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Jess Gillam with... Tamsin Waley-Cohen

Jess Gillam swaps music choices with British-American violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen.

Jess Gillam swaps music choices with British-American violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen.

Tamsin's picks include the Nash Ensemble playing Franz Schubert, Florence + the Machine, a piece by Grigoras Dinicu that's fizzing with energy, and music from Tamsin's sister Freya Waley-Cohen. Jess brings a mesmeric piece by Leif Kaner-Lidström and a euphoric track from Bon Iver, as well as music from Richard Strauss and Telemann. Tamsin spoke about parenthood as a professional musician, the importance of emotion in music, witchcraft, and much more.

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Music Played

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello Concerto in B-flat major (3rd mvt, Allegro assai)

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • Antonín Kraft, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 6.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    4 Romantic Pieces, B 150 (1st mvt, Allegro moderato)

    Performer: Tamsin Waley-Cohen. Performer: Huw Watkins.
    • Bohemia.
    • Signum Records.
    • 4.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in D minor (2nd mvt, Andante)

    Performer: Tamsin Waley-Cohen. Conductor: David Curtis. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan.
    • Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Concerto for Violin, Piano & String Orc.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.

  • Freya Waley-Cohen

    Spell for Change (from 'Spell Book')

    Orchestra: Manchester Collective. Singer: Katie Bray. Singer: Fleur Barron. Singer: Héloïse Werner.
    • NMC.

  • Richard Strauss

    Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 8 (2nd mvt, Lento, ma non troppo)

    Performer: Sarah Chang. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Strauss: Violin Concerto.
    • Angel Records.
    • 2.

  • Leif Kaner‐Lidström

    The Waltz

    • The Waltz (Live at Lightship 95 Studios) [feat. Kaidi Akinnibi, Alex Cosmo Blake.
    • Lordship Loft Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Florence + the Machine

    Daffodil

    • Dance Fever.
    • Polydor Records.
    • 10.

  • Huw Watkins

    Violin Sonata (3rd mvt, Allegro)

    Performer: Tamsin Waley-Cohen. Performer: Huw Watkins.
    • Reflection.
    • Signum Records.
    • 9.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major, D 667, 'Trout (3rd mvt, Scherzo)

    Performer: Marcia Crayford. Performer: Roger Chase. Performer: Christopher van Kampen. Performer: Rodney Slatford. Performer: Ian Brown. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Schubert: Trout Quintet/The Shepherd on the Rock; Nash Ensemble.
    • I.M.P..
    • 3.

  • Bon Iver

    Short Story

    • SABLE, fABLE.
    • Jagjaguwar.
    • 1.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Flute Concerto in G major (1st mvt, Andante)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Conductor: Rainer Kussmaul. Ensemble: Berliner Barock Solisten.
    • Telemann: Flute Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Grigoras Dinicu

    L'Alouette

    Performer: Lakatos. Performer: Roby Lakatos.
    • Ensemble Roby Lakatos - \"La Bohème\".
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.

  • Sergei Rachmaninov

    Vocalise (14 Romances, Op 34 No 14)

    Performer: Vsevolod Zavidov. Music Arranger: Vsevolod Zavidov.
    • Vsevolod Zavidov Plays Rachmaninoff.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 35.

  • Oliver Davis

    Biorhythms: I

    Performer: Kerenza Peacock. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Julian Kershaw.
    • Oliver Davis: Life.
    • Signum Records.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Saturday17:00
    BBC Radio 3

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