This Classical Life

This Classical Life is an English-speaking podcast specialized in the field of classical music and opera. As such, This Classical Life is a podcast selected by soclassiq, like YourClassical Daily Download or MOZART - BEETHOVEN yMAS - OCTAVIO CHOY and many others. The oldest episode indexed by soclassiq is dated 2019-04-01. Since then, a total of 60 episodes have been recorded and broadcast by This Classical Life.
This Classical Life activity
With 8 articles published in the last 90 days, This Classical Life is currently a not very active podcast. "Not very active" does not mean that This Classical Life is less interesting than another more prolific source. Each media follows a specific editorial line, recording and broadcasting according to its own rhythm.
This editorial activity is increasing compared to the previous period.
The last episode in This Classical Life, "Jess Gillam with... Cassie Kinoshi", is dated 2021-01-16. By 2020, this podcast had published 31 episodes.
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2021-01-16 13:00:00
Duration (h:m:s): 28:55
Jess Gillam chats to composer and saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi about the music they love. With music by Heiner Goebbels, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Dinah Washington and Prokofiev. Playlist: Heiner Goebbels - Suite for Sampler and Orchestra: Courante (Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, Peter Rundel) Louise Farrenc - Nonet in E flat major Op.38 for chamber ensemble: 3rd mvt; Scherzo vivace (Consortium Classicum) Prokofiev - …
2020-12-22 19:52:00
Duration (h:m:s): 27:30
Jess Gillam talks to singer, cellist and composer Ayanna Witter-Johnson about the music they love including Errollyn Wallen, Jill Scott, Barber, and Berio. Playlist: Errollyn Wallen - Concerto Grosso: 1st mvt (Tai Murray, Isata Kanneh-Mason, Chi-Chi Nwanoku, Chineke!, Anthony Parnther) Caroline Shaw - And the Swallow (The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge, Anna Lapwood) The Abyssinians - Declaration …
2020-12-19 13:00:00
Duration (h:m:s): 28:52
Jess Gillam and composer Eric Whitacre get all Christmassy and share their favourite festive sounds including music from Prokofiev, Darlene Love, Danny Elfman and Nat King Cole. Playlist: Prokofiev – Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60; IV Troika (Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi) Darlene Love – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) Danny Elfman – What’s This? Ella Fitzgerald – …
2020-12-12 13:00:00
Duration (h:m:s): 28:08
Jess Gillam and conductor Toby Thatcher share the music they love. With music including Debussy, George Lewis, Bartok, and Sixto Rodriguez. Playlist: Ella Fitzgerald - Mack the Knife (Live in Berlin) Debussy - La Damoiselle élue (Vikingur Olafsson) George Lewis - Anthem (Wet Ink Ensemble) Vaughan Williams - Symphony No 5 in D major (3rd mvt) Rodriguez - Cause Poulenc …
2020-12-08 16:44:00
Duration (h:m:s): 27:58
Jess Gillam shares music with viola player Stephen Upshaw.
2020-12-05 13:00:00
Duration (h:m:s): 30:05
Jess Gillam and soprano Seljan Nasibli share the music they love. Their selections include Miles Davis, Karayev, Caroline Shaw, and Mozart. Playlist: Alim Qasimov Ensemble and Kronos Quartet – Getme, Getme Bach – Cello Suite No 2: Prelude Mozart – Ah Chi Mi Dice Mai (Don Giovanni) Miles Davis / Gil Evans / George Gershwin – It Ain’t Necessarily …
2020-11-07 13:00:00
Duration (h:m:s): 27:58
Jess Gillam and guitarist Alexandra Whittingham share the music they love. With music including Goat Rodeo, Eric Whitacre, Celeste and Korngold. Playlist: Goat Rodeo - Hill Justice Shostakovich: String Quartet No.8 in C Minor, Op.110: II. Allegro Molto (Borodin Quartet) Celeste - Strange Malcolm Arnold: Guitar Concerto, Op.67: II. Lento (Julian Bream & Melos Ensemble) Glazunov - Chant du …
2020-10-31 13:00:00
Duration (h:m:s): 28:39
Jess Gillam and harpist Cecilia De Maria share the music they love, with Terry Riley's A Rainbow in Curved Air, Grieg's Holberg suite, new jazz sounds from Polar Bear, Dorothy Ashby's Soul Vibrations from Afro-Harping and classic film theme by John Williams. Playlist: Edvard Grieg - Holberg suite Op.40 vers. for string orchestra: Praeludium (Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi) Pierne …
2020-10-03 12:00:00
Duration (h:m:s): 26:59
Jess Gillam talks to mezzo-soprano Stephanie Wake-Edwards about the music they love, including the overture to Mozart's Don Giovanni, Jessye Norman singing Mahler, Lianne La Havas singing Radiohead and Slim Gaillard singing about his Cement Mixer!
2020-09-26 12:00:00
Duration (h:m:s): 27:52
Jess Gillam and composer Robert Reid Allan share Glenn Gould playing Brahms, film music by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Sufjan Stevens, new music by composer Oliver Leith, and South African soprano Pumeza singing a Scottish song of diversity and inclusion.