev: Symphonies 1 & 5.
    • Linn Records.
    • 6.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Cello Concerto, Op 37 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Sterling Elliott. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Edwin Outwater.

  • Guillaume Lekeu

    Piano Quartet, Unfinished (2nd mvt, Lent Et Passionné)

    Performer: Silvia Natiello-Spiller. Performer: Wen‐Sinn Yang. Performer: Antonio Spiller. Performer: Oscar Lysy.
    • Lekeu: Piano trio in C minor - Piano Quartet (unfinished).
    • Arts.
    • 6.

  • Johan Lindvall

    .oOo.

    Performer: Mette Henriette. Performer: Johan Lindvall. Performer: Katrine Schiøtt.
    • Mette Henriette.
    • ECM Records.
    • 2.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Sir Duke

    • Songs In The Key Of Life.
    • UNI/MOTOWN.
    • 5.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance (5 Bagatelles Op.23)

    Music Arranger: Lawrence Ashmore. Performer: Robert Plane. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Finzi: Clarinet Concerto, Five Bagatelles: Robert Plane, Northern Sinfonia.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Caroline Shaw

    The Orangery (Plan & Elevation)

    Music Arranger: Caroline Shaw. Music Arranger: Ben Murphy. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Pekka Kuusisto.
    • Willows.
    • Platoon.
    • 5.

  • Caroline Shaw

    The Beech Tree (Plan & Elevation)

    Music Arranger: Caroline Shaw. Music Arranger: Ben Murphy. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Pekka Kuusisto.
    • Shaw: Plan & Elevation: IV. The Orangery & V. The Beech Tree.
    • Platoon.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Saturday17:00
    BBC Radio 3

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    Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.