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Jess Gillam with... Hazel Askew

Jess meets folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Hazel Askew to swap some of their favourite music, including music by Dvorak, Warsaw Village Band, M Ward and Leonard Bernstein.

Jess's meets folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Hazel Askew to swap some of their favourite music. Hazel is a fixture in the UK folk music scene known for her bands Lady Maisery and the Askew Sisters, as well as numerous collaborative projects across different musical genres.

Today they sit down to listen to a full-blooded folk waltz by Warsaw Village Band, a symphony with all the tunes by Dvorak, Stevie Wishart channelling Hildegard of Bingen and a surprisingly emotional David Bowie cover by M Ward.

Playlist:
WARSAW VILLAGE BAND – At My Mother’s
ERIK SATIE – Gnossienne No.1 [Alexandre Tharaud (piano)]
LEONARD BERNSTEIN – Chichester Psalms 1st mvt. Psalm 108 vs 2, Psalm 100 [Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop (conductor)]
M WARD – Let’s Dance
ANTONIN DVORAK – Symphony no 9 – 4th mvt [Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor)]
STEVIE WISHART – Azeruz
ELIZA CARTHY & MARTIN GREEN – Fen
LITTLE SIMZ & MICHAEL KIWANUKA – Flowers

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28 minutes

Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Performer: Zeynep Ozsuca-Rattle. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Decca Classics.
  • Peggy Seeger

    As I Walked Out One Fair May Morn

    • Riverside.
  • Labi Siffre

    Bless The Telephone

    • EMI.
  • Patrick Watson & The Cinematic Orchestra

    To Build A Home

    • Ninja Tune.
  • Lady Maisery

    Bird I Do Not Know

    • Lady Maisery.
  • Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa

    At My Mother's

    Ensemble: Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa.
    • Jaro Medien GmbH.
  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne no.1 in F minor

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Chichester Psalms 1st mvt (Psalm 108 vs. 2, Psalm 100)

    Choir: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Naxos.
  • M. Ward

    Let's Dance

    • Matador.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.9 in E minor 'From the New World' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • BR Klassik.
  • Stevie Wishart

    Azeruz

    Choir: Sinfonye. Director: Stevie Wishart.
    • DECCA : 476-5117.
    • DECCA.
    • 12.
  • Martin Green & Eliza Carthy

    Fen

    • Heroes Of Edible Music.
  • Little Simz & Michael Kiwanuka

    Flowers

    • Age 101 Music.

Broadcast

  • Sat 13 May 2023 12:30

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