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Jess Gillam with... Max Baillie

Jess Gillam chats to versatile violinist Max Baillie about the music they both love, with tracks by Marianne Martines, Ligeti, Gwigwi Mrwebi, Debussy and Tchaikovsky.

Jess Gillam chats to versatile violinist Max Baillie about the music they love, with tracks by Marianne Martines, Ligeti, Gwigwi Mrwebi, Debussy and Tchaikovsky.

Max Baillie is considered to be one of the most creative and innovative violinists around, in demand as both chamber musician and orchestral leader across a variety of genres. He has worked with a diverse range of artists including Steve Reich, Bjork, John Williams, Abel Selaocoe and Bobby McFerrin. He is a member of the ZRI ensemble and the Lodestar Trio with Scandinavian folk players Erik Rydvall and Olav Mjelva exploring the boundaries between folk and baroque.

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Music Played

  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Colas Breugnon - opera in 3 acts Op.24: Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Onyx.
  • Tarquinio Merula

    Ciaccona

    Ensemble: Lodestar Trio.
    • Bach to Folk.
    • ARC.
  • Marianna Martines

    Overture in C Major; I. Allegro con spirito

    Ensemble: La Floridiana.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
  • György Ligeti

    String Quartet No. 2; 5. Allegro con delicatezza

    Ensemble: Artemis Quartet.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Gwigwi Mrebi

    Nyusamkhaya

    • London Is The Place For Me 2.
    • Honest Jon's Records.
  • Franz Schubert

    Quintet in C major D.956; 4. Allegretto I / Unserer Tairele

    Composer: Trad.. Ensemble: ZRI.
    • Schubert at the Red Hedgehog Tavern.
    • Pretty Decent Music Records.
  • Claude Debussy

    Violin Sonata in G minor; I. Allegro vivo

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Ivry Gitlis.
    • Sony.
  • Toumani Diabaté & Bassekou Kouyaté

    Aminata Santoro

    • Djelika.
    • Chrysalis.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No.4 In F Minor, Op.36 TH.27; I. Andante sostenuto...

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Decca.
  • William Byrd

    Tribulatio proxima est

    Choir: The Bevan Family Consort. Director: Graham Ross.
    • Attende Domine: Music for Lent & Passiontide.
    • Signum.
  • Maxime Denuc

    Infinite End

    • Nachthorn.
    • Vlek.

Broadcast

  • Sat 5 Apr 2025 17:00

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