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Jess Gillam with... Nicky Spence (Mr Christmas)

Jess Gillam with... Nicky Spence (Mr Christmas)

FromThis Classical Life


Jess Gillam with... Nicky Spence (Mr Christmas)

FromThis Classical Life

ratings:
Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Dec 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Jess Gillam and tenor Nicky Spence don their Christmas jumpers to share their favourite seasonal music, from Jon Vickers singing Handel to Joni Mitchell, and from Vivaldi's Winter to joyful harmonies from Pentatonix.

Playlist:
Trad. Jingle Bells - Ella Fitzgerald
Trad. arr. Ola Gjeilo - The Coventry Carol (Choir of Royal Holloway)
Yma Sumac - Malambo No.1
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker: Overture & Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev conductor)
R Strauss - Weihnachtsgefuhl (Edita Gruberova)
Vivaldi - Concerto No.4 in F minor RV297 ‘Winter’ (Henning Kraggerud violin, Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra)
Mervyn Warren - Joyful, Joyful (Pentatonix)
Handel - Messiah, Part 1: Comfort ye, my people; Every valley (Jon Vickers tenor, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham conductor)
Joni Mitchell - River
Released:
Dec 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too. Music, eclectic playlists and chat, with a new guest every week.